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Rahul Gandhi lauds ISRO's successful launch of its 100th satellite
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday lauded the the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on the successful launch of its 100th satellite 'Cartosat-2 Series' from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota Island.He said ISRO's hard work and dedication has made India the pioneer of space program."Congratulations to @isro for creating history yet again. Your hard work and dedication has made India the pioneer of space program," Gandhi said on Twitter.Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind also hailed ISRO for the successful launch of its mission.For the mission, the ISRO used PSLV-C40 launch vehicle, which is carrying 31 satellites, including three from India and 28 from six other countries.The weather observation 'Cartosat-2 Series' satellite and 29 others were inserted into a 505-kilometre sun-synchronous orbit its liftoff.Later, the payload Microsat developed by the ISRO was taken down to a lower orbit at 359-kilometre height and
Modi greets ISRO on 100th satellite launch
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on the successful launch of the 100th satellite.
India launches, deploys Cartosat, 30 satellites in Earth's orbit
India on Friday deployed a remote sensing Cartosat and 30 other satellites, including 28 from six countries, into the Earth's orbit after a copybook launch of a polar rocket from its spaceport here in Andhra Pradesh.
ISRO's 100th satellite launch is New Year's gift to country: ISRO chairman
After the successful launch of its 100th satellite, 'Cartosat-2 Series', on Friday, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman A. S. Kiran Kumar said it was a New Year's gift to the country."During the last PSLV launch we had problems, today what has happened proves that the problem was properly addressed and rectified. We are happy to give this new year gift to the country," Kiran Kumar said in a press conference here after PSLV C-40 launch vehicle successfully blasted off with 31 satellites, including 28 foreign ones, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota Island.In August last year, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle failed to put country's first privately built satellite into orbit.Meanwhile, Union Minister of State Jitendra Singh took to twitter and congratulated the ISRO team for the successful launch, which was PSLV's 42nd flight since its inception."Yet another feather in the much decorated hat of Team #ISRO! Proud to be associated with ISRO at
Satellite detects new tunneling at N.Korean nuclear base
Satellite images show that North Korea has bored new tunnels near its Punggye-ri nuclear test site, indicating Pyongyang's intention to maintain its potential for future nuclear testing, a US website specialised in North Korean affairs has said.
Scientists working to predict fish-rich areas much in advance
Scientists are working on a project to accurately predict areas of abundant fish in sea well in advance. Researchers from the CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR-NIO) are using satellite imagery and underwater gadgets to come up with correct forecast - nearly one month in advance - about locations of shoals of fish in sea waters. The fishing industry currently banks on daily advisories to fisher folk provided by the Hyderabad-based Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS). "To enhance the fishery sector, we are working in a direction to see how we can predict the presence of fish in the ocean on one month time scale or even longer duration using physics, chemistry and biology," CSIR-NIO Director Sunil Kumar Singh told PTI. The researchers feel long-term predictions would help in rationing the fishery resources and their harvesting in a sustainable manner. He said, "The fishing industry is currently getting prediction on a daily basis. ...
PM Modi hails ISRO for successful launch of its 100th satellite
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on the successful launch of its 100th satellite 'Cartosat-2 Series' from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota Island."My heartiest congratulations to @isro and its scientists on the successful launch of PSLV today. This success in the New Year will bring benefits of the country's rapid strides in space technology to our citizens, farmers, fishermen etc," Prime Minister Modi said in a series of tweets."The launch of the 100th satellite by @isro signifies both its glorious achievements, and also the bright future of India's space programme," he tweeted."Benefits of India's success are available to our partners! Out of the 31 Satellites, 28 belonging to 6 other countries are carried by today's launch," Prime Minister said on Twitter.For the mission, ISRO used PSLV-C40 launch vehicle, which is carrying 31 satellites, including three from India and 28 from six other ...
India launches Cartosat 2 Series satellite, 29 others
India today successfully launched weather observation satellite Cartosat 2 Series and 29 other spacecraft onboard its dependable Polar rocket from here. The successful orbiting of the satellites by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV C-40 comes four months after the Indian space Research Organisations mission to launch backup navigation spacecraft IRNSS-1H onboard PSLV-39 ended in a rare failure. A jubilant ISRO Chairman A S Kiran Kumar announced that the Cartosat 2 Series satellite, the seventh in the series, a nano satellite and 28 commercial payloads were successfully injected into the orbit one by one by the PSLV C-40, in the space of about 17.33 minutes since lift-off. A micro satellite of India would be orbited after about 90 minutes following the re-ignition of the fourth stage, Kumar said. International customer satellites are three micro and 25 nano-satellites from six countries -- Canada, Finland, France, Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States of .
India launches 31 satellites, puts Cartosat-2 into orbit
India on Friday deployed a remote sensing Cartosat and 30 other satellites, including 28 from six nations into the earth's orbit after a copybook launch from its spaceport here.
India launches 31 satellites, along with Cartosat-2
India on Friday launched a polar rocket with 31 satellites, including three Indian and 28 of six other nations from its spaceport here.
