National Policy on Biofuels 2018

National Policy on Biofuels 2018 that expands range of feedstock available for fuel production, allows farmers to divert excess crop produce for biofuels production and sets aside ₹5000 crore to help…

Mahathir Mohamad is Malaysia’s Prime Minister again & is the Oldest Elected Leader in the World

Mahathir Mohamad, who ruled Malaysia with an iron fist from 1981 to 2003 and now, with a second innings at the age of 92, the oldest elected leader in the…

Kishanganga Hydroelectric Project to Improve Power Supply & Generate Employment in J & K

Kishanganga Hydroelectric Project on the Kishanganga River in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 19, 2018. Project proposed to be completed at a…

Intermittency of Renewable Energy Sources to be managed

National Energy Storage Mission would soon be launched by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy to kick-start grid-connected energy storage in India, set up a regulatory framework and encourage…

Indian Petroleum & Explosives Safety Service

Indian Petroleum & Explosives Safety Service (IPESS) formation as Group ‘A’ service of the technical cadre of Petroleum & Safety Organization (PESO) to enhance capacity and efficiency of the organisation, as…

Indian Navigation Satellite with Indigenous Atomic Clock

Navigation with Indian Constellation or “NavIC”, an independent Indian Satellite based positioning system for critical National applications, with the objective to provide Reliable Position, Navigation and Timing services over India…

India Explores Unconventional Energy Resources

Shale Gas that has huge potential refers to natural gas trapped within Shale formations – the fine-grained sedimentary rocks, which can be rich sources of petroleum and natural gas. India has…

India Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Nuclear Tests

Pokhran-I code named Smiling Buddha was India’s first nuclear successful nuclear test on May 18, 1974 in the deserts of Pokhran, located in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan for which a team of…

India & Russia in Special Privileged Strategic Partnership

India and Russia First Informal Summit in Russia’s Black Sea coastal city of Sochi on May 21, 2018 provided an occasion for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin…

India & Indonesia Shared Vision on Maritime Cooperation

SAGAR: Security & Growth for All in the Region and Maritime Fulcrum – Visions of India and Indonesia matched as the two Maritime neighbors and sea faring nations vowed to…