Science & Technology

Make in India Campaign Push: Akash Missile Fails in Basic Test

In India, the make in India campaign is strongly shocked. The Akash air-to-air missile built in India is failing in one-third of basic tests.

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in its report said that due to lack of missiles the country can go through a time of risk during the war. The CAG report has been handed over to the Parliament. The report said that the missile fell short on target. Apart from this there was less velocity than required and many important missile units were running poorly.

Air Force officials refused to comment on this. The Akash missile was built by Bangalore-based government agency Bharat Electronics, which cost about 3 thousand 6 hundred crore rupees.

The CAG report said that 3600 crore rupees were paid to the makers of the Akash, but the missile could not be installed on one of the six identified locations. It has also been said in the report that it has been seven years since contract.

The Akash and its new edition Akash Mk-2, the medium-range surface-to-air missile system has been developed to the targets of enemies in the range of 18 to 30 kms. Earlier, after the massive test of the Akash missile was first handed to the Indian Air Force in December 2008. It was seen as an indigenous system and enthusiastic was ordered to build six additional squadrons in 2010.

In these six extra squadrons, missile launchers, radars, related vehicles and hundred Akash missiles were to be deployed at six Air Force stations of Eastern Command. The government has also given permission for the development of basic infrastructure such as collection center, workshop and ramp structure.

The CAG report said that the development of all these also was to be done by India Electronics for the cost of around 100 crore, but it could not be completed by October 2016.

Elon Musk Said, Zuckerberg's Understanding of Artificial Intelligence is limited

The technology is increasingly growing in the world. Elon Musk, founder of Tesla, SpaceX, had said that Artificial Intelligence (AI) could be a threat to this world. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had said that this statement of Elon Musk is irresponsible.

On this, Elon Musk has responded to Mark Zuckerberg and said that Zuckerberg's understanding of Artificial Intelligence is limited. AI is just the starting point. Five years ago, most companies were starting to focus on AI. Yes, big companies are aggressively betting big on this. Companies are exploring ways to improve their products and services and to use the AI to further enhance the products.

Some people are giving tremendous attention to this. People like Elon Musk are worried that we need to regulate these efforts because it can threaten the existence of human civilization.

On the other hand, Google is working on developing a system that can prevent artificial intelligence from being uncontrollable and to avoid collision with humans.

Together with the research group funded by Tesla's Elon Musk Google's 'Deep Mind' Division, is working on it so that machines work in a certain way. For this, this group, through a research paper, explained how the machines' working method can be improved by using feedback from humans. The help of a popular technology is being taken in this Artificial Intelligence Research.

This technique, which is being used in this research, takes a lot of time, so it is not possible to use it right now, but it gives an idea to keep the machines in future control. At times it has been seen that artificial intelligence is not able to work properly or it collides with humans. If this research is fully successful then the dependence on the artificial intelligence of companies will increase in the coming days.

China's Second Most Heavily Rocket Launch, Fails

China launched heavy satellite launcher its second rocket Long March-5 Y2 from Wenchang launch center in southern province Hainan on Sunday.

According to the news agency Xinhua, the rocket with Shixian-18 satellite flew at 7.23 am on Sunday morning.

However this flight was unsuccessful. This was the last test flight of the rockets of the Long March-5 series, after which China will send its finder satellite Change 5 on the moon in this year, which will return with a sample from the Moon. 7.5 ton weighing Shijian-18 satellite is a state-of-the-art experimental satellite and so far the largest satellite launched by China.

Through this launch, China will test its satellite platform Dongfaunghong (DFH-5) and will carry out experiments inside the orbit, in which Q / V band satellite communication, communication technology through laser on the earth from satellite and state-of-the-art Hull Electric Propulsion system will test.

Long March-5 rocket flew for the first time from Wenchang in November 2016. The capacity of the new rocket is twice as long as the previous version of the Long March-5 rocket. With this help, up to 25 tonnes of satellites can be installed in the lower orbit of Earth and up to 14 tonnes of satellites can be installed in the Earth's geophysical orbit. Fuel used to low damage the environment in this rocket, which includes kerosene, liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen.

Smartphone will be Able to Recharge from Urine

It can also be possible to recharge the smartphone from urine. UK scientists have been involved in transforming urine into electric current under a peculiar endeavor.

