BrahMos has proved again all-weather capability flying in sea-state 7 with waves as high as 9 meters. DRDO's range capability to operate in the most severe weather condition has also been validated as BrahMos, the supersonic cruise missile was successfully test-fired at 1017 hrs on Monday July 16, 2018 from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Balasore, Odisha. Sea state is the de...
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Pakal Dul will be the Largest Hydro Power Project in J & K
Pakal Dul Hydroelectric Power Project, of which foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 19, 2018, with 1000 MW capacity, shall be leading to additional Generation of 650 MU in downstream projects and shall improve the water availability during the lean season. Project proposed to be completed at a cost of ₹8112.12 crore as per CCEA sanction is supported ...
New Era of Peace Begun on Korean Peninsula with No More War
"Complete Denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula" pledged Kim Jong-un North Korean leader and Moon Jae-in South Korean President as part of Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unification of Korean Peninsula, during momentous period of historical transformation, reflecting enduring aspiration of Korean people at a Summit Meeting held at Peace House in Panmunjom on ...
National Policy on Biofuels 2018
National Policy on Biofuels 2018 that expands range of feedstock available for fuel production, allows farmers to divert excess crop produce for biofuels production and sets aside ₹5000 crore to help establish second generation ethanol refineries as well as doping of ethanol produced from damaged food-grains, rotten potatoes, corn and sugar beet with petrol to cut oil imports by ₹4000 crore this...
Mahathir Mohamad is Malaysia’s Prime Minister again & is the Oldest Elected Leader in the World
Mahathir Mohamad, who ruled Malaysia with an iron fist from 1981 to 2003 and now, with a second innings at the age of 92, the oldest elected leader in the world, was sworn in as Prime Minister at about 9:50 p.m. on Thursday May 9, 2018 by Malaysia's constitutional ruler, King Muhammad V, following a momentous vote in which scandal-plagued incumbent Najib Razak was soundly beaten...
Intermittency of Renewable Energy Sources to be managed
National Energy Storage Mission would soon be launched by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy to kick-start grid-connected energy storage in India, set up a regulatory framework and encourage indigenous manufacture of batteries, as per the draft submitted to the Ministry in the last week of April, 2018. “We need a viable commercial plan for storing renewable energy and we will be able to si...
Indian Petroleum & Explosives Safety Service
Indian Petroleum & Explosives Safety Service (IPESS) formation as Group ‘A’ service of the technical cadre of Petroleum & Safety Organization (PESO) to enhance capacity and efficiency of the organisation, as well as to enhance career progression of its Group ‘A’ officers has been approved by the Union Cabinet chaired by chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 2, 2018. From its inc...
Indian Navigation Satellite with Indigenous Atomic Clock
Navigation with Indian Constellation or “NavIC”, an independent Indian Satellite based positioning system for critical National applications, with the objective to provide Reliable Position, Navigation and Timing services over India and its neighbourhood - a region extending 1500 km around it, and to provide fairly good accuracy to the user, is a Constellation of Seven SatellitesContinue Reading...
Indian Banks Win £1.15 billion Debt Recovery Case against Vijay Mallya in UK
Vijay Mallya Indian liquor baron lost a major lawsuit filed in the United Kingdom by 13 Indian banks including State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Corporation Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Federal Bank Ltd., and IDBI Bank Ltd., to recover over £1.15 billion ($1.55 billion) from him. Judge Andrew Henshaw in London on Tuesday May 8, 2018 refused to overturn a worldwide order freezi...
India Explores Unconventional Energy Resources
Shale Gas that has huge potential refers to natural gas trapped within Shale formations - the fine-grained sedimentary rocks, which can be rich sources of petroleum and natural gas. India has an estimated 96 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of recoverable Shale gas reserves, found mainly in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan. Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin, located in eastern India, encloses a serie...