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India test-fires BrahMos from indigenous warship INS Kolkata successfully

June 11, 2014

The 290 km-range BrahMos supersonic anti-ship cruise missile was successfully test- fired from country’s largest indigenous warship INS Kolkata off the coast of Karwar in Karnataka. The combat ship is yet to be formally inducted into the Indian Navy. The ..

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Trucks carrying PDS foodgrains to be tracked with GPS

June 10, 2014

In order to curb the menace of diversion of rations meant for lakhs of families which are below the poverty line, Delhi government has decided to track the trucks carrying food-grains with the help of Global Positioning System (GPS) and ..

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Kudankulam is India’s first nuke plant to produce 1,000 MW of power

June 10, 2014

Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) achieved its full power generation potential and thus became India’s first nuclear power plant to generate 1,000 Mega Watt (MW) of electricity. Other nuclear plants in India generally generate only around 540 MW of power while ..

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Achook and Agrim commissioned into Indian Coastguard

June 9, 2014

Two ships ICGS Achook and ICGS Agrim, the fifth and sixth ships in a series of 20 fast patrol vessels have been inducted into the Indian Coastguard. These ships are new generation fast patrol vessels fitted with highly developed communication equipment and ..

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Researchers develop roof tiles to combat air pollution

June 5, 2014

Researchers at University of California have developed a new titanium dioxide roof tile coating that when applied to an average-sized residential roof breaks down smog-causing nitrogen oxides. As per their calculations, 21 tonnes of nitrogen oxides would be removed daily ..

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RGCA’s Lab is India’s First NABL Accredited Aquaculture Pathology Lab

June 3, 2014

The Central Aquaculture Pathology Laboratory of Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (RGCA), the Research & Development arm of MPEDA (Marine Products Export Development Authority), has now become the first aquaculture pathology laboratory in the India to be accredited by NABL (National ..

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'Velocirobot' : Robotic dinosaur which can faster than Usain Bolt

June 2, 2014

Researchers at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in Daejeon have built a robotic dinosaur which has a top speed is 28.5mph (46km/h). The robot which has been named Velocirobot has two nimble legs and a tail for balance and ..

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MoEFCC launches online system for green nod

June 1, 2014

The Ministry of Environment and Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) launched a “system for online submission of applications for environment clearance”. It is expected that the new user-friendly system would bring transparency in the controversial issue of environmental clearance. The ..

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Huge coronal mass ejection on Sun observed through IRIS

June 1, 2014

NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph captured rare footage of a huge Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) erupting from the Sun. The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) was launched in June 2013 to observe how solar material moves, gathers energy, and heats up as ..

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Google agrees to provide 'Right to be Forgotten'

May 31, 2014

Google has launched a service to allow Europeans to ask for personal data to be removed from online search results. It will now be possible for Europeans to request Google for the removal of their personal data from online search ..

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