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“This RISAT-2B launch on board PSLV-C46 rocket on May 22 is unique as it will be placed in an orbit of 555 km at an inclination of 37 degrees. This inclination supports surveillance better. We are also hiring a ground station in Australia for this launch, for tracking the PSLV during its terminal phase and to watch satellite separation,” Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) director S Somanath told TOI.
“As part of the 2018 rationalisation of textbooks, 72,000 stakeholders , among them students, teachers, parents, intellectuals and members of civil society, gave us over one lakh suggestions,” Mr. Senapathy said, “These were critically analyzed and will form the foundation of the forthcoming deliberations on a fresh NCF. It will be a year long process.”
While the spacecraft to Venus will lift off with more than 20 payloads, the next decade will start with interplanetary missions – Xposat to study cosmic radiation in 2020, Aditya L1 to the Sun in 2021, Mars Orbiter Mission-2 in 2022, Lunar Polar Exploration or Chandrayaan-3 in 2024 and Exoworlds, an exploration outside the solar system in 2028.
Commonly used in sambar, aviyal (Kerala) and poriyal (Tamil Nadu) in south India, drumsticks now attract global attention as a superfood because of its medicinal properties.
Now Indian scientists have developed a new nanotechnology-based drug which can be administered through nose. They have found that when neuropathic drugs are encapsulated in nanoparticles and transported via nasal route they can be more effective in curing nerve related pains.
Scientists have completed a parent-wise genome assembly of buffalo in the country.
“Indian industries are making the telescope’s sensors, actuators and its mechanical support structure,” he said. Indian industries are making the telescope’s sensors, actuators and its mechanical support structure,” said A N Ramaprakash, associate programme director of TMT, India
The recent findings would help corroborate theories pointing to a historic maritime past. Prominent among the findings are goblet-shaped vessels and conical jars which are worth mentioning as they are supposed to have been used by the elite. These were not used for cooking but were used to consume wine,” surmised Dr. Sreelakshmi, Superintending Archaeologist, Archaeological Survey of India, Excavation Branch VI, Bengaluru.
The space mission is likely to be launched in 2022. Lt Gen Puri said Bengaluru-based IAF’s Institute of Aerospace Medicine (IAM) has initiated the process of finalizing the crew.
Splitting water using electricity is a widely explored method to generate hydrogen, a sought-after clean power source for fuel cells, batteries and zero emission vehicles.
