Category: Knowledge
Liquid ocean beneath Pluto,claims Study
Findings gathered after NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft moved around Pluto in 2015 indicate that there is a possibility of an ocean beneath its surface. “Now, by modelling the impact dynamics that created a massive crater on Pluto’s surface, a team of researchers has made a new estimate of how thick that liquid layer might be”,said…
Optima Lithium Battery E-Scooter rolls
The fate of Petrol driven schooter is past.The latest is the test launch of Optima Lithium Battery E-Scooter. Hero Electric,the pioneer and front-runner in the Indian Electric two-wheeler industry,on Tuesday launched its high energy density Lithium battery Electric Scooters in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow market. Incidentally,Lithium battery technology in Hero Electric Scooters would not only give…
Bones found in coal mine in Gujarat most primitive yet recovered
A top story from New York is connected with the finding of an international research team claiming that ’25 tiny bones’ found in a coal mine in Gujarat and ‘exquisitely preserved’ can be the most primitive bones yet recovered any where in the world. “The bones, belonging to ancient, rat-sized, tree-dwelling primates, represent a very…
Private company gets US permission to fly to the Moon
The world famous media agency Reuters on Wednesday reported from Cape Canaveral that the US government has for the first time allowed a private company to send a robotic lander to the moon in 2017. “The Federal Aviation Administration’s unprecedented go-ahead for the Moon Express mission also set a legal and regulatory framework for a…
CSIR Scientists come up with ‘Solar Power Tree’
It is called ‘Solar Power Tree”.Developed by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR) in league with its affiliate Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute(CMERI),Durgapur,it is a device meant to utilise minimum land(as much as a tree needs to grow0 to harness maximum Solar Energy. Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Harsh Vardhan…
Removal of Potassium iodate from permissible additives demanded
The old issue of food safety has gained ground.On Tuesday,a day after the Narendra Modi government in New Delhi banned the use of potassium bromate as a food additive normally used in breads,there was a demand that Potassium iodate was needed to be removed from list of permissible additives. In fact,Centre for Science and Environment…
‘Lover’ wanted by the police in married woman murder case in Ramgarh
Investigation by the police revealed that a married woman was shot dead by a unmarried boy in Ramgarh. The woman,a 31-year old,was a B.Ed student.She was allegedly shot dead outside her college at Ramgarh.The police recovered the body with her one hand severed on Wednesday. Ramgarh SP M Tamilvanan said,Sonali Murmu,who was a married woman,was…
India switches from tOPV to bOPV oral polio vaccine
India has achieved a historic landmark by eradicating polio from the country. The last case of polio in India was reported on 13 January 2011 and thereafter India was certified polio free on 27 March 2014. Although polio has been eradicated from India, neighbouring countries like Pakistan and Afghanistan still have active circulation of the…
Check power theft,work to supply electricity 24X7,CS directs officials
Giving prominence to the power sector,newly appointed Chief Secretary Raj Bala Verma today held a meeting with Energy Department officials and directed them to work effectiuvely and attentively to improve power availability,revenue collection,condition of transformer,power grid,power sub station and implement power projects in a time frame in Jharkhand. The CS directed them to create district…