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NASA Names Microbe Found In Space After APJ Abdul Kalam A newly discovered organism found on the International Space Station has been named after APJ Abdul Kalam by NASA. It comes as a great news for India as scientists at NASA have named a newly discovered organism after the much-loved APJ...

Indian rocket that US once ‘grounded’ will put Isro-Nasa satellite in space A concept photo of NISAR satellite (Courtesy: Nasa) NEW DELHI: In 1992, the US under President George Bush had slapped sanctions on Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) and prevented Russia from sharing...

Army wants its own 'mini Air Force', pitches for heavy-duty attack helicopters The Army is seeking approval for the acquisition of 11 Apache attack helicopters from the US. The Army is seeking approval for the acquisition of 11 Apache attack helicopters from the US. NEW DELHI: The Army has...

India-Singapore naval drill shouldn't hurt others: China NEW DELHI:China on Friday said it is not against the joint naval exercise+ by India and Singapore in the South China Sea as long as it doesn't "hurt" its interest. "We have no problem, if such exercises and cooperation are for the...

Thats beautifully summarized!

Sir, beyond that, we must also look at the point, if existing J20 configuration will be continued for mass production. From the data available in public domain, J20 has low RCS, but its radar and sensors are still to mature to a level of true fifth generation fighters. So the next question is...

Thats a comparison i'm looking forward to. Any ideas on radar of J10B/C?

Navy's requirement is in Request for Information Stage, however going by the narrative, it looks like additional aircrafts are second tranche after initial 36 (+with 18 Reserved rights). However this is not surprising given we went the same way for Sukhoi 30 MKI as well. The orders will swell...

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Request Indian Members to go to website https://bharatkeveer.gov.in/ This is an initiative by GoI to allow citizens of India to donate to a corpus fund for welfare of families of brave men and women who laid their lives as security forces personnel in service of nation. There is a cap of Rs...

Loved the Catenary Mast design. Very creative, kudos to the designer :toast_sign:

Check again Sir. Centrifuges (gas phase) are required for U235 enrichment and these are not required for PHWR which uses natural Uranium as fuel.

Not sure, but another term i've read and heard is end power car where you have one power car or traction unit at each end of train rake. Example Talgo 250 TGV PowerCar Conventional EMUs have Distributed Power and i believe the new design End power Car design is a departure from...

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Sir, above reply is quite long and while i would like to discuss point wise, i do wish to state one thing, which i believe firmly. As far as finances go, Railways is in bad shape and it will take atleast 15 years of prudence to bring it back on track with several tough decisions. Therefore the...

Right now priority is to form a seamless connection to Srinagar from New Delhi (this being a national project). Branch lines will comeup afterwards. After Kargil a lot of noises were made to improve railway connectivity, but the lost years of railways (2000-2010) meant that nearly 20 years after...

There were some issues with design aspects and line alignment. These have now been sorted out and construction is in full swing.

:smitten: I really adore these vintage pics of steam era. Hey Andrew, do post some information on conventional electric locomotives currently in production. I believe Chinese industry has moved exclusively to IGBT traction based 3 phase electric locomotives now.

Not yet, but like you said, it is a vital plan for it will provide an alternate connectivity to strategically important Leh and ladakh region. Me too... where else in India would you find scenes like these. For a railway photography buff like me, Winter snow, 70-200 Lens and setup like this...

NEW DELHI: India is fast-tracking a project to connect Kashmir valley with the rest of the country by rail, which will enable trains to operate between New Delhi and Srinagar in 14 hours flat. The railway line, which could become functional in four years, is seen as a big development push by...