Today's News 19 March 2019
प्रमोद सावंत बने गोवा के नए सीएम
बीजेपी विधायक प्रमोद सावंत गोवा के नए सीएम बन गए हैं। उनके साथ 11 और मंत्रियों ने शपथ ली है। सावंत बीजेपी गठबंधन का नेतृत्व करेंगे। जिन अन्य 11 मंत्रियों को राज्यपाल ने शपथ दिलाई है, उनमें से सभी पहले वाली पर्रिकर सरकार में भी मंत्री थे। सीएम पद की शपथ लेने से पहले सावंत ने गोवा विधानसभा के अध्यक्ष पद से इस्तीफा दिया। फिलहाल गोवा विधानसभा के उपाध्यक्ष माइकल लोबो इस पद के लिए चुनाव होने तक कार्यवाहक अध्यक्ष होंगे। केंद्रीय मंत्री नितिन गडकरी शपथग्रहण समारोह में मौजूद थे।
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#Goa #PramodSawant #GoaCM #BJP #MLAs #GFP #MGP

एस्सार स्टील के अधिग्रहण के लिए दी सशर्त मंजूरी
नैशनल कंपनी लॉ अपीली ट्रिब्यूनल (NCLAT) ने कर्ज से लदी एस्सार स्टील के लिए पेश की गई वैश्विक दिग्गज स्टील कंपनी आर्सेलर मित्तल के समाधान योजना को सशर्त मंजूरी दे दी है। आर्सेलर मित्तल ने एस्सार स्टील के अधिग्रहण के लिए 42,000 करोड़ रुपये की बोली लगाई है। एनसीएलएटी ने कहा है कि उसकी यह मंजूरी पूर्व के आदेश पर एस्सार स्टील के प्रोमोटर्स की तरफ से दायर की गई अपील पर आने वाले निर्णय से तय होगी। जस्टिस एस जे मुखोपाध्याय की अध्यक्षता वाली दो सदस्यीय पीठ ने कहा कि एस्सार स्टील की समाधान योजना पर कोई रोक नहीं है और मिलने वाले फंड को कंपनी को कर्ज देने वालों के बीच बांटा जाएगा।
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#EssarSteel #NCLAT #ArcelorMittal #IBBI


69th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
A research scholar from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, Mohammad Adnan, has been selected for the 69th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting taking place in Lindau, Germany this year. Adnan is currently a doctoral student under the supervision of professor G Vijaya Prakash, Nanophotonics Labs, Department of Physics, IIT Delhi.
Adnan is among 42 other researchers selected for this year’s Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting who would interact with 600 most qualified young scientists from around the globe. This is an excellent opportunity where 600 most young talented research students from 88 countries around the world are selected to interact with the Nobel laureates from the world, Adnan.
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#Nobel #Germany #IIT #LindauNobel #India #DST

NCLAT allows implementation of ArcelorMittal's resolution
National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on 18 March 2019 allowed implementation of ArcelorMittal's Rs 42,000 crore resolution plan for Essar Steel sale subject to final order. However according to some reports, Essar may challenge the order in the Supreme Court. National Company Law Appellate Tribunal had refused to stay National Company Law Tribunal's (NCLT) Ahmedabad bench order approving steel giant ArcelorMittal's Rs 42,000 crore takeover bid for Essar Steel and sought had a fresh plan for the distribution of bid amount between financial and operational creditors of the debt-laden firm.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/19333-nclat-allows-implementation-of-arcelormittal-s-resolution
#EssarSteel #NCLAT #ArcelorMittal #IBBI

Dormant viruses reactivate during space travel
Space travel caused herpes viruses to reactivate in more than half of crew aboard Space Shuttle and International Space Station (ISS), according to a NASA study, a finding that could jeopardise mankind’s future missions to Mars and beyond. While only a small proportion develops symptoms, virus reactivation rates increase with spaceflight duration and could present a significant health risk on future missions. NASA astronauts endure weeks or even months exposed to microgravity and cosmic radiation — not to mention the extreme G forces of take-off and re-entry, said Satish K Mehta at NASA’s Johnson Space Center.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/19332-dormant-viruses-reactivate-during-space-travel
#ISS #NASA #HSV #VZV #CMV #Space

