India to Mars – The Mother of all Slingshots
On 30th November 2013, when most of us Indian’s sat glued to our television sets to watch the Indian mission to Mars to take...
Research debunks 10,000-hour mastery rule in Malcolm Gladwell Outliers The Story of Success
If you go by Malcolm Gladwell bestseller Outliers The Story of Success, simply practising something regularly for a long enough time, one will eventually...
A Women of Empowerment – Shivani Sharma Singh
Women have made great strides but are still considered to be a weaker gender. She has to still fight against all the prejudices, stereotypes,...
India tests hypersonic technology demonstrator with scramjet engine for 20 seconds
"The advantage of the Indian Supersonic Combustion RAMJET (SCRAMJET) engine is the use of hydrocarbon fuel which is cheap compared to cryogenic fuel used by Israel and Russia. Our engine can be switched off, started and used just like a jet engine instead of a rocket engine type approach. This engine is more sophisticated than a jet engine. The challenge is to take the flight time from 20 seconds to 2 hours. Cooling of the engine as well as the aircraft will be the challenge. Before a commercial flight, this technology will see a military use" added Dr Prahlada.
Gold jewellery sale drops, investment and price rises amid COVID-19
Going forward, as the COVID-19 cases increases in India and the world, the use of face mask and head coverings will result on the decline in gold jewellery sales as it does not perform the role as fashion accessory and status.