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Opec agrees to raise output by 1 mn barrels per day
23 Jun 2018
Opec members agreed to a deal on Friday to increase oil supplies by about 1 million barrels of oil per day, equivalent to an increase of 1 per cent of global supplies
50 IITians dump jobs for politics
23 Apr 2018
India moves WTO against US import tariffs on steel, aluminium
19 Apr 2018
India mantains that it in no way deserves to be saddled with the 10-per cent higher import duty on aluminium and 25 per cent on steel as it neither poses a security threat to the US nor has it remained unresponsive to the bilateral trade imbalance
WTO forecasts 4.4% growth in world trade in 2018
19 Apr 2018
WTO Director-General Roberto Azevedo cautioned that the current restrictive trade policies and the tit-for-tat process could hinder trade growth that is vital for continued economic growth and recovery and job creation
Nasa all set to launch new planet hunting mission TESS
17 Apr 2018
The stars TESS will study are 30 to 100 times brighter than those the Kepler mission and K2 follow-up surveyed, which will enable far easier follow-up observations with both ground-based and space-based telescopes
Isro successfully launches INRSS-1I navigation satellite
12 Apr 2018
For India, a native satellite-based navigation system will be a major strategic asset, useful in civilian and military fields
Countdown starts for launch of Isro’s IRNSS-1I navigation satellite
11 Apr 2018
The PSLV rocket’s mission C41 is scheduled to launch IRNSS-1I, a replacement satellite for the NavIC navigation satellite constellation's failed IRNSS-1A satellite, on Thursday, 12 April 2018
Isro loses contact with GSAT-6A after second orbit raising
02 Apr 2018
Minutes after the agency received data from the satellite for about four minutes after the second orbit raising operation, it went blank, reports quoting Isro sources said
Isro loses contact with GSAT-6A after second orbit raising
02 Apr 2018
Minutes after the agency received data from the satellite for about four minutes after the second orbit raising operation, it went blank, reports quoting Isro sources said
Isro successfully launches communication satellite GSAT-6A
29 Mar 2018
Along with the launch of the communication satellite Isro also successfully evaluated the enhanced performance of the GSLV, which increased its thrust in the second stage by 6 per cent and thereby enhanced payload capability by 50 per cent
NASA scientists working on plan to divert or blow up asteroids on collision course with earth
19 Mar 2018
US drags India to WTO over export subsidy schemes like SEZs
16 Mar 2018
India will engage with the US to explain the legitimacy of its export subsidy schemes following America's decision to approach the WTO on the issue
Long stay in space could alter DNA, NASA’s Kelly twins study shows
10 Mar 2018
After landing, 93 per cent of Scott Kelly’s genes returned to normal, the researchers found. The altered 7 per cent, however, could indicate long-term changes in genes connected to the immune system,
DRDO successfully flight-tests Rustom-2 UAV
26 Feb 2018
Rustom-2 is a medium altitude long-endurance drone, which can fly up to an altitude of 22,000 feet, carry payloads for electronic and signal intelligence missions and has an endurance of over 20 hours
DRDO successfully flight-tests Rustom-2 UAV
26 Feb 2018
Rustom-2 is a medium altitude long-endurance drone, which can fly up to an altitude of 22,000 feet, carry payloads for electronic and signal intelligence missions and has an endurance of over 20 hours
Isro set to launch second lunar probe Chandrayaan-2 in April
17 Feb 2018
Chandrayaan-2 is a totally indigenous mission comprising an orbiter, lander and rover, which will perform a controlled descent on the lunar surface after reaching a 100-km lunar orbit
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