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With the advent of the vaccines,
Year 2021 was anticipated as a year of recovery.
However, earlier this year it was the ferocious Delta variant of Covid-19,
That devastated the millions in many of the countries,
And now it is the Omicron variant wreaking havoc
Though the world is better equipped to deal with the …
Another wave of Covid-19 sweeps Europe.
Russia and the UK face a surge,
The Netherlands heads for partial lockdown.
Austria restricts unvaccinated people.
Germany says national emergency.
Apparently in Europe ‘vaccine hesitancy’ overwhelms the ‘vaccine availability’.
The tyranny of virus continue to rage,
And the irony is that millions yet to get the first dose …
In this divided world, emerges an additional fault line
Vaccinated vs. un-vaccinated.
If in high-income countries around 60% have been vaccinated with at least one dose, the percentage remains abysmally low at around 3% in low-income countries.
The priority to vaccinate ones own first is understandable and justifiable to some extent,
But the concerns towards …
A new draft policy by Department of Space (DoS), Government of India.
Recognizes that Space based navigation /augmentation system is essentially a public good which has to be accessible to all users.
It plans for continuity of NavIC and GAGAN services, ensuring compatibility and interoperability with other GNSS/SBAS signals.
It intends to work towards expanding …
In this year itself, there have been many worrying events of extreme weathers.
In Greenland, for the first time rain fell at the highest point of its ice sheet.
If there are extreme level of flooding in Germany, China and Australia,
Then the Western US is facing one of the worst droughts.
Unprecedented heat waves …
When it hit, it hit hard.
The second wave of Covid-19 in India.
Millions infected, hospitals overwhelmed, crumbling health infrastructure, …
Many were struggling – for doctors, medicines, beds in hospitals, oxygen cylinders, cremations,…
With little or no support.
The best was that medical fraternity scrambled to do whatever it could,
And many volunteered to help, to serve, to donate, …
The …
For the civilian use of drones, India has the guidelines in place.
In March 2021, the Ministry of Civil Aviation notified the Unmanned Aircraft System Rules.
Recently, the government has invited bids to use drones for the delivery of Covid-19 vaccines and other medicines for remote areas.
Telangana state government in India engages with Flipkart …
As the Covid-19 virus keep surging again and again,
The world rushes to get vaccinated.
And some saw and see opportunities in many ways,
There are many, who contributed to the crisis,
There are few who rival for credits and occupying market share.
Hence, my vaccine is better than yours!
Though the debate is understandable …
Another feat of human perseverance
When the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover
Landed on the surface of Mars on Feb 18,2021
To look for habitability, seek biosignatures, cashing samples and
test oxygen production from the Martian atmosphere.
Equipped with new entry, descent, and landing (EDL) technologies, such as Terrain-Relative Navigation (TRN),
That allows the rover to …