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Himachal Pradesh makes GPS device mandatory for trekkers
The Himachal Pradesh (HP) government has made it compulsory for trekkers to carry a GPS (Global Positioning System) device to tackle any exigency. This decision was taken at a review meeting on preparedness for the monsoon chaired by Shrikant Baldi, Additional Chief Secretary cum-Pr. Secretary to Jai Ram Thakur, Chief Minister, HP. Key Highlights Need: ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2019
Category: Places in News Current Affairs
Topics: BIS Seismic Zonation Map • China’s Tibet Autonomous Region • Dalhousie • Dharamshala • Disaster Management Act 2005 • Early Warning Systems • GPS • GPS Device • Himachal Pradesh • Himachal Pradesh Trekking • Jai Ram Thakur • Jammu and Kashmir • National Disaster Response Force • NDRF • Shimla • Shrikant Baldi
Sub-sonic Cruise Missile ‘Nirbhay’ Successfully Test-Fired
India’s first indigenously designed and developed long-range sub-sonic cruise missile ‘Nirbhay’ from a test range Chandipur, Odisha. Nirbhay Missile Nirbhay missile has blended missile and aeronautical technologies which allows it to take off vertically like missile and cruise horizontally like an aircraft. The missile has a two-stage missile powered by solid rocket motor booster developed ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Topics: Chandipur • GPS • Nirbhay • Odisha • Ring laser gyroscope • Sub-sonic Cruise Missile • turbofan engine • turbojet engine
GSI Sets Up 22 GPS Stations across Country
The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has launched 22 permanent global positioning system (GPS) stations across India to identify seismically hazardous zones and encourage mapping activities. These 22 stations are part of the 35 stations planned by GSI to establish and maintain a network of continuously operating 35 permanent GPS stations. Fact Box: Bhuvisamvad Bhuvisamvad is an app launched by the Ministry of Mines to facilitate ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Agartala • Aizawl • Bhopal • Bhubaneswar • Bhuvisamvad • Chandigarh • Chennai • Chitradurga. • Cooch Behar • Dehradun • Faridabad • Gandhinagar Vishakhapatnam • Geological Survey of India • Global Positioning System • GPS • GSI • Imphal • Itanagar • Jabalpur • Jaipur • Jammu • Kolkata • Little Andaman • Lucknow • Mangalore • Mangan • Middle Andaman • Nagpur • North Andaman • Patna • Pithoragarh • Pune • Raipur • Ranchi • seismically hazardous zones • Shillong • South Andaman • Thiruvananthapuram • Uttarkashi • Zawar
Government to introduce Commercial Space Activities Bill in the Budget session
The government is likely to introduce the Commercial Space Activities Bill in the budget session. The government has said in Lok Sabha that “Steps are being taken so that the Bill could be possibly introduced during the Budget session 2019”. Features of the Space Activities Bill, 2017 The Space Activities Bill, 2017 is aimed at ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: CLAT • Commercial Space Activities Bill • Google Maps • GPS • license for space activities • Navigation • Ola • Uber
China’s navigation satellite system BeiDou starts providing global service
China’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) has started offering global service. It is touted as a rival to America’s Global Positioning System (GPS). Pakistan has become the first foreign nation to use the BeiDou system ending its reliance on GPS. China’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System was the fourth global navigation system after US’s GPS, Russia’s GLONASS and the European ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2018
Topics: BeiDou Navigation Satellite System • Galileo • GLONASS • GPS • IRNSS • NavIC