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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - September 2018

Sep 2018

Nov 28, 2018

NASA Lands InSight Robot

The US space agency NASA has landed a new robot on Mars after a dramatic seven-minute plunge to the surface of the Red Planet.

The InSight probe aims to study the world's deep interior, and make it the only planet - apart from Earth - that has been examined in this way.

InSight is now sitting on a vast, flat plain known as Elysium Planitia, close to the Red Planet's equator.

Carbon Dioxide Emissions Rising

According to the UN, Global efforts to tackle climate change are way off track as it details the first rise in CO2 emissions in four years.

The emissions gap report says that economic growth is responsible for a rise in 2017 while national efforts to cut carbon have faltered.

To meet the goals of the Paris climate pact, the study says it's crucial that global emissions peak by 2020.

But the analysis says that this is now not likely even by 2030.

Nov 27, 2018

World's First Gene-edited Babies

A Chinese scientist's claim that he helped make the world's first 'genetically-edited babies', a pair of twin girls, who could be resistant to HIV and other diseases, has triggered controversy, with a group of 122 leading scientists from his country, in a rare move, condemning 'gene editing'.

Nov 21, 2018

India's First VoLTE International Roaming

Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. (Jio) launched VoLTE based inbound International roaming between India and Japan.

With this, Jio has become India's first 4G mobile operator to provide VoLTE based international roaming services in India whereby international roamers will be enjoying HD voice and LTE high-speed Data.

Japan-based KDDI Corporation is the first international mobile service provider to avail of Jio's VoLTE calling and LTE data international roaming service which provides international travellers with access to high-speed data and voice services on Jio's all-IP, 4G-exclusive network.

China Launches Five Satellites

China successfully launched five satellites, including four nano-satellites, on a single rocket from a launch centre in the country's northwest Gansu province.

Shiyan-6 satellite and four other microsatellites were launched by Long March-2D rocket and have successfully entered their pre-set orbit.

It was the 292th mission of the Long March rocket series.

Nov 20, 2018

China Adds Two New Satellites

China has added two more satellites to its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) which rivals the US Global Positioning System (GPS).

The satellites entered a medium earth orbit and will work with 17 other BDS-3 satellites already in space.

China plans to provide navigation services with the BDS-3 to the Belt and Road partner countries by the end of this year, marking a key step toward a global navigation service.

Nov 17, 2018

Call Drop Benchmark by TRAI

TRAI conducted a call drop benchmark in a drive test on different highway and rail routes. All telecom operators, except Jio failed to meet the call drop benchmark. While network performance of telcos differed on highways, none of them, except RJio, could meet the call drop benchmark on the three rail routes covered under the test.

According to the quality of service rule, not more than 2 percent of total calls in a telecom circle on a network should automatically get disconnected.

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