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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - October 2016

Oct 2016

Aug 06, 2023

Drone Manufacturing: DGCA Approves 63 Training Centres, 25 Manufactures

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), which regulates civil aviation in India, has 63 authorised Remote Pilot Training Organisation (RPTO) in the country, according to a written statement provided by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation, V. K Singh, to the Lok Sabha. The regulator has also issued 25 types of certificates for drone manufacturing.
Maharashtra has the most significant number of RPTOs at 12, followed by Haryana with 11, then Gujarat and Karnataka with 6 each.
The DGCA has also sanctioned three RPTO applications in the state of Madhya Pradesh which are: Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi, Gwalior, Ultimate Energy Resource Private Ltd, Bhopal and Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi, Bhopal.

Aug 05, 2023

First New US Nuclear Plant in Decades Starts Operations

Plant Vogtle Unit 3 in Georgia, United States began delivering power to the power grid. This makes it the first nuclear reactor that was built from scratch in the country in more than thirty years.
At full capacity, the unit can put out 11,000 megawatts of electricity, which can power as many as 5,00,000 homes. Power developed by the plant is being used in the states of Georgia, Florida, and Alabama in the United States.

Aug 04, 2023

Final Foreign-built Antares Rocket Launches with Cargo for the ISS

Northrop Grumman successfully launched its final Antares 220+ rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia. The NG-19 mission carried Northrop's Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station, transporting essential supplies such as food, experiments, and other cargo for the crew.
This mission marked the final flight of this generation of Antares rockets, which uses major components from Russia and Ukraine.
The mission, designated NG-19, is part of NASA's Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) program and marks roughly a decade of missions for Northrop Grumman. The company first flew a Cygnus spacecraft to the ISS on the Orbital-D1 mission on September 18, 2013.

Hyderabad Witnesses 'Zero Shadow Day', a Rare Celestial Event

Hyderabad, the capital city of Telangana, experienced a rare celestial phenomenon known as Zero Shadow Day on August 3, 2023 afternoon. It occurs when the sun's position is directly overhead, casting no shadow on the earth's surface.
The tilt of the Earth's axis and its rotation around the sun cause the cosmic event to take place. Due to this tilt, the sun's rays' angle varies throughout the year, resulting in a variety of shadow lengths and directions.
The sun's rays reach their highest point in the sky, reducing the length of the shadow. That's how the shadows of vertical objects become invisible, hence the term "Zero Shadow".
According to astrophysicist Debiprosad Duari, "People and any object, all around the world, staying between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn lose their shadows, though momentarily, twice a year. These two moments are called zero shadow moments."

Aug 03, 2023

India is Fifth amongst Spacefaring Countries in the World

Union Minister Jitendra Singh informed the Lok Sabha that India is the fifth amongst spacefaring nations having end-to-end capabilities in space research and development, including the capability to launch from our own land and operate programs of earth observation, satellite communication, meteorology, space science and navigation and ground infrastructure.
He said that India has the capability to launch from its own land and operate programmes of earth observation, satellite communication, meteorology, space science and navigation, and ground infrastructure. He further added that now after space sector reforms, the NewSpace industries are also emerging at a fast pace.

Aug 02, 2023

Airtel Launches Self-service Digital Marketing Product Airtel IQ Reach

Airtel launched an enterprise communications platform - Airtel IQ Reach - which will enable brands/ companies to drive targeted customer engagements through personalised communications. Airtel IQ Reach will protect users from spam by seeking their consent before sending them messages. The platform is already live for communications via WhatsApp, with SMS and voice to be added in the future.
Calling it the world's first network-embedded Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS), Airtel said that the platform will target businesses with a marketing spend between Rs. 10,000 and Rs. 1,00,000 per month. It will let small businesses access a portal for designing customised messages, uploading or selecting their target audiences, scheduling their messages and, tracking campaign effectiveness.

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