Monday, March 28th, 2016
The data derived from Indian Remote Sensing Satellites is world class and has been useful in policy formulation and decision making with regard to preserving environment, said Chandrashekhar Jha, group director of Forestry and Environmental Studies Division...
Monday, March 28th, 2016
Kochi: The National Transportation Planning and Research Centre (NATPAC) is to carry out comprehensive studies to scientifically identify black spots – areas of extreme danger -- on all roads in the state. The severity of recent road...
Monday, March 28th, 2016
Chandigarh, Mar 28 (PTI) With a view to improving urban planning in the state, Haryana government today said it has decided to use experience gained through Udaan pilot project, carried out in Sohna tehsil of Gurgaon, for...
Friday, March 25th, 2016
THE PHILIPPINES is sending a third satellite into space today, taking the Filipino scientific community to new heights. Diwata, the first Filipino-made and codeveloped microsatellite, officially called the Philippine Scientific Earth Observation Microsatellite (Phil-Microsat), will be launched...
Friday, March 25th, 2016
Visit the public domain digital collections of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and you'll find photographs of capital cities taken by astronauts while flying above Earth. The images are available on the website “Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth.”...
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016
With thousands of historical sites portraying ancient Indian culture and civilization, the protection of these structures is imperative. Of these monuments, 3,686 are protected centrally by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), with certain rules regarding construction...
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016
The National Geographic Information Institute (NGII) is planning to launch spatial data infrastructure (SDI) building projects in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia. The NGII signed business agreements with these countries to this end last year and master...
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016
Streams of Facebook, Instagram, and other social media posts shared by smartphone-toting children and families at border crossings are providing U.S. intelligence analysts with a real-time map of the Syrian exodus. It’s not picture perfect, but it fills...
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016
After consistently running into the Pakistan firewall, India wants its South Asian satellite project to take off on a sub-regional basis, again showing how issues between the neighbours could derail regional initiatives. Read More via Hindustan Times
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016
MANILA, Philippines -- Diwata-1, the Philippines' first microsatellite, will be brought to the International Space Station (ISS) at 11 p.m. of March 22, Eastern Standard Time (11 a.m., March 23, Philippine Standard Time). Read More at Interaksyon
