The IAF has started the process of induction of this technology after the completion of successful trials, a DRDO statement said Thursday.
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** ATM installed in Meghalaya hospital where inventor was born in 1925
The ATM has been installed at Dr H Gordon Roberts Hospital in Meghalaya, where ATM inventor John Adrian Shepherd-Barron was born in 1925.
** DRDO tastes maiden success with new turbofan engine in indigenous cruise missile
This was the first developmental trial of the missile with the new indigenous engine after an unsuccessful attempt on October 12 last year as the mission had to abort due to a technical snag in the sy
In a much-needed technology push, India test-launched Indigenous Technology Cruise Missile (ITCM) with a new Made-in-India turbofan engine from a defence facility off the Odisha coast on Wednesday.
** Wavelength of empathy: Telangana youth organises oxygen cylinders for Covid patient while host ing NRI Telugu Radio
For the past four years, every weekend, Kranthi has been hosting a party in Chicago. A virtual one, of course, where he serves fun, Telugu banter with peppy Tollywood numbers as he turns into a radio jockey for NRI Telugu Radio for ‘Weekend Party’. Before the ‘pardy ends’, this 31-year-old techie who works for an MNC in the Windy City in the US slips a few pieces of info into the conversation with his listeners.
** India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier, which will be named INS Vikrant, begins sea trials
** Panacea Biotec to manufacture up to 25 million doses of Sputnik V vaccine
** Delhi Metro’s Pink Line is now the single, longest corridor: Details here
A segment of Delhi Metro’s Pink Line was launched on Friday, making it the longest operational corridor of the network. The 59-km-long Majlis Park-Shiv Vihar corridor or the Pink Line, which covers 38 stations, has now been fully linked. Passenger services on the line is slated to begin from 3pm onwards on Friday.
** India builds highest motorable road of the world in eastern Ladakh
BRO constructed a 52-km long black-topped road through Umlingla Pass, bettering the previous record of a road in Bolivia connecting to its volcano Uturuncu at 18,953 ft
** Essar expands UK aviation footprint; begins ATF supply at Cardiff Airport
Essar Oil (UK) Limited, which owns and operates the Stanlow Manufacturing Complex at Ellesmere Port, the UK, announced on Wednesday that it has begun supplying jet fuel directly to airlines at the Cardiff Airport, with new deals having already been secured with various carriers that operate flights from the Wales facility.
Essar’s aviation fuel business has grown lately, with direct supply arrangements now in place with carriers at five major airports across the UK — Manchester, Birmingham, London Stansted, Leeds-Bradford and Cardiff.
** Serum Institute chairman Cyrus Poonawalla named as recipient of Lokmanya Tilak National Award
Dr Cyrus Poonawalla, chairman of the city-based vaccine maker Serum Institute of India (SII), will be honoured with the prestigious Lokmanya Tilak National Award for 2021. Deepak Tilak, president of the Lokmanya Tilak Trust, has made the announcement.