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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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Svante August Arrhenius (1903 Chemistry Nobel Laureate)
Blog Series on Chemistry Nobel Laureates Continued from http www scienceindia in home view blog 14 Svante August ArrheniusBorn February 19 1859 in Sweden Died October 2 1927 in SwedenNobel Citation in recognition of the extraordinary services he has render...
Ice Stupas: Solving Water Crisis in Cold Deserts
During winter season in the cold deserts of Ladakh region agriculture is not practiced due to frozen ground soil and low temperatures But during summer the water streams dry up quickly due to increase in ice melts making the water availability difficult The idea of...
Sir Alexander Fleming, Sir Ernst Boris Chain and Sir Howard Walter Florey: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1945
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...
Probability and Sucker Bets
I would like to introduce a probabilistic way of reasoning by presenting a few proposition bets and analysing them In proposition bets by con artists the bet appears to be advantageous to the person being presented with the bet That person is usually referred to as ...
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