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Satellite Man of India

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                    Satellite Man of India The tech giant Google is celebrating the 89th birthday of renowned Indian professor and scientist "Udupi Ramachandra Rao" on march 10, 2021 through its "Google Doodle". Udupi Ramachandra Rao was space scientist and chairman of the Indian space Research Organization. He is well known for Indian Space Program. He was also the chairman of the Governing Council of the Physical Research Laboratory at Ahmedabad and Nehru Planetarium at Bengaluru and chancellor of the Indian Institute for space science and Technology(IIST) at Thiruvananthapuram. On March 19, 2013, he was also the first Indian Space scientist to be inducted into the "Satellite Hall of Fame" at Washington. After taking charge as chairman, space Commission and Secretary, Department of space in 1985, Rao accelerated the development of rocket technology resulting in the successful launch of ASLV rocket in 1992. He was also responsible for t...

India's largest two-wheeler manufacturing plant

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India's largest two-wheeler manufacturing plant       OLA to setup largest scooter factory in Tamil Nadu OlaCabs, popularly known as Ola, is a mobile app for personal transportation in India. Ola started as an online cab aggregator in Mumbai, now based out of Bangalore and is among the fastest growing business in India. Ola provides different types of cab service ranging from economic to luxury travel. The cabs are reserved through web browser or a mobile app. It claims clock an average of more than 150000 bookings per day and commands 60 percent of the market shares in India. Cab aggregator Ola has announced that it has commenced construction of the world's largest two-wheeler mega- factory on a 500-acres site in Tamil-Nadu's Krishnagiri district in Tamil Nadu. The factory has a total area of 500 acre with a mega block structure spread over 43 acres. Ola announced a RS 2,400-crore Mou with the Tamil Nadu government In December 2020 and the land acquisition was compl...

Mars on Earth, Salda Lake

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                  Mars On Earth, Salda Lake Mars On Earth: Turkish salda lake may hold clues to ancient life on planet Earth Lake May Unlock Secrets Of Martian Life The scientist are looking for the signs of ancient life on the Red planet with the help of data gathered by the NASA's rover Perseverance which is exploring the surface of Mars. Scientist find that the data collected on the mission is much closer to home at the "Salda Lake" located in southwest Turkey. The American space agency, NASA , stated that the minerals and rock deposits at salda lake are the nearest match on earth with the deposits on the Jezero Crater where the spacecraft landed. The Jezero Crater is believed to be once flooded with water. Salda lake is Crater type of lake. The Information which was gathered from Lake Salda would help the scientists to search for the fossilised trace of microbial life which is preserved in the sediment which are deposits around the delta ...

France Conduct Its First Military Exercises In Space

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 France Conduct Its First Military Exercises In Space  The French military will carry out drills to test the capabilities of its Space Command  tackling threats to its satellites. The exercise are part of France's strategy to become the world's third-largest space power.  France has launched its first military exercises in space in order to test its ability to defend its satellites as well as other defense equipment from attack amid the growing competition between the world powers in Earth's orbit. The Head of France's newly created Space Command Michel Friedling called the space exercise a stress test of the system and mentioned that the exercises  were a first for the French army as well as entire Europe. The exercise, which has been codenamed  'AsterX' in the memory of the first French satellite from the year 1965, will be based on 18 simulated events in an operation room.  German space and American space force agencies also continue to participate ...

India's First Forest Healing Centre

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            India's First Forest Healing Centre India's first forest healing center open in Uttarakhand's Ranikhet The country's first forest healing center based in the concept of making people health by bringing them into direct contact with nature was opened to the public on Sunday at Kalika near Ranikhet. Drawing inspiration from the Japanese technique of forest bathing  the healing center has been developed by the research wing of Uttarakhand Forest Department. Spread over an area of around 13 acres, the center was inaugurated by noted environmentalist from Ranikhet Joginder Bisht. The forest healing center maintains a register in which visitors can share their experiences. 

SMS SCRUBBING

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                           SMS SURUBBING SMS scrubbing comes into effect: Hiccups for banking, e-comm ops as OTPs fail Trial said the concept of registered templates for both SMS and voice communication has been introduced to prevent deliberate mixing of promotional messages into the transaction stream. TRAI Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) was established on 20 February 1997 by an Act of parliament to regulate telecom services and tariffs in India. TRAI'S mission is to create and nurture conditions for growth of telecommunication in India with an objective to provide a fair and transparent environment that promotes a level playing field and facilities fair competition in the market.  The Telecom Service Providers(TSPs) started to implement the second phase of SMS regulation on March 8, 2021 The functioning of banks and e-commerce firms were hit and several crucial services were disrupted such as send...

Chabahar Port in INSTC Corridor Flagship Project

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             Chabahar Port in INSTC Corridor                                   Flagship Project Chabahar port is situated on the Makran Coast at Sistan of Iran and is officially declared as a free trade and industrial zone by the Iranian government. Its location is closet to Central Asia and Afghanistan market. It has proximity to the most of the largest energy resource of the world. WHAT IS INSTC? The North-South Transport Corridor is the route for moving freight between India, Russia, Irfan, Europe and Central Asia. The route primarily involves  moving freight from countries like India, Iran, Azerbaijan and Russia via ship, rai and road. INSTC initiated in 2000 by Iran, Russia and India connecting India Ocean and Persian Gulf to Russia via Iran. The INSTC was expanded to include eleven new members, namely; Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajiki...