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According to ISRO, its third long duration hot test of the liquid propellant Vikas Engine for the core L110 liquid stage (engine) of the human rated Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk III (GSLV Mk III) was successful.

Several noteworthy events took place last week across the country. We publish here the gist of a few news events with photographs...

The river had abundant flow but due to tectonic and seismic upheavals, it fragmented and became waterless

Peenya’s success story captures the Indian scientific establishment’s rise from modest beginnings with shoe-string budgets

According to the Coast Guard, in a swift sea - air coordinated Search and Rescue Operation, it located and rescued the distressed fishing boat with seven crew onboard off Tillanchong Island, approximately 350 km

Sivan, also the Chairman of ISRO told IANS: "NSIL will acquire three communication satellites- GSAT 20, GSAT 22 and GSAT 24- made by ISRO. The company will be the owner and operator of the satellites."

The draft policy states focused research is essential on new propulsion systems based on semi-cryogenic, liquid oxygen-methane and green propellants.

Sharif, who is working as Hindi teacher in Ramancha government school in Chigurumamidi mandal, is one among the very few government teachers selected across the country for webinar.

The NPCIL-Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd is the only atomic power generator in India while the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is the country's sole space agency.

In a pilot project, based drones of Garuda Aerospace delivered vegetables and medicines at the ISRO staff quarters and also sanitised the buildings in Sriharikota.

The Rs 800-crore project has been approved and work has been going on.

The ISRO spy case surfaced in 1994 when Narayanan was arrested on charges of espionage along with another senior official of ISRO, two Maldivian women and a businessman.

An Empowered Overseeing Committee has been constituted to review and approve the proposals.

Sivan said: "The GISAT-1 launch slated for March 28 got slightly delayed as some technical issues were observed in the satellite and the rocket. The issues observed issues have to be addressed even if they are minute ones."

The demonstration has included live video conferencing using quantum-key-encrypted signals.

The upcoming centre will promote startups, capacity-building, innovations and research in space technology in the states Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand besides the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Union Minister Jitendra Singh, who heads DoS, has said 35 space startups and industries were in consultation with ISRO for support related to various domains of space activity.

"Launch of sounding rocket (RH-560) to study attitudinal variations in the neutral winds and plasma dynamics carried out today at SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota," tweeted the official account of ISRO.

Rao was the first to establish the continuous nature of the solar wind and its effect on geomagnetism using Mariner 2 observations.

NASA and Bengaluru-headquartered ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) signed a partnership on September 30, 2014, to collaborate on and launch NISAR.