The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has done a remarkable well by successfully launching eight satellites into two orbits using a single rocket, PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle). This is a successful story of innovation, technical expertise and excellence scripted by the Indian scientists. PSLV has already launched 121 satellites with 37 successful flights.
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Electricity is critical to fuel the economic growth of India. The country is on the fast trajectory of development but to keep high momentum of growth availability of uninterrupted power supply is a must. India needs electricity to fuel the growth of every industry, be it manufacturing, healthcare or education. India is currently facing energy crisis with its major dependency on coal, crude oil imports to meet s...
Ozone layer or the stratospheric ozone is a layer of gas (O3) that partially shields the earth from the Sun’s ultraviolet (UV) radiation. In May 1985, Joseph Farman, Brian Gardiner and Jonathan Shanklin, scientists with the British Antarctic Survey shocked the world when they announced an enormous thinning in the ozone layer over Antarctica—the Ozone hole. Their data suggested that ch...
Paris Agreement, aims at reducing emission of Green House Gases (GHGs) by 55%, requires at least 55 countries accounting for at least 55 % of global emissions to formally join the treaty. Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) reached a landmark agreement to combat climate change and to accelerate and intensify the actions and investments needed for a sustainable low carbon...
National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for Post-Graduate Diploma courses will be conducted by National Board of Examinations (NBE) from December 5-13. And for dental courses, NEET will take place from November 30 to December 3 this year in 86 centres across 41 cities as per the recent statement from the health.
Scope of NEET-PG 2017
NEET-PG 2017 shall be a...
National Seismic Programme to Survey Hydrocarbon Potential of India
National Seismic Programme (NSP) aims to undertake a fresh appraisal in all the sedimentary basins across India, especially where no/scanty data is available, to have a better understanding of the hydrocarbon potential of India. Under this programme, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Oil India Limited (OIL) have been entrusted to conduct 2D seismic Acquisition, Processing and Interpretation (API) across... Make in India
The Make in India initiative was launched to transform India into a global design and manufacturing hub. It was launched in September 2014 to give a clarion call to action to India’s citizens and business leaders, investors around the world to invest and manufacture in India. It is a comprehensive vision which clearly aims to overhaul the outdated policy structure and replace it with new mechanism to galvanize w... International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor to Produce Ten Times Environment Friendly Thermal Energy from Nuclear Fusion
International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is an international nuclear fusion research and engineering mega project, which will be the world's largest magnetic confinement plasma physics experiment. It is an experimental tokamak nuclear fusion reactor that is being built next to the Cadarache facility in Saint-Paul-lès-Durance, south of France. Fusion power has the potential to provide sufficient en... Grand Innovation Challenge to Boost Entrepreneurship to Address Challenges Facing India’s Development
Grand Innovation Challenge, launched by NITI Aayog, to fundamentally and sustainably boost entrepreneurship in India with focus on providing adequate support to early stage ventures, creating an enabling environment for innovation and attaching entrepreneurship to large scale economic and social programmes, is on initiative of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reiterate the importance of Innovation and Entrepr... |