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South India’s first RAC-S
South India’s first and the country’s fourth Regional Academy Centre for Space (RAC-S) by Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) was inaugurated at National Institute of Technology Karnataka(NITK), Surathkal, on 3 January 2020.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22562-south-india-s-first-rac-s.html
#RACS #SouthIndia #NITK #CBPO #MoU #ISRO #JPMC #NITK

The Kalapani dispute
The MEA on 2 January 2020 clarified that India's political map released after reorganisation of J&K has in no manner revised the boundary with Nepal. The timing is significant, as it comes amid an unease with Nepal over territorial claims of the Kalapani trijuntion of India-Nepal-China.
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#Kalapani #India #MEA #SupremeCourt #reorganisation

U.S strike at Bagdad
Revolutionary Guards commander Qasem Soleimani, who was killed on 3 January 2020 in a U.S. strike, was one of the most popular figures in Iran and seen as a deadly adversary by America and its allies.
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#US #Bagdad #IRGC #Iran #QasemSoleimani #QudsForce

107th Indian Science Congress
The 107th Indian Science Congress (ISC) was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 3 January 2019 at the University of Agricultural Sciences in Bengaluru.
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#ISC #NarendraModi #IndianScienceCongress #ISTEM #Yonath

India’s own brain template
A team of scientists led by senior scientist Pravat Mandal at the Nueroimaging and Nuerospectroscopy Laboratory (NINS) of the National Brain Research Center (NBRC), Manesar, Haryana, has developed a brain template, Brahma, which will show intrinsic details about the anatomy of the Indian brain.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22558-india-s-own-brain-template.html
#India #brain #MNI #HumanBrainFunction #NBRC #NINS #DST

AUM system
Scientists at Gayatri Vidya Parishad-Scientific and Industrial Research Centre in Visakhapatnam have developed an indigenous system for real-time remote monitoring of air quality parameters, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) said.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/25013-aum-system.html
#AUMsystem #AUM #DST #Visakhapatnam #UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasses

Genomic sequences of SARS-CoV-2
A group of scientists in India is working on genomic sequences of SARS-CoV-2 around the World, including India, to identify genetic variability and potential molecular targets in viruses and humans to find the best possible answer to combat the COVID-19 virus.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/25699-genomic-sequences-of-sars-cov-2.html
#Genomic #SARSCoV2 #SERB #DST #UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasses

DST to expand WTP Scheme
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) is planning to expand its women technology parks (WTP) scheme to backward states, now home to displaced labourers due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/26079-dst-to-expand-wtp-scheme.html
#DST #WTPScheme #Covid19pandemic #UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasses

Astrosat completes 5 years
Astrosat, India’s first multi-wavelength astronomical observatory, on 28 September 2020 completed five years of imaging celestial objects in space.
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#Astrosat #ISRO #DST #UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasses

Gender equity in science
One of the focuses of the new Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (STIP), 2020 currently being drafted by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), will be to increase the participation of women in science.
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#STIP #DST #science #UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasses #ksgnews

Today's Headlines - 21 July 2023
Unlock mysteries of the cosmos
GS Paper - 3 (Space Technology)

The United States and India have jointly unveiled plans to construct a Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in India, a major scientific alliance aimed at unravelling the mysteries of the universe. The mega astronomy project, projected to cost Rs 2,600 crore, will study gravitational waves, which are often described as changes in the ‘fabric’ of the universe. The new observatory was among the US-India partnership initiatives.

