Archive For January, 2013
New Delhi: Ahead of the centenary session of Indian Science Congress in Kolkata, the Union Cabinet approved a new science, technology and innovation policy which will be released by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh at the Science Congress to chart a road map on innovation. The new policy document is an update of the 2003 […]
“What is puzzling is that when a move was made to take Aero India out of Bangalore, the state government went overboard to retain it. But its reaction to a problem that could lead to a situation forcing the air show out of the city has been passive,” said an IAF officer. Chicken and other […]
In Talks with Three Foreign Low-Cost Carriers has applied for Licence Mr Saurabh Sinha Exactly a decade after he launched India’s first low-cost carrier (LCC) Air Deccan and five years after he was forced to sell it off, Captain G R Gopinath is all set to make a comeback with a start up. Three foreign […]
A team of scientists from Indian Space Research Organisation will soon arrive in Leh to further corroborate that the mysterious luminous objects seen on the horizon over a lake in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir are actually “Chinese lanterns”. Official sources said today that after getting the preliminary report that the luminous objects flying […]
Bangalore: The ambitious and exclusive Aerospace Policy, which the State government has been planning for a while, will be unveiled in the last week of January 2013. Mr M Maheswara Rao, Commissioner for Industries, said the first-of-its-kind policy in the country intends to position the State as a major aerospace hub in Asia, with onus […]
Mr Sourabh Kaushal, the 22-year-old engineer who made his wish to clean up space debris public through BANGALORE MIRROR (Young engineer plans to be space saver, Nov 20), wrote back to the paper saying the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has agreed to meet him to discuss his theories. Mr Kushal said, “I have been […]
SAN FRANCISCO Asteroids and comets colliding with the moon not only pitted its surface but also severely fractured its crust, researchers with NASA said, in a finding that could help crack a Martian puzzle. On Mars, similar fracturing would have given water on the surface a way to penetrate deep in the ground, where it […]
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) are no longer attracting best scientific minds. More than 630 scientists have left the organisation in the last six years. The Government claimed they left the organisation due to personal reasons and also due the fact they got lucrative offers in other organisations. As DRDO is the premier […]
With dedicated support of the Customer Service Department (CSD) of Helicopter MRO Division, ALH Detachment at Lakshadweep and Minicoy Islands was successfully completed during October 31 to November 4, 2012. CSD-ALH was instrumental in providing constant support in terms of effective logistics and timely technical assistance to flight personnel. The successful embodiment of VIP modification […]
The National Aero-Olympics concluded here with the team from Bhonsala Military School lifting the winner’s trophy and Apeejay School, Jalandhar were declared runners-up. Both are to get free trips to the upcoming Aero India 2013 air show. The three-day event is the first one to have been held here, the aeronautics capital of India. It was […]