Archive For February, 2016
The revamped planet-hunting spacecraft, tasked iwth finding Earth-like planets, made the discovery using the ‘transit method.’ NASA’s revamped planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft has discovered more than 100 confirmed planets orbiting other stars. Kepler, which recently got crippled by a mechanical malfunction, discovered the alien planets during its second-chance K2 mission. Uses the ‘transit method’ The spacecraft […]
A new green-related technologies developed and refined by NASA’s aeronautics researchers during the past six years can help commercial airlines save more than $250 billion dollars. These new technologies, developed under the purview of NASA’s Environmentally Responsible Aviation (ERA) project, could cut airline fuel use in half, pollution by 75 percent and noise to nearly one-eighth of […]
The Technology Vision-2035 document has identified 12 sectors for special focus and provided a roadmap for each of them, besides plotting the future technology trajectories. The document — which was released by Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi during the inauguration of the 103rd Indian Science Congress — lists education, medical science and healthcare, food and […]
Light combat aircraft Tejas, made in India by state-run company Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), flew for the first time at the Bahrain International Air Show. “Two Tejas fighters are participating in the three-day Bahrain air show to display its air prowess through aerobatic manoeuvres like 8-G (gravity) pull, vertical loop, slow fly past and barrel roll,” HAL chairman and […]
Defence Minister Mr Manohar Parrikar today said full-scale production of the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft Tejas will begin by next year and that other countries have shown interest in the plane. “As per my primary report, it is appreciated by other countries who are interested… By next year, we are starting full-scale production,” he told […]
With barely a week left for the arrival of French President Mr Francois Hollande in the national capital, a crucial deal to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets from France has hit turbulence. Nine months after Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi announced in Paris India’s plans to buy the fighter aircraft directly from the French government, […]
Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University, UP and CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP), Lucknow entered into an MoU to share the facilities and expertise available in each other’s institution. Signed by AKTU vice-chancellor Mr Vinay Kumar Pathak and director CSIR-CIMAP Prof Anil Kumar Tripathi, the MoU enables AKTU students, researchers and faculty […]
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has decided to put off for the time being its plans to use nuclear power to increase the lifespan of India’s second lunar mission Chandrayaan 2, as there has been delay in getting the required nuclear material from Russia. Nuclear power is expected to increase the lifespan of the […]
Asserting that the new helicopter factory was no ordinary unit, Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi today announced that the first of the copters would fly in the service of the country in two years. Speaking after laying the foundation stone for Rs 5000 crore Helicopter Manufacturing unit of the public sector Hindustan Aeronautics Limited here, […]
Scientist and Bharat Ratna Dr CNR Rao said youth were obsessed with making money and lacked the curiosity that led to genuine scientific breakthroughs. “There is a value system problem in India… We are creating a generation of people who are only focused on making money and the intellectual quest is lacking… Unfortunately Bengaluru has […]