More about the observatory

The LIGO observatory in India will be built in Maharashtra’s Hingoli district, near the city of Aundha.
The government has acquired 174 acres of land to set up the observatory, which is expected to be operational by 2030.
This will be the third LIGO site in the world. The first two are both in the US, one in the state of Washington and the other in Louisiana.
Other similar instruments that detect gravitational waves include KAGRA in Japan and Virgo in Italy, both of which are smaller than LIGO and have 3-km arms.
The LIGO-India project is a joint collaboration between the Government of India’s departments of atomic energy (DAE) and science and technology (DST), the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the United States, and several other national and international research and academic institutions.
In India, the four institutions leading the project include IUCAA, Gandhinagar’s Institute of Plasma Research (IPR), Indore’s Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT), and the Directorate of Construction, Services & Estate Management (DCSEM) under the DAE.
Why are gravitational waves important?

Gravitational waves are invisible ripples in spacetime that travel at the speed of light. They were first detected in September 2015 by both the LIGO observatories in the US. Before that, most inferences about the universe were based on observations of electromagnetic energy.
The study of gravitational waves dates back to 1916, when Albert Einstein proposed their existence in his theory of general relativity.
He suggested that massive objects in the sky, such as black holes or neutron stars, can disrupt space-time due to the emission of waves that would be ejected from the source.
Studying gravitational waves can help uncover the history of the universe and understand many more complex mechanisms.
For example, earlier this year, Indian scientists proposed that gravitational waves emitted from black holes could help determine the rate of expansion of the universe.
They suggested that the multiple gravitational waves released from binary black holes reach Earth at various time stamps, which can be used to calculate the expansion rate of the universe.
How does LIGO work?

LIGO is essentially a massive L-shaped instrument, with each arm being 4 km long. Each arm encases a steel vacuum tube called an interferometer.
Laser pulses are shot through each arm and bounced back off a mirror at each end. A detector monitors the timing and movement of these pulses.
When a gravitational wave passes through the detector, the pulses will not return on time. Scientists can use this and other such signals to study gravitational waves. LIGO is highly sensitive and can detect gravitational waves from distant galaxies, hundreds of millions of light years away.
For instance, the first gravitational wave observed by LIGO in 2015, according to the estimates of scientists, was caused by the collision of two black holes about 1.3 billion years ago.

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Today's Headlines - 24 July 2023
India’s first ‘satellite network portal site’
GS Paper - 3 (Space Technology)

The Gujarat government through its Department of Science and Technology (DST) signed a memorandum of understanding with OneWeb India Communications Pvt Ltd for setting up a ‘satellite network portal site’ — a first for India — at Mehsana in Gujarat.

What is the Satellite network portal site?

Satellite broadband technology or satellite telephony is not a new concept and with satellite constellations in the low Earth orbit (LEO) gaining traction with StarLink, Kuiper and OneWeb among many others, the world is increasingly moving towards relying on LEO satellite communications.
LEO satellites operate at an altitude of 500 to 1,200 km, making it ripe for high-speed and low latency — a lower time lag between a user seeking data, and the server sending that data, compared to geostationary Earth orbit positioned satellites.
OneWeb has 648 satellites orbiting at 1,000-1,200 km making 13 orbits per day, covering the entire globe.
The satellite network portal (SNP) site will serve as a signal and data downlink and uplink terminal or base station on the ground, an intermediary for data transmission through satellite tracking antenna systems.
OneWeb India Communications plans to invest up to Rs 100 crore in this project, which would, according to the Gujarat government, create 500 direct and indirect jobs, including jobs requiring telecom, electronics and instrumentation engineers.
Apart from civil infrastructure, setting up an SNP like this will also require a slew of regulatory approvals from the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) and spectrum allocation from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
Earlier, HCIPL and OneWeb, in January 2022, announced a strategic six-year Distribution Partner agreement to provide low Earth orbit (LEO) connectivity services across India, to deliver services to enterprises and government with OneWeb capacity, especially in areas outside the reach of fibre connectivity.

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