Studies reveal Antarctic ice crisis, brainless robots powered by air, the power of ‘desert cherries’ in fighting diabetes, and the link between gut microbes and heart disease.
The new-and-improved Maitri II is said to have better working and living conditions for researchers, who spend much of the year in inhospitable climes.
At Gurugram's Prego restaurant, Juan Cristobal Del Bravo of Antarctica 21 transported a group of curious travellers to 12,000 km away to Antarctica — a land with no cities and no citizens.
The geographic location of the Antarctic enables science that is less suitable elsewhere on the planet. An example of this is the work on space weather.
Twenty-two researchers at India’s Bharati station in Antarctica spoke via video call to school students attending the India International Science Festival at IIT-Guwahati.
As it is hosts Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting after 17 years, India officially tables plan to construct third station Maitri II in remote continent before member nations.
It’s a geopolitical game changer. US, now, has primacy over oil-producing allies and adversaries alike — whether it’s Saudi Arabia or Iran, Nigeria or Russia.
The latest comment comes as New Delhi and Washington have yet to sign a trade agreement. India’s purchase of Russian oil has reduced, but Moscow remains top source for crude.
If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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