The allocation for outreach programmes by the planetarium saw a dip after 2022. From Rs 29-31 lakh, it went down to Rs 16 lakh in the year 2023-24, and then just Rs 11 lakh in 2024-25.
The Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium is making real change on the ground, enabling astronomy research. Its Research Education Advancement Programme has produced over 150 PhDs.
The investment did not merely restore the structure. It redefined how Bihar perceives science and astronomy, says Project Director Dr. Anant Kumar, proudly emphasing the state is also the land of Aryabhatta.
Ventures by Japan, South Korea and Taiwan illustrate how the race for REE security is accelerating, powered by both geopolitical tension and industrial strategy.
ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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