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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - December 2018

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Jun 23, 2023

Skyroot Successfully Tests Raman-I Engine Designed to help Vikram-I Rocket

Skyroot Aerospace successfully conducted the flight qualification test of the Raman-I engine, intended for roll attitude control in the Vikram-I rocket.
The Raman-I engine underwent a test fire at the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
The Raman-I engine will be employed for roll attitude control, which helps in managing the rocket's rotation and orientation.
Skyroot Aerospace, a start-up based in Telangana, made history by becoming the first Indian private company to launch a rocket with Vikram-S. The indigenous Vikram-S was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, marking India's entry into commercial space exploration.

Jun 20, 2023

Indonesia, SpaceX Launches Satellite to Boost Internet Connectivity

Indonesia and SpaceX launched the country's largest telecommunication satellite from the United States, in a $540 million project intended to link up remote corners of the archipelago to the internet.
Roughly two-thirds of Indonesia's population already uses the internet, but connectivity is limited in far-flung, underdeveloped eastern islands of the Southeast Asian country.
Satellite technology will accelerate internet access to villages in areas that cannot be reached by fiber optics in the next 10 years.
The 4.5-tonne Satellite of the Republic of Indonesia (SATRIA-1) was built by Thales Alenia Space.
The satellite will occupy the orbital slot above Indonesia's eastern Papua region. It has a throughput capacity of 150 gigabytes per second and will provide internet access to 50,000 public service points.

Jun 19, 2023

India Needs to Join US-led Artemis Accords

India, which is a global power and one of the few countries with independent access to space, needs to be a part of the Artemis team, which brings like-minded countries together on civil space exploration.
Grounded in the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 (OST), the Artemis Accords are a non-binding set of principles designed to guide civil space exploration and use in the 21st century. It is an American-led effort to return humans to the moon by 2025, with the ultimate goal of expanding space exploration to Mars and beyond.
Bhavya Lal, the associate administrator for technology, policy and strategy within the office of the NASA Administrator said that as of May 2023, there are 25 signatories to the Artemis Accords and hoped that India becomes the 26th country.

Jun 18, 2023

Science-20 Held in Bhopal

A 2-day conference of Science-20 under G-20 was held in Bhopal. The theme of the conference was 'Connecting Science to Society and Culture'. The conference was chaired by Professor Ashutosh Sharma, president of Indian National Science Academy (INSA). It was attended by representatives of G-20 countries, invited states and international organisations.
In the conference, detailed discussions were held on connecting science with society and culture, which will lead to scientific literacy, innovation and ease of decision making on known information.
Science-20, a science engagement vertical of the G-20, was established in 2017 during the presidency of Germany. It includes the scientific academies of all G-20 countries. The G-20, being organised under the chairmanship of India, has Indonesia and Brazil as Troika members along with India. The main objective of the Science-20 Engagement Group is to provide science-driven recommendations based on consensus to policy makers.

Jun 17, 2023

EU Approves Draft Law to Regulate AI

The European Parliament voted to approve its own draft proposal for the AI Act, a piece of legislation two years in the making, with the ambition of shaping global standards in the regulation of AI.
After a final stage of negotiations, to reconcile different drafts produced by the European Parliament, Commission and Council, the law should be approved before the end of the year. It will become the first legislation in the world dedicated to regulating AI in almost all sectors of society – although defence will be exempt.
Of all the ways one could approach AI regulation, it is worth noticing that this legislation is entirely framed around the notion of risk. It is not AI itself that is being regulated, but rather the way it is used in specific domains of society, each of which carries different potential problems. The four categories of risk, subject to different legal obligations, are: unacceptable, high, limited and minimal.

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