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Satellite ‘RISAT-2B’ will beef up India’s surveillance capabilities in the sky and help track and tackle hostile activity, such as infiltration or gathering of militants

“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.

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