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Domestic crude oil production is currently insufficient to meet India’s energy demands, said Jitendra Sangwai, Professor, Department of Ocean Engineering, IIT Madras.

Stethoscope, heart monitor, pacemaker…Some of the world’s greatest medical inventions were the result of doctors who used design thinking to solve pressing medical problems. In India, too, doctors are innovating to make health-tech that’s more suited to local conditions, as well as more affordable.

ISRO chairman, Dr K Sivan talked about the low budget of the mission, saying, “Simplifying the system, miniaturising the complex big system, strict quality control and maximising output from a product make our space missions frugal and cost-effective.”

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.