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Rural Economy in India: an insight

Indian economy is getting pace and recognized among the fastest growing economy of the world and It has been the topic of discussion in the last few years. As in India only 25% of the population is living in urban areas, and the remaining people who lives in rural area  are not getting economic benefits from this evolving leadership status and associate growth of the country. As a result, rural poverty level in not decreasing with much pace.So innovative thinking is required to change the status of the India’s rural people.                A significant opportunity exists in rural India. In recent years it has been observed that FMCG (Fast moving consumer goods) consumption growth has outstripped the urban area. Due to some government programme like MGNREGA, purchasing power of people has been tremendously increased. Now the rural markets are on the radar of multinational companies. Better connectivity in term...

Launching of ‘Prashikshak’- A teacher education portal

On 30 June 2016 former Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani dedicated   ‘Prashikshak’ - a teacher education portal , to the nation. ‘Prashikshak’ is launched with a vision to strengthen District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs) and bring quality teachers into the Indian school education system. Prashiskshak portal has started only for DIETs, it will cover block level institutes in the future and identify gaps at the bottom of the pyramid. The Ministry of Human Resource Development also has plans for enhancing Prashikshak to cover all Govt. Teacher Education Institutions in the country, which are recognized by the National Council for Teacher Education. All State Government teacher education functionaries can make full use of the ‘Prashikshak’ portal to bring about transformative changes in the monitoring system of these institutions. On its launching day live interaction shown through video conferencing with DIET Principals across 6 S...

GET BUSY LIVING

Imagine if you had a square block and you’re trying to fit it into a round hole. The size of the hole is roughly the same size of the block. You keep trying to push it in, but of course it doesn’t go in. You try to put it in from a different angle. You think maybe a different side will work. Still it doesn’t go in. You push it really hard through thinking the force will squeeze the cube inside the round hole. Doesn’t help at all. How long would it take for the square block to finally go through the round hole? It’ll never go in the way it is. This is what we try to do when we try to get the result we want. We try to force our way in. We keep doing the same thing over and over again and expect different results. We think, somehow, that by the power of a miracle the block will go right in. That’s got to stop. Let’s go back to the example. How can you fit the square block into the round hole? You have to try a different way. So you get some tools and cut away the corners. Yo...

Solar Jet Fuel

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On April 29, 2014 European scientists at SOLAR-JET project have successful created world’s first renewable jet fuel scratch using only water, carbon dioxide and concentrated sunlight. The breakthrough invention could even help recycle harmful greenhouse, CO 2 and use it into petrol, diesel, and jet fuel kerosene. They believe that a full scale solar concentrate would be able to produce up to 20,000 litres of jet fuels per day. Solar –jet project partners include the German Aerospace Center (DLR),ETH  Zurich, and Shell. Figure.1 The Solar-Jet reactor can turn carbon dioxide, water and concentrated sunlight into jet fuel The process  In the first step, concentrated simulating sunlight was used to convert carbon dioxide and water to synthesis gas in a high temperature solar reactor containing metal oxide based materials. The syngas is a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. The syngas   was then conveted into kerosene by M/s Shell, a global petroleum...

7th Navigation Satellite IRNSS-1G

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On 28 April 2016, Indian Space Research Organization(ISRO) successfully launched India’s 7 th navigation satellite of the India Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS 1G) into a sub-Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (Sub-GTO) on board of polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C-33 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikta in Andhra Pradesh.             IRNSS-1G satellite is last space segment satellites of the IRNSS system and with this launch, India joins elite group of selected countries that have their own GPS (Global Positioning System) or navigation system.             IRNSS-1G is the 7 th navigation satellite of the seven satellites constituting the IRNSS space segment. Its predecessors, IRNSS-1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E and 1F were launched by PSLV-C22, PSLV-C24, PSLV-C26, PSLV-C27, PSLV-C31 and PSLV-C32 in July 2013, April 2014, October 2014, March 2015, January 201...