GSAT-31, India’s latest communication satellite that will be used for supporting VSAT networks, Television uplinks, Digital Satellite News Gathering (DSNG), DTH Television Services, Cellular backhaul connectivity, Stock- exchange, and e-governance applications, was successfully launched from the Spaceport in French Guiana on Wednesday 6 February 2019.
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National Electronics Policy 2019 (NPE 2019), which envisions positioning India as a global hub for Electronics System Design and Manufacturing – (ESDM) by encouraging and driving capabilities in the country for developing core components, including chipsets, and creating an enabling environment for the industry to compete globally, proposed by the Ministry of Electronics and Inf...
Epsilon-4 small-size rocket carrying a total of seven micro satellites that will demonstrate various "innovative" technologies and will put on the world's first artificial meteor shower, launched by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) from Uchinoura space centre, blasted into space on Friday 18 January 2019.
“Digital India Awards 2018”, instituted under the ambit of National Portal of India in order to promote innovative e-governance initiatives by National Informatics Centre, MeitY (Ministry of Electronics & IT), were conferred by Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Electronics & IT, Law & Justice in an exclusive ceremony on 22 February 2019, to promote exemplary initiatives in e-governanc...
“India is on track to achieve the biodiversity targets at the national level and is also contributing significantly towards achievement of the global biodiversity targets”, “While globally, biodiversity is facing increasing pressure on account of habitat fragmentation and destruction, invasive alien species, pollution, climate change and overuse of resources, India is one of the few countries wh...
Global Housing Technology Challenge-India (GHTC-India), envisioned to source technologies from all over the world and identifies such technologies which would be suitable for adoption in India and calls for Paradigm Shift in Technology Transition for Innovative Construction Technologies, was launched by Hardeep S. Puri, Minister of State (I/C) for Housing and Urban Affairs on Monday 14 January 2...
Chang’e-4, Chinese space probe named after the Chinese moon goddess, launched on 8 December 2018, made “soft landing” at the Von Kármán crater, the moon’s oldest and biggest impact crater in the South Pole-Aitken basin - a spot on the moon’s far side, which is untouched by earlier missions from earth, at 10.26 (02.26 GMT) on Thursday 3 January 2019 and transmitted first-ever “close range” image ...
Microsat-R and Kalamsat-V2Satellitesweresuccessfully injected into their designated orbits byIndia's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C44), whichlifted off at 23:37 Hrs (IST) on 24 January 2019 from the First Launch Pad at SatishDhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota in its 46thflight.
Gaganyaan:“The mission will be capable of carrying three Indian astronauts and will orbit the Earth for seven days. It is a major expansion in ISRO’s Programme. A new Centre - Human Space Flight Centre is formed and will be the lead Centre for the overall management and realization of Gaganyaan.”“Gaganyaan is our highest priority now”, said Dr K Sivan,Chairman Indian Space Resea...
‘New Partnerships for New Energy’ was the theme of ENRich 2018, India’s flagship event for the Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) sector, held at New Delhi on 11 December 2018, where Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship while gracing the occasion said that Energy is a key driver of economic growth and government’s focus ...