Thursday, January 14th, 2016
JAMMU, Jan 14: On the directions of Governor N. N. Vohra, (Chairman of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board), the CEO and his officers are preparing a GIS based Forest Management Plan (with 10 years perspective)...
Wednesday, January 13th, 2016
A scientist who specialises in optics and has been developing a “super camera” for use in reconnaissance satellites has pocketed China’s top science award for his latest technological breakthrough, hinting at how formidable the nation’s military is...
Wednesday, January 13th, 2016
Arianespace plans 11 launches from French Guiana this year, including eight flights by the heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket with up to a dozen large telecommunications satellites and four spacecraft for Europe’s Galileo navigation system. Read More via...
Wednesday, January 13th, 2016
China has announced it has a busy launch manifest planned for 2016, with more than 20 missions scheduled to take to the skies this year. The country that conducted 19 successful launches in 2015 has also stated its intentions to...
Monday, January 11th, 2016
The recent floods in Chennai have been largely blamed on water body encroachments. The Madras High Court has ordered that no more encroachments of any kind be tolerated on water bodies. By constructing buildings on water bodies...
Monday, January 11th, 2016
Kerala Tourism is preparing a Geographic Information System (GIS)-based inventory of 1,000 festivals across the State so as to market them to attract more tourists to the State. Read More via The Hindu
Thursday, January 7th, 2016
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch the fifth satellite of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) on January 20. Read More via The Hindu
Thursday, January 7th, 2016
For the first time, the government will map health facilities, doctors and specialists available in all districts of the country. The health geo-mapping project has already been completed in four districts chosen as a pilot. When the...
Thursday, January 7th, 2016
KhalifaSat, the first indigenous UAE satellite, is one step closer to its manufacturing platform. The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) has completed the final design of the engineering model of the KhalifaSat, the first satellite to...
Wednesday, January 6th, 2016
Monitoring of watershed projects, especially in remote villages will now be improved with the use of satellite technology and web page. Read More via The Hindu Business Line
