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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - December 2018

Dec 2018

Dec 08, 2024

Google to Launch Safety Engineering Centre in Hyderabad

Google and the Telangana government signed an agreement to establish the Google Safety Engineering Centre (GSEC) in Hyderabad. This specialised international cybersecurity hub will be Google's second such centre in the Asia Pacific, after Tokyo, and fifth globally, joining Dublin, Munich, and Malaga. The GSEC will focus on advancing cybersecurity capabilities, fostering skill development, and creating employment opportunities.

Dec 07, 2024

NASA Announces Further Delays in Artemis Moon Missions

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced new delays in the U.S. space agency's Artemis program to return astronauts to the moon for the first time since 1972, pushing back the next two planned missions amid potential policy changes under President-elect Donald Trump's administration.
According to Nelson, the next Artemis mission, sending astronauts around the moon and back, has slipped to April 2026, with the subsequent astronaut landing mission using SpaceX's Starship planned for the following year.
The newly announced delays came after NASA concluded an examination of the Orion crew capsule, made by Lockheed Martin (LMT.N), opens new tab, and its heat shield, which had cracked and partially eroded during re-entry into Earth's atmosphere on its debut 2022 uncrewed test mission, Artemis I.

Dec 06, 2024

ISRO's PSLV Successfully Places two European Satellites into Orbit

The European Space Agency (ESA) launched Proba-3, an advanced Sun-observing mission, aboard the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) flagship rocket, promoting global efforts to assess the economic and technological risks of space weather.
Project for Onboard Autonomy or the Proba-3 mission consists of a twin satellite in which two spacecraft (placed inside the satellites) would fly together as one, maintaining a precise formation down to a single millimeter to study the Sun's outer atmosphere.

Dec 02, 2024

Asia-Oceania Meteorological Satellite Users' Conference (AOMSUC-14) New Delhi, India

The 14th Asia-Oceania Meteorological Satellite Users' Conference (AOMSUC-14) will be held from December 4-6, 2024, in New Delhi, India. The conference is hosted by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Ministry of Earth Sciences, and will feature high-quality oral and poster presentations, panel discussions, and a training workshop focused on applying current satellite data for meteorological and climatological applications.
The first AOMSUC was held in Beijing, China, in 2010. Since then, the conference has been hosted annually in various locations across Asia-Oceania. The AOMSUC has become a premier event for meteorologists, earth scientists, satellite operators, and students from across the region and the globe.

Nov 29, 2024

IIT Guwahati Hosts Nation's Largest Science Festival

The India International Science Festival (IISF) 2024, India's largest science celebration, will take place at IIT Guwahati, Assam, from November 30 to December 3, 2024. Organised under the aegis of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), with the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR-NIIST) as the coordinating body, IISF promotes science-society engagement and interdisciplinary collaboration.
For the first time, this mega event is being hosted in North-east India.
The theme, "Transforming India into an S&T driven Global Manufacturing Hub," aligns with the government's vision of merging science, technology, and industrial growth to establish India as a global manufacturing leader.

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