AHMEDABAD: India has come a long way in defence technology with indigenous projects such as LCA (Tejas), various missile programmes and finally building an aircraft carrier (INS Vikrant) on its own recently. However, most of the nation's budget still goes to foreign coffers due to slow research and development projects and dependence on foreign technology in all three branches … Continue reading Autonomy can make us self-sustainable in defence
A wonder called Planet Earth
AHMEDABAD: Want to see the functioning of coal mines first hand? Want to know how rich our earth is? Or experience earthquake and jungle fires? Head to the Earth pavilion at Science City where the wonders of our home planet are exhibited with hands-on projects for visitors. Conceptualized in 2008, the globe-shaped dome soon became … Continue reading A wonder called Planet Earth
‘Gravitational waves are astronomy’s holy grail’
Ahmedabad: India is now set to join a global scientific effort to detect gravitational waves emanating from various sources in the universe. Currently, the US and some European countries are the only nations involved in this enterprise. A project titled, 'Indian Initiative in Gravitational-Wave Observations (IndIGO)', is under consideration for initiation under the current Five-Year … Continue reading ‘Gravitational waves are astronomy’s holy grail’
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