ISRO successfully launches its 100th satellite
India successfully launched its 100th satellite 'Cartosat-2 Series' from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota Island on Friday.For the mission, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) used PSLV-C40 launch vehicle, which is carrying 31 satellites, including three from India and 28 from six other countries.The weather observation 'Cartosat-2 Series' satellite and 29 others will be inserted into a 505-kilometre sun-synchronous orbit after about seventeen and a half minutes since its liftoff.Later, the payload Microsat developed by the ISRO will be taken down to a lower orbit at 359-kilometre height and launched using the 'multiple engine switch-on' method.This satellite is the seventh remote sensing satellite in its series and has the mission life of five years.Its uses include monitoring urban and rural applications, coastal land use regulation, managing services like road networks and water distribution, detecting changes in geographical features and ...
Palaniswami inaugurates mobile command station to operate drones
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami has inaugurated the mobile command and control station called Anjas to operate drones, which was developed by Anna University in Chennai.The Centre for Aerospace Research (CASR) of the university has designed and developed three Unmanned Aerial system or drones for a variety of purposes, including disaster relief, surveillance, crowd monitoring and surveying of land.Talking to media, Minister for Higher Education Department K P Anbalagan said, "It will be helpful to monitor the crowd. It can function for three days without electricity and telecommunication."The mobile station designed by the CASR can be operated for three days even after the failure of electricity and telecommunication.CASR director Senthil Kumar told ANI, "These drones can be used in agriculture, tourism, land survey, mining, quantity survey and infrastructure monitoring. It has also started working on upgrading the design of its UAVs to suit some of these
Controversial land acquisition hinders Foxconn project in US
Tech giant Foxconn is facing some legal obstacles concerning its planned display screen plant in the midwest US state of Wisconsin, as some villagers opposed to what they called "unconstitutional eminent domain."
Danish wind energy sets new record in 2017
Wind power accounted for a record high of 43.4 per cent of the total electricity consumption in Denmark in 2017, according to official data released on Thursday.
India all set to launch its 100th satellite
India is all set to launch its 100th satellite 'Cartosat-2 Series' on Friday from Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota.The launch of 31 satellites, including three of India and 28 of six other countries, by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will begin at 5.29 am and will lift off at 9.29 hours from the first launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre about 90 kilometres off Chennai.Talking to ANI, Minister of State (MoS) for Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Jitendra Singh said, "It is a historic day for us and a great headway for India.""Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arranged a brainstorming session between space scientists and officials from different government departments so that they could understand the diverse applications of space technology in transforming India," he added.The 'Cartosat-2 Series' satellite and 29 others will be inserted into a 505-kilometre sun-synchronous orbit after about seventeen and a half minutes since its liftoff.Later, the payload Microsat ...
Switzerland to ban live boiling of lobsters in restaurants
The Swiss government is to ban the common practice in restaurants of boiling live lobsters as part of an overall animal protection reform, Swiss media reported on Thursday.
CM reviews progress in preparation of Assam's River Atlas
Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday took stock of progress in the preparation of the first-ever River Atlas in Assam and asked the implementing agency to bring quantity and depth of sand and sand layers on river beds within the study's ambit.
HP CM lauds female health worker mentioned in WHO calender
Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur today felicitated Geeta Verma, a health worker from Mandi district, who was featured in the World Health Organization (WHO) calendar for the year 2018. Verma, from Sapnot village of Karsog Tehsil, found mention in the WHO calender for her efforts to ensure hundred per cent coverage of her area of operation underthe measles and rubella programme. Thakur exhorted all employees to exhibit similar commitment and zeal to serve the people with dedication. "She has brought made the state proud and set an example to emulate," the chief minister said, congratulating her. Deployed at Health Sub Centre, Shakardehra, in Block Jhanjehli of Mandi district, Verma undertook a massive campaign to vaccinate children even in the remote villages, officials said. She went to great lengths to immunisethe children of shepherds andthe Gujjars community in the remote areas of Raygarh, they added.
Govt to use mobile app for on-the-spot power connections
The government will use a mobile phone application to register and complete the documentation of 4 crore unelectrified households to provide on-the-spot power connections under the Saubhagya scheme. The exercise will be conducted under the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (Saubhagya), stated a report submitted to the NITI Aayog by Power Secretary A K Bhalla. Earlier in September last year, the government had launched the scheme to provide electricity connections to 4 crore households by March 31, 2019. According to the report, the government will prioritise on the basis of infrastructure and unelectrified households in different areas. It has also decided on monitoring and reporting through dedicated web portal/mobile application to achieve highest level of efficacy. The report states that government will have a focused approach to achieve its target under the scheme because 90 per cent of unelectrified households are in seven states -- Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand,
Mahadayi row; Kannada outfits call for Karna bandh on Jan 25
Pro-Kannada outfits have given a call for 'Karnataka Bandh' on January 25 to press for the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Mahadayi river water sharing row between the state and neighbouring Goa. Vatal Nagaraj, leader of Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha (KCVP), a pro-Kannada outfit, claimed that about 2,000 pro-Kannada outfits had backed the bandh call. He said the organisations had decided to speak to government officers and employees, lorry owners, fuel service stations, education institutions and appeal to them to cooperate in ensuring that the Bandh is a success. The Kannada film industry has already agreed to support the bandh, Nagaraj said. The Kannada organisations have also decided to show black flag to Modi when he visits Karnataka on January 28 for the concluding ceremony of BJP's Nava Karnataka Parivarthana Yatra,a state-wide programme against the Congress government. Karnataka has locked horns with Goa over the Mahadayi river sharing issue ..
