A rapidly industrialising India is receiving five per cent less sunlight than it did two decades ago due to a blanket of smog over the country, according to a new research. Ironically, the phenomenon known as “solar dimming” may also protect the country against global warming, according to a study by Padma Kumari and colleagues [...]
The Indian GSLV satellite launcher is now fully indigenous. The home-made cryogenic upper stage to power it has ‘arrived’, albeit some ten years later than it could have. ISRO on Thursday evening completed the last crucial ground test for a full-flight duration of 720 seconds at the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, Mahendragiri. This puts the [...]
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