SCIENCE / TECH

All Landline to Mobile calls to be dialed with prefix ‘0’ from January 15th, 2021

WEB DESK All Fixed (landline) to Mobile calls will be dialed with prefix ‘0’ from 15th January, 2021. It is being done with the consideration of TRAI Recommendation on “Ensuring Adequate Numbering Resources for Fixed Line and Mobile Services”. Department of Telecommunications has taken the decision of implementing the following: All Fixed to Mobile calls … Continue reading All Landline to Mobile calls to be dialed with prefix ‘0’ from January 15th, 2021 →

Rajnath Singh unveils model of Anti-Satellite Missile at DRDO Bhawan

A model of Anti-Satellite Missile installed inside the DRDO Bhawan premises was unveiled by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh yesterday. ‘Mission Shakti’ was the country’s first ever Anti-Satellite (A-SAT) Missile Test successfully conducted on 27th March 2019 from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha, where a fast-moving Indian orbiting target satellite in Low Earth Orbit … Continue reading Rajnath Singh unveils model of Anti-Satellite Missile at DRDO Bhawan →

India’s latest rocket PSLVC49 lifts off successfully

9 satellites of foreign countries also put into orbit AMN / WEB DESK India’s workhorse rocket PSLV-C49 has successfully launched India’s latest Earth Observation Satellite EOS-01 and placed into its intended orbit this afternoon. In a copybook style mission, the launch vehicle also put nine other customer satellites into space. The weather at the national … Continue reading India’s latest rocket PSLVC49 lifts off successfully →

PM asks IITians to connect with the changes on the ground

Prime Minister Modi Addresses 51st Annual Convocation of IIT Delhi Staff Reporter / New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked the fresh IIT graduates to recognize the needs of the country and connect with the changes on the ground. He also asked them to identify with the aspirations of the common people in the … Continue reading PM asks IITians to connect with the changes on the ground →

Two Nanoscience Researchers from Jamia selected for PMRF

AMN / NEW DELHI Two research scholars from Jamia Millia Islamia(JMI), Ms Marya Khan and Ms Abgeena Shabir of Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CNN) have been selected for the coveted Prime Minister Research Fellowship (PMRF) under the Lateral Entry category of the May-2020 drive. Dr Aurangzeb Khurram Hafiz, Officiating Director, Centre for Nanoscience and … Continue reading Two Nanoscience Researchers from Jamia selected for PMRF →

Indian Army develops messaging application ‘Secure Application for Internet’

AMN Indian Army has developed a simple messaging application named the Secure Application for Internet (SAI). The application supports end to end secure voice, text and video calling services for Android platform over the internet. The model is similar to commercially available messaging applications like Whatsapp, Telegram, SAMVAD and GIMS and utilises end to end … Continue reading Indian Army develops messaging application ‘Secure Application for Internet’ →

NITI Aayog to establish Frontier Technologies Cloud Innovation Centre with AWS

WEB DESK In a bid to address societal challenges through digital innovation, NITI Aayog today announced the establishment of a Frontier Technologies Cloud Innovation Centre, CIC with Amazon Web Services, AWS. It is the first of its kind in India. This CIC is part of the AWS CIC Global Programme which provides an opportunity for … Continue reading NITI Aayog to establish Frontier Technologies Cloud Innovation Centre with AWS →

ISRO all set to open its facilities for private sector: Dr Jitendra Singh

WEB DESK Minister of State in PMO, Dr Jitendra Singh today said that Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO is all set to open its facilities for the private sector. Referring to some of the path-breaking historic reforms in the Department of Space under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Dr Singh said, possibly for … Continue reading ISRO all set to open its facilities for private sector: Dr Jitendra Singh →

DRDO successfully tested anti radiation missile, RUDRAM

AMN The Defence Research and Development Organisation, DRDO on Friday successfully flight tested indigenously developed anti radiation missile, RUDRAM. It was successfully flight tested onto a radiation target located on Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast. The missile was launched from SU-30 Mk1 fighter aircraft. It hit the radiation target with pin-point accuracy. RUDRAM is … Continue reading DRDO successfully tested anti radiation missile, RUDRAM →

Nobel Prize for chemistry goes to Charpentier and Doudna for “development of a method for genome editing.”

WEB DESK The 2020 Nobel Prize for chemistry has been awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna “for the development of a method for genome editing.” A panel at the Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm made the announcement Wednesday. The prestigious award comes with a gold medal and prize money of 10 million krona … Continue reading Nobel Prize for chemistry goes to Charpentier and Doudna for “development of a method for genome editing.” →