September 17, 2026

Kautilya

Defense

Tejas FOC AIRCRAFT Handed Over to the Indian Air Force

The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Wednesday inducted Tejas Mk-1 FOC aircraft into the recently resurrected No 18 Sqn, the “Flying Bullets” at Air Force Station Sulur, marking yet another important step towards enhancing the operational capability of the Air Force. The Squadron is the first in the IAF to induct this platform. This is also an important milestone in the country’s indigenous fighter aircraft program and a significant boost to the ‘Make In India’ initiative.

By Kautilya / May 27, 2020
Infrastructure

PFC Signs MoU with NBPCL to Fund Projects Worth ₹ 22,000 Cr for 225 MW Hydro-Electric Projects

Power Finance Corporation (PFC), the central PSU under Ministry of Power and India’s leading NBFC, today entered into an agreement with Narmada Basin Projects Company Ltd. (NBPCL), a wholly-owned company of Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, to fund projects worth Rs.22,000 crore for 225 MW hydro-electric projects & multipurpose projects in the State of Madhya Pradesh.

By Kautilya / May 27, 2020
Heritage

Mathematics in India in the Ancient Times

It has been acclaimed universally. The great French mathematician-physicist-astronomer of the 18th century, Simon Laplace, exclaims thus: “It is India that gave us the ingenious method of expressing all numbers by means of ten symbols, each symbol receiving a value of position as well as an absolute value … Its very simplicity and the great ease which it has lent to all computations put our arithmetic in the first rank of useful inventions.

By Kautilya / May 27, 2020
Research

NCPOR Study Helps Better Understanding of the Role of Dust in Radiative Forcing

Dusts play a major role in the global atmospheric climate by balancing the radiative forcing of our planet. It is also a major supplier of nutrients to the global ocean helping the growth of phytoplankton necessary for a healthy ocean ecosystem. Radiative forcing or climate forcing is the difference between insolation (sunlight) absorbed by the earth and the energy radiated back to space.

By Kautilya / May 27, 2020