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Chandrayaan-2 Launched
India rsquo s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle GSLV MkIII-M1 successfully launched the 3840 kg Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft into an earth orbit The spacecraft is now revolving round the earth with a perigee of 169 7 km and an apogee of 45 475 km This flight marks...
INCA-National Map Quiz
The INCA Indian National Cartographers Association established in 1979 by the Department of Geography Osmania University and the Survey of India is conducting its annual map quiz programme for school children ldquo INCA-National Map Quiz rdquo The quiz consist...
RISAT-2B Deployed
Satellite RISAT-2B was launched form the Satish Dhawan Space Centre successfully The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C46 deployed RISAT-2B into an orbit of 556 km about 15 minutes and 25 seconds after lift-off After separation solar arrays of RISAT-2B were de...
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Antibiotics are one of the common drugs prescribed by doctors Antibiotics are chemical substances which kill or inhibit growth of microorganisms Antibiotics have played a vital role in increasing the life expectancy of man One of the first antibiotics to be effectiv...
Galapagos Penguin: Survives On and Above Equator
The Galapagos penguin Spheniscus mendiculus is native to the Galapagos Islands It is the only penguin species that lives on and north to the equator It can survive due to the cool temperatures resulting from the Humboldt Current and cool waters brought by the C...
Sir John B. Gurdon: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2012
Sir John B Gurdon shares his birthday with father of our nation Born on October 2 1933 in United Kingdom Gurdon was a below average student Despite his teacher s ridicule he pursued his dream in sciences and became the brightest minds to be awarded a Nobel Priz...
Drs. Edward B. Lewis, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and Eric F. Wieschaus: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1995
Dr Edward B Lewis an American geneticist was born in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania In 1939 he obtained BA in Biostatistics from University of Minnesota where he worked with Drosophila melanogaster in C P Oliver s lab Later in 1942 he received his Ph D degr...
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