2nd batch of 3 Rafale aircraft lands at Jamnagar Air Base in Gujarat

The second batch of three Rafale aircraft landed at Jamnagar Air Base in Gujarat Wednesday evening.

एक दिन मन्ना डे

छियासी यासी बरस के मन्ना डे उस दिन शहर में आए थे। जीवनकाल में ही अमर हो चुके अपने अनेक गीतों को गाने के लिए। कार्यक्रम का ज़्यादा प्रचार नहीं हुआ लेकिन धीरे-धीरे खबर फैलती गई कि मन्ना डे शहर में आज गाना गाएँगे।

विषाणु: उधार की ज़िन्दगी या फिर जैव-विकास के अनोखे खिलाड़ी

इस लेख के शीर्षक को पढ़कर यह ख्याल आना लाज़मी है कि भला उधार की ज़िन्दगी भी कोई जी सकता है! जी हाँ, यह सच ही है, विषाणु या वायरस दरअसल, उधार पर ही ज़िन्दगी जी रहे हैं लेकिन इस एक वाक्य से विषाणुओं को पूरी तरह से नज़रन्दाज़ नहीं कर सकते, न ही उन्हें हल्के में लिया जा सकता है। यहाँ इनसे अलग जैविक वायरस या विषाणुओं की बात करेंगे (कम्प्यूटर वायरस पर लेख संदर्भ अंक-83 में पढ़ा जा सकता है।

இந்திய பொருளாதாரத்தின் புதிய பிரச்சினைகள்

நடப்பு நிதியாண்டின் முதல் காலாண்டிற் கான (ஏப்ரல், மே, ஜூன்) இந்தியாவின் உள்நாட்டு உற்பத்தி தொடர்பாக அண்மையில் புள்ளிவிவரங்கள் மற்றும் திட்ட அமலாக்க அமைச்சகம் தரவுகளை வெளியிட்டபோது இந்தியாவின் மொத்த உள்நாட்டு உற்பத்தி கணிசமாக குறைந்திருக்கும் என்று பெரும்பாலான மக்கள் எதிர்பார்த்திருந்தாலும், பரந்த ஒருமித்த கருத்து சரிவு 20% அதிகமாக இருக்காது என்று கூறினர். ஆனால் மொத்த உள்நாட்டு உற்பத்தி Q1 இல் 24% குறைந்துள்ளது.

கொரோனா வைரஸ் நவீன ஆய்வுகள்

கொரோனா வைரஸ், நம் அனைவரின் வாழ்விலும் தாக்கங்களை ஏற்படுத்தியுள்ளது. நாம் வாழும் முறை, நம் உறவுகள் என பலவற்றிலும் அதன் தாக்கத்தை பார்க்க முடிகிறது. ஆனால், இந்த பெருநோயிலிருந்து தற்காத்துக் கொள்வது என்பது குறித்து நமக்கு தொடர்ந்து அளிக்கப்படும் அறிவுரைகள் சற்றே கடினமாக அமையலாம்.

COVID-19 அவசர மருத்துவ ஆராய்ச்சிகள்

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Solar Powered Mobile Water Purifiers

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GREEN ENERGY AND GRID INTEGRATION - Potential and Economic Viability in India

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COOLING INDIA WITH ENERGY EFFICIENT SOLUTIONS

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ACCELERATING THE TRANSITION TO EFFICIENT COOLING

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WHO urges leaders to take immediate actions in response to continued surge in COVID-19 cases

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Indigenously built ASW Corvette "Kavaratti‟ Commissioned at Visakhapatnam

The last of four indigenously built Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) stealth corvettes INS Kavaratti under Project 28 (Kamorta class) commissioned into the Indian Navy by Chief of the Army Staff General Manoj Naravane, at Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam.

Russian spacecraft with an American and two Russian cosmonauts reaches ISS

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Raksha Mantri‟s Trophy for the Best and Second Best Command Hospitals

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INDIA'S EIGHT BEACHES GET 'BLUE FLAG' CERTIFICATION

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Indian Air Force celebrates its 88th anniversary

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இந்திய - சீன எல்லை பிரச்சினை

1949-ஆம் ஆண்டில் மாசேதுங் சீன மக்கள் குடியரசை உருவாக்கினார். 1950 ஏப்ரல் 1-ஆம் தேதி இந்தியா அதை அங்கீகரித்து அரசியல் உறவுகளை ஏற்படுத்தியது.