NASA is planning to launch Double Asteroid Redirection Test(DART).It is a spacecraft designed to determine whether an asteroid can be redirected with a high-speed collision. It will be launched with the help of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that will hit a small moonlet in the binary near-earth asteroid system Didymos in September 2022. DART would… Continue reading NASA to crash spacecraft into asteroid in 2022
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Scientists carry out genetic study on people of Lakshadweep Islands
Genetic studies done on the people of the Lakshadweep Island have revealed that a majority of human ancestry in Lakshadweep is largely derived from South Asia with minor influences from East and West Eurasia. The study has concluded that there is a close genetic link of Lakshadweep islanders with people from Maldives, Sri Lanka and… Continue reading Scientists carry out genetic study on people of Lakshadweep Islands
Indian Navy’s submarine ‘Vela’ of Project 75 launched
Indian Navy has launched Scorpene class Submarine Vela.The submarine has been named Vela after an earlier submarine which was the lead submarine of the erstwhile Vela class. Vela is the fourth of six planned Scorpene-class submarines.The six submarines will replace the Indian Navy’s ageing Sindhughosh and Shishumar class of submarines. Scorpene class submarines is a… Continue reading Indian Navy’s submarine ‘Vela’ of Project 75 launched
After 36 years,Indian Navy’s frontline missile destroyer INS Ranjit to be decommissioned
The Indian Navy’s frontline missile destroyer,INS Ranjit will be decommissioned at the naval dockyard in Visakhapatnam after having served for 36 years. INS Ranjit was the third of the five Kashin-class destroyers built by erstwhile USSR. INS Ranjit was commissioned on 24 November 1983 by the Indian Navy.It is the third of the five Rajput-class… Continue reading After 36 years,Indian Navy’s frontline missile destroyer INS Ranjit to be decommissioned
Army to induct 460 Russian origin tanks to add muscle on Pak front
Indian Army has decided to induct an additional 460 Russian-origin upgraded T-90 ‘Bhishma’ battle tanks.This comes after the cabinet committee on security had earlier cleared the license acquisition from Russia. The order to produce the 464 T-90 tanks will soon be given to Avadi Heavy Vehicle Factory(HVF) which works under the Ordnance Factory Board.These tanks… Continue reading Army to induct 460 Russian origin tanks to add muscle on Pak front
IIT Delhi 3D prints human skin
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology(IIT),Delhi has successfully 3D bioprinted human skin models that have certain anatomically relevant structural,mechanical and biochemical features similar to native human skin. Three-dimensional printing(3D printing) also known as Additive manufacturing(AM) is a process of joining materials to make objects from 3D model data,usually layer upon layer.It is basically a… Continue reading IIT Delhi 3D prints human skin
State-owned NewSpace creates a flutter among space startups
Recently,Union Cabinet had cleared a new business arm for the Department of Space(DoS) called NewSpace India Ltd.(NSIL).The government had registered NewSpace India Ltd.(NSIL) as a commercial entity under Department of Space(DoS). NSIL is the second commercial entity of the Department of Space (DoS) after Antrix Corporation Limited which was set up in 1992 to market… Continue reading State-owned NewSpace creates a flutter among space startups
Chandrayaan-2 most complex mission:ISRO chief Sivan
ISRO Chairman has said that Chandrayaan-2 will be the most complex mission undertaken by ISRO.It is because of the soft landing required near the lunar south pole.On the other hand,the Moon Impact Probe (MIP) on Chandrayaan-1 had not been designed for a soft landing. Chandrayaan-2, India’s second mission to the moon is a totally indigenous… Continue reading Chandrayaan-2 most complex mission:ISRO chief Sivan
Government and IIT-Delhi to set up a Centre of Excellence for Waste to Wealth Technologies
Government of India and IIT-Delhi has signed a MoU to set up a Centre of Excellence for Waste to Wealth Technologies.The centre will be set up to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The aim of the centre is to implement a sustainable,scientific and technological solutions for waste management through validation and deployment… Continue reading Government and IIT-Delhi to set up a Centre of Excellence for Waste to Wealth Technologies
The Microbots Are on Their Way
Researchers at the American Physical Society in Boston has presented an army of microbots that are about the size of a speck of dust.They can walk and survive harsh conditions. Microbots is the field of miniature robotics,in particular mobile robots with characteristic dimensions less than 1 mm.The term can also be used for robots capable… Continue reading The Microbots Are on Their Way
