5G networks of three South Korean mobile operators went live ahead of schedule at 11PM on Wednesday 3 April 2019, two hours before U.S. carrier Verizon turned on its 5G network in some areas of Minneapolis and Chicago, a week ahead of schedule, in an attempt to ensure that the country becomes the first in the world to launch the services.
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EMISAT: country's first satellite for gathering electronic intelligence (ELINT) to locate hostile radars for military, and 28 foreign customer satellites were successfully launched by India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle - PSLV-C45, in its 47th mission and the 1st mission of PSLV-QL: a new variant of PSLV with four strap-on motors, from Satish Dhawan Spac...
The first wireless transmission of Morse code signals using radio waves wireless to a distance of 3.2 KMs by Marconi in 1895 was the beginning of the wireless communication system that has gone through several evolution stages since then. With the introduction of the first generation mobile network in the early 1980s and huge demand for more connections worldwide, mobile communication standards advanced rapidly ...
Wind energy or wind power is a form of solar energy; it is the process by which wind is used to generate electricity. Wind is caused by uneven heating of atmosphere by the sun, variations in earth's surface, and rotation of the earth. Mountains, bodies of water, and vegetation all influence wind flow patterns. Wind turbines use air flows to conv...
Trans-catheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), the replacement of aortic valve with a minimally invasive procedure, in which the only incision is a small hole in the groin where a catheter is inserted, is found, in a large clinical trial, to perform better than open-heart surgery even in low-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis. The results of related study, “Trans-cathete...
Mission Shakti: Anti-Satellite Missile Test, blowing up a satellite in a Low Earth Orbit into smithereens, a technological mission carried out successfully by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), with a modified exo-atmospheric missile of the ballistic missile defence at an altitude of 300 km, with extremely high degree of precision, from Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam Island launch comp...
“India has undertaken a long and arduous, yet rewarding journey in Pharmacology, from the ‘Charak Samhita’ of traditional Indian medicine system, to becoming the 3rd largest drug manufacturer in the world, in terms of volume, in the field of modern medicine”, said M. Venkaiah Naidu, Vice President of India, while addressing the 2nd Decennial Celebrations of Sarojini...
Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM), incorporated with advanced features including state-of-the-art Imaging Infrared Radar (IIR) Seeker with integrated avionics – indigenously developed, low weight, fire, and forget – was successfully test fired by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in a major boost for Army in the ranges of Rajasthan desert on 13 an...
National Conference on Unani Medicine, themed on ‘Unani Medicine for Public Health’, that elaborated contributions and potentials of Unani Medicine in public health and highlighted that Unani Medicine has effective treatment for many diseases that are not effectively treated in other medical systems, organized by the Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM) as a pa...