The Government of India has initiated the National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project (NCRMP) with a view to address cyclone risks in the country.The overall objective of the Project is to undertake suitable structural and non-structural […]
Indias nuclear triad, stated in its nuclear doctrine, is operational after indigenous ballistic missile nuclear submarine INS Arihant achieved a milestone by conducting its first deterrence patrol. Arihant is now prowling the deep seas carrying […]
The 25th edition of the India-Singaporebilateral naval exercise, SIMBEX, took place at the tri-services command in Port Blair. Changi Naval Base, officially known as RSS Singapura – Changi Naval Base, is the latest naval facility […]
Astronomers have discovered a frozen planet with a mass over three times that of the Earth, orbiting the closest solitary star to the Sun. The potentially rocky planet, known as Barnard’s star b, is a […]
The Strait of Malacca or Straits of Malacca is a narrow, 550 mi stretch of water between the Malay Peninsula and the Indonesian island of Sumatra. As the main shipping channel between the Indian Ocean […]
The Bonda are a Munda ethnic group approximately 12,000 who live in the isolated hill regions of the Malkangiri district of southwestern Odisha, India, near the junction of the three states of Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and […]
“Raksha Gyan Shakti” is a mission to promote self-reliance in Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in defence. Under the mission, the target for the year 2017-18 is to train 10,000 personnel of Defence Public Sector Undertakings […]
The ‘Ex Cope India-18’ was the fourth edition in the series of bilateral drills between the Indian Air Force and the U.S. Air Force. An AQI between 0 and 50 is considered “good”, 51 and […]
Talc, or talcum, is a clay mineral consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate which finds wide use including in cosmetics, paints, ceramics. In a first-of-its-kind exercise code-named CROSS BOW-18, the Indian Air Force successfully conducted combined […]
The Kaiga nuclear power plant in western Karnataka has created a world record for the longest uninterrupted operation of 941 days, breaking the earlier record of 940 days by the Heysham plant in the United […]