Riding an asteroid: China's next goal in space
After sending a probe to Mars in 2020, China plans to explore three asteroids and land on one of them to conduct scientific research, according to a Chinese asteroid research expert. The "China's Space
Scientific And Technical Development
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Isro clears launch of GSLV-D5
Indian Space Research Organisation’s (Isro) Mission Readiness Review (MRR) team and the Launch Authorisation Board (LAB) have given the go-ahead for the launch of GSLV-D5 on January 5, 2014. The 29-hour
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Birla award for science
Prof. Tapas Kumar Kundu of Bangalore-based Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research has won the G. D. Birla Award for his contributions in the field of bio-chemistry. The award, instituted
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MCD to promote mosquito-proof coolers
The MCD is mulling over making people aware about
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Videos that help farmers watch, learn & earn more
- An initiative of two NGOs, screen campaign across villages changes the face of agriculture Ranchi, Sept. 14: They are no ordinary educational tools.
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Students develop gadget to check carbon emission in vehicles
<p> The project has received appreciation of technologists from IITs and IIMs</p><p>Power team:Final year ECE students of Sona College of Technology, Salem, (from left to right)</p>
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Engg students develop device to track elephants
R Haldorai | ENS SOON, residents living near forest will be relieved from the wild elephant menace. A Kovai-based engineering college and the Forest department have jointly developed a prototype device to detect the intrusion of elephants into agricultural fields, railway tracks or farms.
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Green car turns over a new leaf
Taking cue from plants
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Scientists design plane that uses `70% less fuel'
In what could revolutionise commercial aviation, scientists claim to have designed a green plane which is estimated to use 70 per cent less fuel than the current aircraft and reduce noise and nitrogen oxide emission.
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Air pollution prediction system gets UN praise
Pune The System of Air Pollution Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) developed by Pune scientists at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meterology (IITM) to give air quality at a given time and predict what it will be 24 hours later has come in for praise from the UN. SAFAR will also be put to use during Commonwealth Games in Delhi.