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Rapid 3D Mapping

Rapid 3D Mapping is a technology developed by the Swedish defence and security company Saab. The system generates three dimensional maps by image captures of the terrain from...

September 24, 2012

Lovejoy Comet

Comet Lovejoy or C/2011 W3 is a comet and Kreutz Sungrazer. Kreutz Sungrazes are a family of Sungrazer comets that have orbits close to the Sun at perihelion....

September 24, 2012

Mars 500

An isolation experiment in Russia simulated a 520-day human mission to Mars. Six volunteers were locked away in windowless cells in June 2010. The $15-million Mars500 experiment, which...

September 24, 2012

Phobos-Grunt

Phobos-Grunt was the name of ambitious three-year mission to scoop a soil sample from the surface of the Martian moon Phobos. It was launched in November 2011 from...

September 24, 2012

MSL Mission

In later half of 2011, NASA had launched the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) with the aim to land and operate a rover named Curiosity on the surface of...

September 24, 2012

What is Youth Unite for Voter Awareness (YUVA) ?

The Election Commission of India unveiled an initiative to identify the missing and non-voters to encourage them for voting. The Commission has designed a YUVA strategy which abbreviates...

September 24, 2012

India, Britain ink pact on urban regeneration & development

An MoU was signed b/w India and Britain focusing on urban regeneration and development. The pact envisages promotion of cooperation in areas including sustainable master planning, transport planning...

September 24, 2012

World Alzheimer’s Day observed globally

September 21 is World Alzheimer’s Day. The day is observed to spread awareness about Alzheimer’s disease across the globe. What is Alzheimer’s disease? Alzheimer’s disease is most common...

September 24, 2012

Foreign Investment limit raised to 74% for Broadcasting Services

The Government of India increased the foreign investment cap for the broadcasting service providers to 74%. The hike in foreign investment cap is for service providers of Direct...

September 24, 2012

Highest US Congress Honor to Aung San Suu Kyi

The Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was conferred with the US Congress highest Civilian Honor. The other individual who had received this Honor in past include George...

September 24, 2012

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