After Mumbai, Bengaluru on Thursday became the second city in India to have a 90-meter aerial ladder platform system for Fire and Emergency Services, with Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai dedicating it to the city. Describing it as the "biggest strength" for the Department of Fire and Emergency Services, the Chief Minister said the 90-meter aerial ladder platform is a crucial provision and it will work as a "real friend in need". Pointing out the importance of fire safety and its rules, he said the Department of Fire and Emergency Services needed to reach high-rise buildings during an em
A new rooftop wind harvesting device, developed by US-based Aeromine Technologies, can produce 50 percent more electricity than solar panels at the same cost, according to its inventors. The devices' static design harvests energy from airflow above buildings, making them almost noiseless and safe for migratory birds and other animals, unlike conventional wind turbines. The device uses only 10% of the space that solar panels use and generates round-the-clock energy. This new bladeless wind energy unit is taking on the challenge of competing with rooftop solar as a local source of clean e
Microsoft head Satya Nadella was awarded the Padma Bhushan — the third-highest civilian award in India — from India's consul General T.V. Nagendra Prasad in San Francisco, US. Nadella, 55, was named one of the 17 awardees earlier this year. The Hyderabad-born Microsoft CEO is also planning to visit India in January 2023 after three years. "It's an honor to receive a Padma Bhushan Award and to be recognized with so many extraordinary people. I’m thankful to the President, Prime Minister, and people of India, and look forward to continuing to work with people across India to help them
On October 23, ISRO’s launcher LVM3 will carry 36 broadband satellites for British start-up OneWeb from Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota spaceport, marking the launcher's entry into global commercial launch services. It is ISRO’s heaviest rocket and was initially known as the GSLV Mk III. According to the Bengaluru-headquartered Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), it has been announced that the launch of the 'LVM3- M2/OneWeb India-1 Mission' will take place at 0007 hours IST on October 23 (midnight of October 22). The statement read, "the cryo stage assembly and equipment bay (EB
A Chinese company tested out an electric flying taxi in Dubai on Monday, in a bid to overcome the traffic and reach the destination in the least possible time by boarding air taxis from the doorstep. XPeng X2 is one of the many flying automobile projects underway worldwide, which was created by the aviation division of XPeng Inc., based in Guangzhou. However, very few have undergone successful passenger testing, and it may take several years before any of them are actually placed for use. However, this trial offered a few glimpses of leading and innovative technology that one day might
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) claims to have mapped the first-ever abundance of sodium on the moon using its X-ray spectrometer CLASS. As sodium was detected in X-rays by the Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer (C1XS), the amount of sodium on the Moon could be mapped, according to the report. According to a statement on Friday from the National Space Agency, Chandrayaan-2 used CLASS (Chandrayaan-2 Large Area Soft X-ray Spectrometer) for the first time to map sodium abundance on the Moon. The statement read, Built at the UR Rao Satellite Centre of ISRO in Bangaluru CLA
On Monday, the Nobel Prize-giving body announced that Swedish scientist Svante Paabo had won the 2022 prize for discoveries "relating to the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution". Swedish Karolinska Institute's Nobel Assembly awards the prize, one of the most prestigious in the science world, for 10 million Swedish crowns ($900,357). The award is the first of the batch for this year. "He was speechless, overwhelmed by the experience”. Thomas Perlmann, the Nobel Committee's secretary, called Paabo with the news and expressed his happiness. “When he asked if he could share
The first batch of indigenously developed light combat helicopters was delivered to the Indian Air Force on Monday. A ceremony was held today in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, for the induction of the first indigenously developed light combat helicopter (LCH). Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari was also present at the induction ceremony, which included a 'sarv-dharam' prayer. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) manufactures the light combat helicopter, which is an indigenously designed and developed combat helicopter. Light combat helicopters from HAL are the only helicopters capable of landing and
On Tuesday, the Very Short Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) missile was successfully tested by the DRDO in Chandipur off the coast of Odisha. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)'s Hyderabad-based Research Centre Imarat designed and developed VSHORADS as an air defence system. A dual-thrust solid motor propels the missile, designed to neutralize low-altitude aerial threats at short ranges. A highly optimized design has been used to ensure easy portability of the missile and its launcher. The SA-2 and other air defence missiles have also lost relevance in the face of m
The Royal Australian Navy is hosting a multinational exercise Kakadu-2022 that includes India's indigenously designed and built naval vessel INS Satpura. The Defence Ministry has confirmed that the INS Satpura and the P-8I Maritime Patrol Aircraft arrived in Darwin on September 12 to participate in the exercise. On Sunday a navy official said, “The hip participated in various anti-submarine warfare exercises, anti-ship warfare exercise, anti-ship warfare exercises, manoeuvres and has also showcased her precise target destruction capability during gun firing exercises.” As per the In