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Process is on to offer Ka-band services without auction: Is it a backdoor deal?
Lalit Shastri A few weeks ago an innocuous notice appeared on the ISRO/Department of Space Website. The notice referred to an application dated 1 July 2016 filed by one Jupiter Satellite India Limited for securing an Indian orbital slot at 104 degrees East longitude to provide Ka-band services for broadband beams covering the Indian mainland […]
MoreLeaves from nitrogen-rich trees can be potential fertilizers
Dr. Aditi Jain New Delhi: Persistent overuse of fertilizers to increase the crop yield has led to serious consequences on environment and human health. The problem has now come to full circle and the challenge ahead is to produce enough food for burgeoning population but in a sustainable manner. Scientists are now on look for alternatives to fertilizers which […]
MoreScience academies back neutrino lab project in Tamil Nadu
Dinesh C Sharma New Delhi: The India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO), an ambitious mega science project, has been at the centre of a controversy in Tamil Nadu with some political groups raising questions about environment clearance granted for setting up the underground facility in Bodi West Hills in Theni district. Now three national science academies have assured that the […]
MoreLosing contact with GSAT-6A puts ISRO authorities in dock
Lalit Shastri Giving a giving a go-bye to quality assurance, to increase launch frequency appears to be the main reason why Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO’s) GSAT-6A mission ended in failure. Two days after India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F08) launched GSAT-6A Satellite into Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) on March 29, 2018, the authorities confirmed […]
MoreWomen in STEMM encounter bias
Jyoti Singh Imphal: “Women’s involvement in science and technology encounters bias in regard to disciplines and academic or professional level of responsibility,” observed Kesari Nath Tripathi, Governor of West Bengal, while inaugurating the Women Science Congress during in the Indian Science Congress session here. Tripathi said that many qualified women remain away from mainstream science […]
MoreStephen Hawking, Superstar Physicist, Dies at 76
Physicist and author Stephen Hawking, whose scientific insights on a wide ranging subjects from black holes to quantum mechanics changed the world, has died at age 76, his family announced late Tuesday. Click here to read more
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