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The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft successfully underwent a planned orbit reduction manoeuvre which is outting it into increasingly distant orbits from Earth.

In spaceflight, an orbital maneuver is the use of propulsion systems to change the orbit of a spacecraft. For spacecraft far from Earth (for example those in orbits around the Sun) an orbital maneuver is called a deep-space maneuver (DSM). The rest of the flight, especially in a transfer orbit, is called coasting. The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft successfully underwent a planned orbit reduction…

Mudhol hound is an Indian breed of dogs which has been identified as having great potential for utilisation by security agencies in India

Mudhol Hound dogs are also known as Pissouri Hound or Lahori Hound. These dogs are mainly distributed in Bagalkot and Vijayapur districts of Karnataka. Estimated population is about1500. The breed is popular in and around Mudhol Taluk of Karnataka and thus the breed got the name Mudhol hound. Gait of Mudhol Hound, with aerodynamic body gives an effortless stride, giving flying appearance. On a…

Semiconductors are extremely important for nations development in current times. India has been trying hard to invite semiconductor manufacturing in country.

In June, Micron (a semi conductor manufacturing global company) announced that it will set up a $2.75 billion assembly and testing plant in Gujarat, in what was the first marquee name to officially commit investment in India under the country’s $10 billion chip incentive scheme.   Indian government has been trying very hard to invite global semiconductor manufacturing companies to open their…

Julius Robert Oppenheimer is known as the "father of the atomic bomb". He developed the first atomic bomb that was used against Japan.

Julius Robert Oppenheimer is known as the “father of the atomic bomb”. He was born in New York City to Jewish immigrants from Germany. He earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Harvard University in 1925 and a PhD in physics from the University of Gottingen in Germany in 1927. After research at other institutions, he joined the physics department at the University of California, Berkeley,…

Rainy season has arrived and there are frequent news of landslides occurring in various parts of India.   A landslide is defined as the movement of a mass of rock, debris, or earth down a slope. Landslides denote a down-slope movement of soil and rock under the direct influence of gravity.   The term “landslide” encompasses five modes of slope movement: falls, topples, slides, spreads, and…

Imagine that you are sitting in an open terrace restaurant and enjoying coffee with a friend, and you get hit by a meteorite !This is what actually happened to a woman in France… The woman initially thought she had been attacked by an animal, but later discovered that it was a strange object that didn’t resemble any common materials like cement blocks. It was suspected to be a meteorite.   Let…

On July 14, 2023 India's premier space agency ISRO launched “Chandrayan-3 Lunar Mission” in space to conduct sceintific experiments. 

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is India’s premiere space agency. It handles all the satellite launches in India. On July 14, 2023 ISRO launched “Chandrayan-3 Lunar Mission”.   Mission Objectives: Chandrayaan-3 mission has three major objectives: Demonstrate safe and soft landing on the surface of the Moon, Conduct rover operations on the Moon, and Conduct on-site experiments on the…

Raghvendra kumar is hailed as the Helmet man of India. He has distributed around 56000 free helmets to motorcyclists since 2014 and saved 30 lives.

Raghvendra kumar is hailed as the Helmet man of India. He had distributed around 56000 helmets free of cost to motorcyclists since 2014. In 2014, Raghvendra lost his close friend and roommate Krishna Kumar Thakur in a road accident. Krishna was not wearing a helmet when the accident happened. Had he been wearing a helmet he would have been saved. This incident changed Raghvendra and he made it a…

Kolkata metro will run through a tunnel below the Hooghly river and a metro station will be constructed at Howrah railway Station below Hooghly river.

Kolkata metro has long back earned its reputation as the first metro in the country. It is again making news for tracks which will run through a tunnel below the Hooghly river. It will zip through below the water for almost half a kilometre in less than a minute. For the first time in India, a train will roll under a river. A metro station will be constructed at Howrah railway Station whi h will…

Excessive rains caused due to western disturbances in the month of March lead to damage to Wheat crops across India.

Have you experienced heavy rainfalls in march this year? Is it normal ? Ask your parents and teachers. This March the majority of India and specially the northwest India has experienced excessive rainfalls including Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Chandigarh. The reason is western disturbances, which are storms from the Mediterranean region that bring rainfall to northwest…

Salim Aziz Durani was an Indian cricketer who played in 29 Test matches from 1960 to 1973. An all-rounder, Durani was a slow left-arm orthodox bowler and a left-handed batsman famous for his six-hitting prowess. He is the only Indian Test cricketer to hav

Salim Aziz Durani was an Indian cricketer who played in 29 Test matches from 1960 to 1973. An all-rounder, Durani was a slow left-arm orthodox bowler and a left-handed batsman famous for his six-hitting prowess. He is the only Indian Test cricketer to have been born in Afghanistan. The former all-rounder was famous for his heroic performance in India’s series victory against England in 1961-62.…

An under sea cable connecting Chennai in Mainland India with Andaman and Nicobar Islands spaning 2300 Kms of length was completed in 2020.

The A&N Islands are located at the junction of the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea, and consist of 572 islands of which 38 are inhabited. An under sea cable connecting Chennai in Mainland India with Andaman and Nicobar Islands spaning 2300 Kms of length was completed in August 2020 by NEC Corporation India.The submarine cable system will offer ample bandwidth to support voice and data…

The Vande Bharat Express is an electric train operated by Indian Railways. It can achieve max speed of 180 km/h and is indigenously designed.

The Vande Bharat Express, formerly known as Train 18 is an electric multiple-unit train operated by Indian Railways. The train achieved a max speed of 180 km/h (110 mph) during testing. The operating speed of the train is limited to 130 km/h to160 kmph owing to safety concerns. It was designed by RDSO and manufactured by the government-owned Integral Coach Factory (ICF), located…

Taller than Paris’ Eiffel Tower, the highest single-arch railway bridge in the world, on river Chenab, in J&K, will soon be operational. 

The Chenab Rail Bridge is a steel and concrete arch bridge between Bakkal and Kauri in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. The bridge spans the Chenab River at a height of 359 m (1,178 ft) above the river, making it the world’s highest rail bridge. The design and construction was awarded to Afcons Infrastructure, a part of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group, the third-largest construction…

In March 2023, the Dalai Lama has named a US-born Mongolian boy as the tenth Khalkha Jetsun Dhampa, the head of the Janang tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and the Buddhist spiritual head of Mongolia. He would succeed the Dalai lama after his death.

Meaning of Dala Lama The name “Dalai Lama” is a combination of the Mongolic word dalai meaning “ocean” or “great” and the Tibetan word “Lama” meaning “master, guru”. Combined together it means “Precious Conqueror”. The tradition of Dalai Lama The Tibetan Buddhism has a tradition of choosing Dalai Lama. Following the Buddhist belief in the principle of rebirth, the Dalai Lama is believed by…

Kitty Linn O'Neil was an American stuntwoman and racer, given the title as "the fastest woman in the world".

Kitty Linn O’Neil was an American stuntwoman and racer, given the title as “the fastest woman in the world”. When she was 5 months old, a simultaneous diagnosis of the mumps, measles and smallpox left Kitty O’Neil with a scorching fever that caused her to lose her hearing. Despite her hearing disability her mother encouraged her to read, play sports and music. She asked her to read lips of…

Martyr's Day: 23rd March

Martyrs’ Day (Shaheed Diwas) is observed in India to remember the freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives for the country. Every year March 23 is celebrated as Martyrs’ Day to commemorate the martyrdom of Bhagat Singh, Shivram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar who were hanged to death by the Britishers. It commemorates the day in 1931 when Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru, and Sukhdev Thapar were…