With ‘Vikas’ engine, Isro launches GSAT-6A, reaches out for the Moon When GSLV Mk-II ejected the satellite GSAT-6A into the orbit on Thursday, for many it was a boost for communications in the country, for some it was a step forward for military strength but for Indian Space Research Organisation(Isro) it was a dress rehearsal for its second mission to […]
Read MoreInSight or the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport mission Nasa is all set to send the first-ever mission dedicated to exploring the deep interior of Mars, the US space agency said on Thursday. Scheduled to launch on 5 May, InSight—a stationary lander—will also be the first Nasa mission since the Apollo […]
Read MoreWill introduction of BS VI fuel help reduce pollution? With BS VI fuel to be available in Delhi from 1 April and the country from 2020, analyses whether a cleaner fuel will result in a cleaner India Why the Bharat Stage (BS) fuel norms? India is the third largest consumer of oil after China and […]
Read MoreSetting UP of Nuclear Plants During the last three years and the current year, the Government has accorded administrative approval and financial sanction for construction of twelve (12) nuclear power reactors – ten (10) indigenous 700 MW Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) to be set up in fleet mode & two (02) units of Light […]
Read MoreIndia takes the first step to building an AI vision A recent task force report highlights the government’s readiness to tackle the policy issues and opportunities thrown up by emerging technologies Last year, the Union ministry of commerce constituted a task force to look at how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be leveraged for India’s economic […]
Read Morecurrent affairs Nasa delays next-generation space telescope until 2020 Nasa is delaying the launch of its next-generation space telescope—James Webb Space Telescope—which is considered a successor to the long-orbiting Hubble Space Telescope more time is needed to assemble and test the James Webb Space Telescope, which is considered a successor to the long-orbiting Hubble Space […]
Read MoreENERGY SECTOR DEEN DAYAL UPADHYAYA GRAM JYOTI YOJANA: (DDUGJY), Scheme launched on 25th July 2015 Launched with an initial allocation of Rs. 500 crores to ensure power supply to the rural poor. The initial target of 2,800 villages; 7,108 village electrified in one year Target of electrifying 18452 villages till May 2018. 14,786 out of 18,452 un-electrified […]
Read MoreNon-Communicable diseases due to packaged and processed food source :Excessive intake of sugar, sodium and trans fats is the risk factor of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). As informed by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), per capita consumption of packaged items in India is low as compared to countries such as United State of America. […]
Read MoreA new research by Orb Media a non-profit journalism organisation based in Washington, D.C., shows that a single bottle can hold dozens or possibly even thousands of microscopic plastic particles. The mercury sprints past 30°C most days on Brazil’s world-famous Copacabana Beach. Marcio Silva has trudged uncounted miles there, selling relief in the form of […]
Read MoreYes, the operative term in the question being “is”, and not “should… be”. If passive euthanasia is a guaranteed fundamental right, a rigid “active” versus “passive” euthanasia distinction (APD) is analytically unsustainable. In Common Cause v. Union of India, the Supreme Court expounded the basis of its 2011 ruling in Aruna Shanbaug v. Union of India, […]
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