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Maharashtra becomes First State to Use Automated Weather Stations (AWS) for Farmers
Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has inaugurated the state’s first automatic weather station at Dongargaon in Nagpur. The state government proposes to install around 2,065 such weather stations across the state on a public private partnership (PPP) mode in this ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2017
Scientists at IIT Create Low Cost Solar Cells using Jamun
Scientists at IIT Roorkee have used Indian summer fruit, Jamun, to create low cost and more efficient solar cells. To create the solar cells, the researchers made use of naturally occurring pigment present in jamun as an inexpensive photosensitizer for ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2017
Scientists create 'Artificial Womb'
Researchers have created a fluid-filled transparent container called the Biobag to simulate how foetuses float in amniotic fluid inside the uterus of their mothers. Researchers tested five lambs with a biological age corresponding to 23-week human premature babies in the ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2017
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft successfully travels between Saturn and its rings
Recently, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft completed its final close flyby of Saturn’s moon Titan and has now started its final set of 22 orbits before plunging into Saturn on September 15, 2017, and thus completing its 20-year long journey. Already, Cassini ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2017
ISRO launches solar calculator app
ISRO has launched a solar calculator app that can calculate the benefits of installing solar panels in different regions of the country. The app has been created by the Space Application Center (SAC) facility of ISRO following the Ministry of New ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2017
Wax worm caterpillars found to eat Plastics
The wax worm, the larvae of insect Galleria mellonella, is found to possess the ability to biodegrade polyethylene, which is one of the toughest and most used plastics. The scientists have observed that the degradation rate of the wax worm ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2017
China’s first cargo spacecraft successfully docks with the Tiangong-2 space lab
China has successfully docked its first cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1 with the Tiangong-2 space lab. It is hailed as a major step towards China’s ambition of establishing a permanently manned space station by 2022. China has an ambitious plan of building ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2017
ISRO to test launch GSLV-Mk III-D1 in May 2017
ISRO is all set to undertake the first developmental flight of a ‘game-changer’ rocket (launching vehicle) that will have the capacity to launch four-tonne class of satellites, from Sriharikota spaceport. ISRO looks forward to conduct the second developmental flight within this ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2017
LHS 1140b: Another planet in habitable zone discovered
Astronomers have discovered yet another planet, called LHS1140b, which is expected to be present in the Goldilocks Zone. It’s not so far away, either. It is found orbiting around the star LHS 1140 some 39 light-years away. Goldilocks Zone refers ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2017
BRABO: First 'Made in India' Industrial Robot
TAL Manufacturing Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Motors has unveiled India’s first ‘conceptualized, designed and manufactured articulated industrial robot’ called “BRABO”. BRABO stands for “Bravo Robot”. The robot has been developed indigenously for micro, small and medium enterprises ..