The flight acceptance hot test of the CE-20 cryogenic engine that will power the Cryogenic Upper Stage of the LVM3 launch vehicle for the Chandrayaan-3 Mission was successfully conducted at the ISRO Propulsion Complex, Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu.
The hot test was carried out for a planned duration of 25 seconds at the High Altitude Test Facility.
"We generalized the first law of thermodynamics for systems that are not in equilibrium,".
"We did a pencil and paper calculation to find how much energy is associated with matter not being in equilibrium, and it works whether the system is close to or far from equilibrium." , according to the physicists of West Virginia University.
Former world junior no. 1 Anupama Upadhyaya and Mithun Manjunath registered contrasting victories to clinch the women’s and men’s singles titles at the 84th Senior National Badminton Championship at the Balewadi Stadium in Pune.
Top seeds Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly were crowned the new women’s doubles champions.
Japan, the United States, South Korea, and Taiwan have held the first meeting of senior officials under a new U.S.-led framework to help ensure a stable supply of semiconductors.
The initiative is part of a U.S. strategy to build a resilient chip supply chain and reduce Chinese involvement.
The preliminary meeting of the Chip 4 Alliance took place in September 2022.
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) under the Ministry of Electronics and IT has successfully rolled out a new security mechanism for Aadhaar-based fingerprint authentication, and faster detection of spoofing attempts.
The artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML)-based security mechanism has been developed in-house.
On Zero Discrimination Day this year, under the theme "Save lives: Decriminalise", UNAIDS is highlighting how the decriminalisation of key populations and people living with HIV saves lives and helps advance the end of the AIDS pandemic.
Zero Discrimination Day is helping to create a global movement of solidarity to end all forms of discrimination.
World's longest river cruise MV Ganga Vilas successfully completed its maiden journey at Bogibeel in Dibrugarh. PM Modi had virtually flagged off the cruise on 13th January this year from Varanasi. 26 Swiss and 2 German tourists travelled in the cruise. During the 50 days journey, the river cruise travelled 3200 km through 27 river systems in 5 states & Bangladesh.
The Indian Civil Accounts Service was constituted in 1976, after the the maintenance of Accounts of the Union government was separated from that of Audit. Consequently, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India was divested with this responsibility. Two Ordinances, the Comptroller and Auditor General’s (Duties, Powers and Conditions of Service) Amendment Ordinance, 1976.
India's Gross Domestic Production registered a growth of 4.4% in the October-December third quarter of the current fiscal. "GDP in the third quarter of 2022-23 is estimated at Rs 40.19 lakh crore, as against Rs 38.51 lakh crore in third quarter of 2021-22, showing a growth of 4.4 percent," the Union ministry of statistics said in a release.
World Civil Defence Day is observed on March 1 to raise awareness about the importance of civil defence measures in protecting people and their property from natural disasters, accidents, and other emergencies. The day honours the work of several civil defence organisations. It was first celebrated in the year 1990 by the International Civil Defence Org
Self-Injury Awareness Day is observed every year on 1 March. The day is celebrated to create awareness among people about the harmful effects of self-harm. Self-injury or self-harm is a serious and often misunderstood behaviour that involves intentionally harming one's own body.
Reliance Jio has climbed up to number two rank — up from fifth place last year — in a list of the top 10 strongest telecom brands in the world. The list is by UK-based Brand Finance, a leading brand valuation company, and part of its latest global report on the world's 150 most valuable telecom brands for 2023.
Based on the scores, Reliance Jio is behind only Swisscom and ahead of Etisalat, MTC.
In May 2022, the General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming 1 March as World Seagrass Day. Seagrasses are marine flowering plants that are found in shallow waters in many parts of the world, from the tropics to the Arctic circle. They form extensive underwater meadows, creating complex, highly productive and biologically rich habitats.