Page-32 of GKToday Archives: May, 2019

NASA unveils schedule for ‘Artemis’ 2024 Moon mission

NASA has recently unveiled the calendar for the “Artemis” program that will return astronauts to the Moon for the first time in half a century. It will also include 8 scheduled launches and a mini-station in lunar orbit by 2024. ..

NewSpace India Ltd. (NSIL) new commercial arm of ISRO

On May 23, the NewSpace India Ltd. (NSIL) has officially inaugurated in Bengaluru, Karnataka to scale up industry participation in Indian space programmes. It is the commercial arm of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). NSIL will act as an aggregator ..

WHO unveiled a new strategy to tackle global snakebite “Emergency”

The World Health Organization (WHO) has unveiled a new strategy to dramatically cut deaths and injuries from snakebites, and also warned a lack of anti-venoms could soon spark a “public health emergency”. Each year, nearly three million people are bitten ..

Wirecard teams up with India to issue PAN cards

German payments company Wirecard has teamed up with India to simplify the process of issuing tax identity cards required to open bank accounts, transfer money or complete business transactions. The deal, with state company UTI Infrastructure Technology and Financial Services, ..

CSIR-NGRI Recruitment 2019: 66 Vacancies

CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) has issued notifications for recruiting eligible candidates to the posts of Project Staff in various projects. Please find detailed information regarding the vacancies below. Important Dates Commencement of online registration: 25.05.2019 on 10.00 AM Last ..

Merger of NSSO and CSO

The government has decided to merge the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) with the Central Statistics Office (CSO) to create the National Statistical Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. National Statistical Office NSO would be headed ..