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This new species belongs to the family of narrow-mouthed frogs (Microhylidae) and was found to be under an entirely new genus, called Mysticellus. The genus was named after the Latin word mysticus meaning ‘mysterious’, owing to their secretive lifestyle, and ellus meaning ‘tiny’ referring to the small size of these frogs, which are only 2.3-2.9 cm long.
The NASA study based on data received and analysed from its satellite said that India and China are leading in greening on land.
On the number of crew, Sivan said, “We want IAF to train 10 candidates for the Gaganyaan mission. Out of them, we will pick final three for the maiden space journey.”
With this, a new line of business has opened for BHEL and the company has expanded its footprint in the transportation sector. Indian Railways’ electric locomotives currently have a dynamic braking system where the energy generated during application of brakes gets wasted in the form of heat.
The Robert Bosch Center for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (RBC-DSAI) inaugurated on Wednesday aims to increase the Bosch’s AI skill set while creating societal impact through multi-disciplinary interactions and industrial collaborators on core challenges in Data Science (DS) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
“Hopefully we are close to finding a potential drug against Zika. We have successfully identified the target protein on which HCQ acts. Since it is an FDA approved drug our journey for validation may be less tedious and we can go for preclinical trials faster,” said Dr Rajanish Giri
Not only would the laser made from carrots be bio-friendly, but the system being developed is also robust, reliable and has a good and linear response to temperature.
India is one of the member countries, along with institutions in the USA, Canada, Japan and China, that are working on the international mega science project, planned to be built on Mauna Kea in the Hawaiian islands.
The hike in fellowship will directly benefit over 60,000 Research Fellows and also provide a template to the States to consider increase in their fellowship rates.
This tech is not available anywhere else. It has multi-spectral land mine detection technology which can detect mines,” Zala, told ANI about his invention.
