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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - December 2018

Dec 2018

Feb 23, 2024

Intuitive Machines: US Company Makes Historic Moon Landing

An American company made history by becoming the first commercial outfit to put a spacecraft on the moon.
Houston-based Intuitive Machines landed its Odysseus robot near the lunar South Pole.
Intuitive Machines broke the United States' half-century absence from the moon's surface.

Feb 22, 2024

Fintech Major PhonePe Takes on Google, Apple with Homegrown Indus Appstore

Fintech major PhonePe launched of its homegrown Indus Appstore specifically for the Indian market, in a bid to compete with global incumbents like Google Play Store and Apple's App Store.
The Indus Appstore is PhonePe's attempt at creating a more competitive and localized mobile app store economy for India, which is already the world's largest market for mobile apps.

Reliance Industries is Set to Launch 'Hanooman', a ChatGPT-style AI Service

Reliance Industries, led by Mukesh Ambani, in collaboration with some of the country's premier engineering institutions, is poised to unveil its pioneering ChatGPT-style service named 'Hanooman' in March. This initiative marks a significant milestone in the advancement of AI capabilities within India, promising to bring a new era of digital innovation and accessibility.
The development of 'Hanooman' is a result of a concerted effort between Reliance Jio Infocomm, Centre, and several Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), including IIT Bombay. This collaborative endeavor, featuring a consortium of Reliance and eight affiliated universities, underscores the synergy between India's leading corporate powerhouse and its academic institutions in pushing the frontiers of technology.
One of the defining features of 'Hanooman' is its ability to operate across 11 local languages, catering to a wide spectrum of fields including healthcare, governance, financial services, and education.

Feb 21, 2024

Scientists Uncover Universe's Brightest Object

A team of astronomers in Australia identified an extraordinary celestial phenomenon. The most brilliant object ever detected in the universe. This massive quasar, energised by a colossal black hole, surpasses the brightness of our sun by an astonishing 500 trillion times.
The black hole central to this quasar is no ordinary one. With a mass 17 billion times that of our sun, it consumes the equivalent of the sun's material every day. This voracious consumption powers the quasar's remarkable luminosity, allowing it to be visible despite its light travelling an astonishing distance of 12 billion years to reach us.

Feb 19, 2024

ISRO Launches Meteorological Satellite INSAT-3DS

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched INSAT-3DS, a weather monitoring and disaster warning satellite.
The satellite was launched atop the GSLV-F14 rocket from Sriharikota. It will observe various atmospheric parameters and provide information related to the weather and the climate.
The INSAT-3DS satellite is a follow-on mission of the third generation meteorological satellite from geostationary orbit.
The GSLV or geosynchronous launch vehicle was termed the 'naughty boy' of Indian space due to its repeated failures in the past. Following successful launch, GSLV-F14/INSAT-3DS Mission Director Tommy Joseph said that the GSLV had become a 'disciplined boy'.

NASA and JAXA Set to Launch World's First Wooden Satellite

NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) would launch the LignoSat probe - the world's first wooden satellite into space, in an attempt to make spaceflight operations sustainable.
The tiny satellite has been built by the scientists at Kyoto University in collaboration with Sumitomo Forestry, a logging company. Scientists believe that the satellite's biodegradable nature may help preserve the Earth's environment.

Feb 17, 2024

Japan Successfully Launches Next-gen H3 Rocket

Japan's space agency successfully launch of its new flagship rocket, making it third time lucky for the H3 after years of delays and two previous failed attempts.
The H3 rocket, billed as flexible and cost-effective by space agency JAXA, "was put into orbit", after the rocket launched from the Tanegashima Space Centre in south-western Japan.
The next-generation H3 rocket has been mooted as a possible competitor to Space X's Falcon 9, and could one day be used to deliver cargo to bases on the Moon.
Developed jointly by JAXA and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the H3 is the successor to the H-IIA launch system, which debuted in 2001.

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