Monday, July 18th, 2011
The much-awaited water mapping survey conducted to find new sources of ground water in Jammu and Kashmir by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has send alarm bells ringing among the planners with the report terming most of...
Monday, July 18th, 2011
In this global village, though, few people seem to question the image of the physical world that they have in their heads — most commonly, a world map that uses the Mercator projection. Named after geographer Gerardus Mercator,...
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
In an effort to improve and enhance weather mapping capabilities, Bangalore Meteorological Centre, India Meteorological Department (IMD), under its modernisation project is installing about 100 Automatic Rain Gauges (ARG) and two Doppler Weather Radars (DWR) across the...
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
Indonesia has invited Indian industrialists to invest in infrastructure sectors and also look at it as a source of many other products apart from coal in order to expand bilateral trade and investments between the two countries,...
Saturday, July 16th, 2011
A Delta 4 rocket has rumbled into the early morning sky from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral carrying a GPS satellite. The rocket lit up the sky at 2:41 a.m. Saturday after two consecutive days...
Saturday, July 16th, 2011
China and Iran on Saturday signed several agreements on infrastructure and trade cooperation, a fact further testifying to the already strong political and economic ties between the two countries. Under the agreements, Chinese companies will invest heavily...
Friday, July 15th, 2011
China’s rise to economic prominence over the past 30 years has rested in large part to its rapid urbanization. Prior to ‘reform and opening up’ that started in earnest during the 1970s, cities in China were viewed...
Friday, July 15th, 2011
Tigers in Rajasthan's Sariska Tiger Reserve may soon be connected with a satellite, enabling foresters to keep a constant watch on their movement. The system will be a first for India, that too, in a place where...
Friday, July 15th, 2011
The State Government has released a Stormwater Strategy which provides a comprehensive ‘road map’ for future stormwater management in South Australia. Minister for Water Paul Caica said the Strategy - developed by the Stormwater Taskforce which was...
