China said on Friday that it would provide financial assistance to Pakistan for launching its first satellite and a memorandum of understanding in this connection would be signed next week.
India plans to launch its own satellite to monitor greenhouse emissions and the government has already discussed the proposal with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief G Madhavan Nair and his predecessor K Kasturirangan, Environment & Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh told the Rajya Sabha today.
New Delhi: Taking a big leap in its technological quest, IIT Kanpur has developed a nano satellite which is expected to provide real-time data on drought, flood, vegetation and forestation.
The satellite, designed and developed by a group of students of the institute, will be handed over to Isro, which is expected to launch it by the end of the year.
An Algerian satellite with US-controlled components is expected to be the first satellite to be launched by India after the Technology Safeguards Agreement (TSA) is signed between India and the US. The deal is expected to be signed during Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit.
LUCKNOW: The advent of monsoon will witness another green bonanza in the state with forest department and several government agencies announcing bloated plantation targets. But it is early to believe that the new saplings planted will increase the green cover of the state. More so because plantation efforts so far have not changed it.
The next two decades will see another human being setting foot on the moon---------
On July 20, we will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. It was one of those moments when the world watched with awe as men took their first steps onto another world. Armstrong and Aldrin were followed by 10 other Americans and then the programme came to an abrupt end.
The next two decades will see another human being setting foot on the moon---------
On July 20, we will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. It was one of those moments when the world watched with awe as men took their first steps onto another world. Armstrong and Aldrin were followed by 10 other Americans and then the programme came to an abrupt end.
