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Chandrayaan-3 | ISRO releases images of the far side area of the moon

August 21, 2023 admin

Lunar far side area as imaged from the Lander Hazard Detection and Avoidance Camera (LHDAC) onboard Chandrayaan-3 on August 19, 2023 Ahead of the scheduled landing of the Chandrayaan-3 Lander on the moon surface on August 23, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday released images of the far side of the lunar surface….

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Data | India tops AI projects in GitHub

August 21, 2023 admin

Artificial intelligence looking at smart city, connected with planet through global mobile internet on phone. AI control city infrastructure, data traffic, ensure safety. World communication concept. | Photo Credit: iStock In 2022, software developers in India contributed to over 24% of AI related projects in GitHub, the most in the world, according to Stanford’s latest…

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Morning Digest | Pulses prices may spiral as deficient rain mars sowing; Kuki tribal body to re-impose blockade on NH-2, and more

August 21, 2023 admin

While pulses inflation hardened in July, other protein sources such as milk (8.6%) and meat and fish also reported higher inflation last month. Image for representation purpose only. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Pulses prices may spiral as deficient rain mars sowing Tomato prices may be cooling from recent highs, but pulses could play…

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Pulses costs might spiral as poor mist mars sowing

August 20, 2023 admin

Pulses on the market at a store in Delhi. Costs of pulses have risen sharply, dashing to 13.3% in July from 10.6% in June. Document | Picture Credit score: The Hindu Tomato costs could also be cooling from fresh highs, however pulses may play games the nearest spoilsport within the struggle towards inflation, with a…

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Chandrayaan-3 | How NASA, ESA will support ISRO during the Moon landing on August 23

August 20, 2023 admin

An illustration showing the soft-landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the surface of the Moon. The spacecraft is set to land on August 23, 2023 around 6.04 p.m. IST. Photo: Twitter/@isro via PTI Since the launch of the Chandrayaan-3 mission on July 14, the ground stations of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the European…

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Farmers from flood-ravaged northern States to bundle in Chandigarh to press for particular bundle, reimbursement from Centre

August 20, 2023 admin

Report picture of a farmer protective his hard paddy from rains by means of protecting it in plastic sheet | Photograph Credit score: VIJAY SONEJI Farmers from the flood-ravaged States in north Republic of India have introduced to bundle in Union Dimension of Chandigarh on August 22 to press for instant reimbursement from the Centre…

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ISRO one step away from landing on Moon as Lander Module completes second deboost operation

August 20, 2023 admin

An illustration showing ISRO’s ‘Chandrayaan-3’ after the orbit of Landing Module (LM) was successfully reduced to 25 km x 134 km. | Photo Credit: PTI The Lander Module of India’s third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3 is set to touch down on the Moon on August 23 around 6.04 p.m. IST, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)…

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Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into the Moon

August 20, 2023 admin

A picture taken from the camera of the lunar landing spacecraft Luna-25 during its flight to the moon shows the mission emblem and the bucket of the lunar manipulator complex on August 15, 2023. Photo: Roscosmos via Reuters Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the Moon after it spun into an uncontrolled orbit, the country’s Roscosmos…

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J&K Bank sacks Chief Manager Sajad Bazaz for ‘State’s security interests’

August 20, 2023 admin

The J&K Bank has terminated the services of a Chief Manager-rank officer for “the State’s security interests” and decided against holding any formal inquiry. The terminated officer has been identified as Chief Manager Sajad Bazaz, also a widely-read columnist on economic affairs and banking. He writes for the Greater Kashmir, a local daily. “It was…

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Finance Commission expected to be constituted by November end: Finance secretary

August 20, 2023 admin

T.V. Somanathan, Finance Secretary. File. | Photo Credit: KAMAL NARANG The government is expected to constitute the 16th Finance Commission by end of November, Finance Secretary T V Somanathan said. Finance Commission is a constitutional body that gives suggestions on Centre-State financial relations. It suggests, among other things, the ratio in which tax is to…

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