UK scientists from Bristol Robotics Lab are working on this project.

Under this experiment, the first scientists filled many cylinders with electro-active microorganisms. These were such microorganisms that grow in bad or dirty water and urine.

After this, electron is produced from these microorganisms which can be used for power generation.

Two liters of urine can produce 30-40 MW of electricity. And this power can be used to recharge the phone or to create light.

GSAT 9 Launch: South Asia Satellite Launches Successful

India successfully launched South Asia Satellite (GSAT-9). The launch was done from Sriharikota on Friday (May 5th). It was launched from Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV).

Pakistan was not involved in this mission. The rest of SAARC countries will benefit from this. It took India three years to build it. A total of Rs 235 crores spent in the construction of this. Apart from India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka will be able to take advantage of GSAT-9.

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi congratulated the ISRO scientists and tweeted. Along with this he also addressed the people of all the Allies. At that time, all the big leaders from SAARC countries were associated with each other through video conferencing.

It was the most massive space rocket ever launched by India. Communication satellite GSAT-9 will provide communication facilities to seven South Asian countries including India.

Each of these countries will be able to use at least one 12 KU-band transponders of this satellite, which will strengthen their communication system. In the natural disaster and emergency situation, this communication mechanism will also allow all countries to connect to the hotline.

Blood Group is also Responsible for the Heart Attack

According to a research, people with Non-O blood type groups are more likely to have a heart attack.

Researchers have said that this is probably because blood group A, B and AB have high levels of blood-staining proteins.

They say that these results will help in understanding who has a higher risk of heart attack.

This report, presented in the European Society of Cardiology Congress, has been studied for about 1.3 million people.

Earlier research had shown that people with rare blood group AB have the highest risk of heart attack.

In fact, the O blood group in the UK is the most common. The number of such people is 48 percent.

Tesa Colle, researcher at the University Medical Center Groningen of the Netherlands, told that the risks associated with every blood group should be studied.

She said, "In the coming time, the information of the blood group should also be included in the investigation to avoid heart attacks."

Mental health worsening from climate change

The impact of climate change is not only on the environment, but it is also adversely affecting human health, especially on mental health.

The report released by researchers from the American Psychological Association and Eco-American researchers said that depression, anxiety and insomnia are increasing in humans due to conditions arising from global warming and it is becoming increasingly violent. It has also increased the risk of menstruation and people are becoming victims of 'Post Traumatic Stress Disorder' (PTSD).

What is PTSD
PTSD is a disease associated with many mental disorders such as severe depression, anger, insomnia. This makes the person more irritable, forgetting things. Difficulty concentrating in work, excessive vigilance, sudden blazing anger and sometimes the person becomes violent in the disease. There may be a sudden fear of having a heart attack during sleep.

Research on Hurricane Katrina Affected Areas
Researchers researched thousands of people affected by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and found that after the storm, their thoughts of suicide increased.

49 percent victims of depression
Diseases of PTSD and Depression were found in 49% of the area. At the same time, they started feeling alienated at the social level.

Impact on resistance
Climate change also weakens the body's immune system. Due to the weakening of resistance, the risk of diseases increases.

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NASA & TRAPPIST-1: A Treasure Trove of Planets Found

Seven Earth-sized planets have been observed by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope around a tiny, nearby, ultra-cool dwarf star called TRAPPIST-1. Three of these planets are firmly in the habitable zone.

Over 21 days, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope measured the drop in light as each planet passed in front of the star. Spitzer was able to identify a total of seven rocky worlds, including three in the habitable zone, where liquid water might be found.

The video features interviews with Sean Carey, manager of the Spitzer Science Center, Caltech/IPAC; Nikole Lewis, James Webb Space Telescope project scientist, Space Telescope Science Institute; and Michaël Gillon, principal investigator, TRAPPIST, University of Liege, Belgium.

The system has been revealed through observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the ground-based TRAPPIST (TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope) telescope, as well as other ground-based observatories. The system was named for the TRAPPIST telescope.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, manages the Spitzer Space Telescope mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Science operations are conducted at the Spitzer Science Center at Caltech in Pasadena. Spacecraft operations are based at Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Littleton, Colorado. Data are archived at the Infrared Science Archive housed at Caltech/IPAC. Caltech manages JPL for NASA.