sschub - Dhanush Successfully Test Fired
- The indigenously (home made) developed naval version of the Prithvi short-range ballistic missile.
- Nuclear capable
- Will be used as an anti-ship weapon as well as for destroying land targets depending on the range.
Indian Navy Successfully Test Fired BrahMos Missile
- A supersonic cruise missile, test-fired from guided missile frigate INS Teg.
- INS Teg = Indian Navy’s latest induction = built in Russia
- This missile be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft or land.
- joint venture between Republic of India’s DRDO and Russian Federation’s NPO Mashinostroeyenia who have together formed BrahMos.
Agni-IV successfully test-fired
- Indigenously built ballistic missile
- with support of Micro Navigation System (MINGS) along with the Ring Laser Gyro based Inertial Navigation System (RINS)
Prithvi II Missile Sucessfully Test Fired
- Indigenously developed, nuclear-capable ballistic missile.
- From July 2012 onwards the Strategic Forces Command had launched a series of strategic missiles including Agni-I, Agni-II and Agni-III. It is one of the five missiles that were developed under the country's Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme.
E-cigarettes
- Electronic cigarettes are devices that deliver nicotine through a vapour, rather than smoke. There is no combustion involved but the nicotine in the device is still derived from tobacco.
- used by smokers trying to quit the lethal habit of smoking,can actually cause lung damage.
Radical ‘focus later’ camera
- A “shoot now, focus later” camera.
- users can adjust the focus after taking pictures = change focus on background from foreground.
Great Indian Bustard and Lesser Florican got region to breed
- Great Indian Bustard = the state bird of Rajasthan
- A small region in Rajasthan declares Specific Zone for their breeding.
Dengue transmission
- mosquito Aedes aegypti carries the virus.
- An dengue infected person infects many mosquitoes and these mosquitoes again infect more persons.
100 elite forces for saving Rhinos from Poachers
- The Assam Government has deployed a 100-member team of Elite Forest Protection Force at the Kaziranga National Park.
- The Kaziranga Nation park is also a UNESCO Heritage Site.
Hubble sees an actively star -forming galaxy
- A new image portrays a beautifulview of the galaxy NGC 7090, as seen by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The galaxy is viewed edge-on meaning we cannot see the young hot stars as the spiral arms are not visible.
Global warming’s effect on tropical rainfall
- With every 1 degree Celsius rise in temperature, tropical regions will see 10 per cent heavier rainfall extremes, with possible impacts for flooding in populous regions, a study published in Nature Geoscience finds.
