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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - October 2018

Oct 2018

Sep 23, 2019

Qatar Science And Technology Park Plans To Invest $50m To Support Start-Ups

Building on its success over the past 10 years, Qatar Science and Technology Park's (QSTP), a member of Qatar Foundation, will offer $50m in the next five years to support start-ups.
While QSTP's core mandate and commitment remain to continue growing the business research and development aspect, it is actively growing its technology innovation and entrepreneurship offerings through various full-featured educational, training, mentorship, as well as comprehensive funding programmes.
This positions QSTP as an engine that drives the implementation of research, development, and innovation for the national benefit and global impact.
QSTP was initiated as an entrepreneurial, venture funding culture, and all the associated facilities and systems to support such.

Australian Academy of Science welcomes Australia-US bilateral science and technology initiatives

The Australian Academy of Science welcomes a range of Australia–US bilateral science and technology initiatives announced by Prime Minister Scott Morrison during his meetings in Washington.
New initiatives will support NASA's mission to return to the moon and travel to Mars.
The initiatives include significant investment of $150 million into local Australian businesses, researchers and new technologies to support NASA's mission to return to the moon and travel to Mars, representing a boost for the Australian Space Agency.

Sep 21, 2019

Chandrayaan-2 Is 98% Successful, Gaganyaan Our Next Priority: ISRO Chief K Sivan

Chandryaan-2 has achieved 98 per cent of mission objectives and India's next space priority is the launch of crewed orbital spacecraft Gaganyaan by end of 2020, chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) K Sivan said.
In his inspiring address at the 8th convocation of IIT Bhubaneswar, Sivan said Gaganyaan is an extremely important mission for India as it will give the much-needed boost to science and technology besides making the country a space superpower.

Sep 18, 2019

ISRO, DRDO Ink MoUs To Provide Technologies For Human Space Mission

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) joined hands with Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for development of human-centric systems for the Human Space Mission to demonstrate its human space flight capabilities.
The purpose behind the development is to provide technologies for human-centric systems and technologies specific to the Human Space Mission.

Sep 15, 2019

Russia's World-First Floating Nuclear Plant Arrives At Siberian Port

Russia's world first floating nuclear power station completed a 5,000-kilometer (3,100-mile) Arctic transfer to the country's far east.
The 21-ton, 144-meter-long (470 feet) and 30-meter-wide platform, which is designed to meet the energy needs of remote communities, was towed into Pevek by a clutch of vessels.
The station houses two 35-megawatt reactors, more in line with the power of nuclear-powered ice breakers than typical new generation nuclear plants boasting nearer 1,000 MW capacity.
The Akademik Lomonosov will provide energy for around 100,000 people and also power oil platforms as Russia develops extraction of natural resources in a mineral-rich area whose eastern tip is only a few dozen kilometers from Alaska.

India To Build 60 Supercomputers

India plans to indigenously develop 60 supercomputers over the next three years.
These systems will be implemented by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) and six machines will be installed by the end of the year 2019.

China Successfully Launches Three New Satellites

China successfully launched three satellites, including a resource satellite, into planned orbits which will help in disaster prevention, urban construction and monitor polar regions and global climate change.
The resource satellite and two small satellites were launched on a Long March-4B carrier rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in north China's Shanxi Province.
The resource satellite ZY-1 02D is developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) and is an important part of China's space-based infrastructure.

Sep 14, 2019

India Gifts Solar Panels to UN

Signifying its commitment to sustainability and climate action, India has gifted solar panels -- one each for the 193 UN member states -- that are being installed on the roof of the United Nations headquarters.
The solar panels, which are valued about a million dollars and gifted to all the UN member states in a symbolic gesture, are powered up to reach the max of 50 KW of generation power.
India has contributed nearly a million dollars to the ambitious solar project at the world body headquarters that entails installation of solar panels on the roof of the UN building.

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