The number of cases of the killer disease climbed by 2 million to 219 million in 2017 The World Health Organisation on Monday said global efforts to fight malaria have hit a plateau as it reported there were more cases of the killer disease in 2017 than the previous year. …
Read More »Army selects Russian Igla-S missile
India has picked Russia’s Igla-S missile system as the choice for the Army’s multibillion dollar contract for man-portable air defence systems, officials said on Monday. “The Igla-S bid from Rosoboronexport of Russia has been declared the L1 in the Very Short Range Air Defence (VSHORAD) deal,” said a defence official …
Read More »Global fight on malaria stalled: WHO
The number of cases of the killer disease climbed by 2 million to 219 million in 2017 The World Health Organisation on Monday said global efforts to fight malaria have hit a plateau as it reported there were more cases of the killer disease in 2017 than the previous year. …
Read More »Army selects Russian Igla-S missile
India has picked Russia’s Igla-S missile system as the choice for the Army’s multibillion dollar contract for man-portable air defence systems, officials said on Monday. “The Igla-S bid from Rosoboronexport of Russia has been declared the L1 in the Very Short Range Air Defence (VSHORAD) deal,” said a defence official …
Read More »A new bank scam using Google Maps loophole
Con artists edit bank details, get customers to share PINs Scamsters seem to have stumbled upon a gold mine in the form of a loophole in the Google Maps interface. Taking advantage of the fact that on Google Maps, an establishment’s contact details can be edited by anyone, a group …
Read More »Genome study on teas at advanced stage
Research will unravel the specialities of Assam teas, says an official A genome study project initiated by the Tea Board of India, to establish the origins and speciality of Indian teas, has now reached an advanced stage. The study is being conducted on Assam teas to establish it as a …
Read More »Aluminium and water are fuel for this electric vehicle
Firm develops metal-air battery to deliver higher mileage If you ever get stuck at a traffic signal near the verdant campus of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru and see a fellow commuter driving a white Mahindra e2o Plus electric vehicle covered with stickers, don’t mistake him for …
Read More »New space industry emerges: servicing satellites in orbit
Fixing them is more profitable to companies than relaunching new ones Imagine an airport where thousands of planes, empty of fuel, are left abandoned on the tarmac. That is what has been happening for decades with satellites that circle the Earth. When satellites run out of fuel, they can no …
Read More »GROWTH-India telescope’s first science observation
The 0.7 m GROWTH-India telescope at the Indian Astronomical Observatory located in Hanle, Ladakh, has made its first science observation which is a follow-up study of a nova explosion. Novae are explosive events involving violent eruptions on the surface of white dwarf stars, leading to temporary increase in brightness of …
Read More »Kudankulam’s first reactor resumes power generation
The first reactor of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP), which was stopped on August 1 for the mandatory third annual fuel outage, resumed power generation at 12.35 p.m. on Saturday. The loading of fuel and associated maintenance work were completed in 108 days. After the reactor ran for about …
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