Podcast: Space Wars
Virendra Singh Rawat After establishing their hegemony on Earth, the major economic and military powers are vying for other celestial bodies mainly moon. While countries like USA and Russia have…
Tata Sons chairman Chandrasekaran to get IIT Kanpur honorary degree
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur will award honorary doctorate degrees to three persons including Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran at its 56th convocation…
Father of Indian Statistics: Remembering P C Mahalanobis on ‘National Statistics Day’
Prof Yashvir Tyagi Since 2007, June 29 has been designated as the ‘National Statistics Day’ to commemorate the birth anniversary of late Prof Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, who is known as…
UP Defence Corridor logs Rs 21,000 crore investment
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow Uttar Pradesh Defence Corridor, which is positioned to make India self reliant in military ware, has logged investment of nearly Rs 21,000 crore. Considering the…
Podcast: Guns & Roses
Virendra Singh Rawat The world history is replete with examples where military expeditions of people have created popular narrative. More or less, this template is true even in the current…
UP announces grant to promote Indian cow breeds
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow To promote Indian cow breeds, the Uttar Pradesh government has announced a grant of Rs 40,000 for the purchase of indigenous cows from other states.…
Artificial rains: IIT Kanpur experiment for cloud seeding
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow Heralding a new technological advancement, the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) has conducted an experimental test flight for cloud seeding earlier this week. The…
UP expediting 1,320 mw Jawaharpur thermal power project
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow The Uttar Pradesh government is expediting the 1,320 megawatt (mw) thermal power project in Etah district. The Jawaharpur project, comprising two units of 660 mw…
Podcast: Reverse Colonialism
Virendra Singh Rawat The US is wooing India to ally with in a slew of global security, economic and strategic alliances. India which was once under foreign rule has turned…
UP to position Gorakhpur as rowing hub
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow In wake of the success of rowing competition held under the aegis of recent Khelo India University Games (KIUG), the Uttar Pradesh government has affirmed…