Professor-research scholar duo invents device that yields a near-accurate mileage of a car Why does your hatchback, sedan or SUV give you a mileage different from what the car manufacturer claims under test conditions? This question made a Mizoram University professor and a research scholar invent a measuring device that …
Read More »NGT levies Rs. 25 cr. penalty on Delhi
Amount to be deposited with CPCB The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday directed the Delhi government to deposit an environmental compensation of Rs. 25 crore with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for failing to curb air pollution in the Capital. A Bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Adarsh …
Read More »‘Women with disabilities are more vulnerable’
Kolkata NGO compiles 35 cases of sexual assault More than 100 differently-abled women and girls have raised allegations of sexual harassment in West Bengal since 2012, a city-based NGO working for the rights of the disabled said. Thirty five cases of sexual assault on differently-abled girls and women were reported …
Read More »5.8-tonne GSAT-11 ready for launch
A part of ISRO’s new satellite fleet for high-speed Internet services, it will take off from French Guiana A team of top officials and engineers of the Indian Space Research Organisation (IISRO), now stationed in the Guiana Space Centre, South America, is going over the last steps before it sees …
Read More »Sex-sorted semen to control stray bulls
U.P. govt. to reduce the numbers of ‘unproductive’ cattle by curbing their birth In Uttar Pradesh, where the ban on cow slaughter is taken very seriously, what’s illegal for humans may well prove a godsend to tackle the growing menace of stray bulls: sex selection. The State government plans to …
Read More »Court restrains Rajapaksa from functioning as PM
Sri Lankan leader plans to move the Supreme Court today against order Sri Lanka’s Court of Appeal on Monday temporarily restrained controversially installed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his Cabinet of Ministers from functioning in their respective offices. The interim order follows a quo warranto petition filed by 122 MPs …
Read More »NASA rocket to image Earth’s leaky atmosphere
NASA is set to launch a rocket to get a closer look at the how the earth’s atmosphere is leaking into space. Understanding atmospheric escape on earth has applications all over the Universe — from predicting which planets might be habitable, to piecing together how Mars became a desolate landscape. …
Read More »Genetically modified people walk among us
It felt as if humanity had crossed an important line: In China, a scientist named He Jiankui announced recently that twins had been born in November with a gene that he had edited when they were embryos.But in some ways this news is not new at all. A few genetically …
Read More »Panel to look at selling OIL, ONGC fields
The government has constituted a six-member committee to look at selling as many as 149 small and marginal oil and gas fields of state-owned ONGC and Oil India to private and foreign companies to boost domestic output, sources said.The panel is headed by NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar and …
Read More »No local currency trade with India: China
China has not accepted India’s proposal to carry out bilateral trade in local currencies, which was aimed at bridging the ballooning trade deficit with the neighbour, an official said.India’s exports to China stood at only $13.4 billion and imports aggregated to $76.4 billion in 2017-18, leaving a trade deficit of …
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