India China border skiemishes ..

With powerful missiles of the Agni III,V series that can nuke any part of China and two naval aircraft carriers, will India through the exercise of a "nuclear deterrant" be able to ward off Chinese threat to claims in Arunachal Pradesh, as India embarks on building 1800 km border road in "disputed border regions" in the Indian side, reciprocating a Chinese move to construct similar highways in remote border regions on the Chinese side ..

Or will commercial interests and hopes of stability and peace cause China to use it's brains to prevent any border skirmishes ?

The world is watching these developments with great interest. Will democracy and the will of the people  prevail over authoritarian, violent,  communist, dictatorial tendencies ?

Ge.

Mangalyaan and Siding spring ..

When by 1:27 am on 20 oct 2014 the tail of comet Siding Spring would have flown past closest to Mars ( or to any planet in known history of mankind), only three countries on earth would have their orbiters or rovers on planet Mars directly study the impact of comet dust in such close quarters !! US, India and a conglomeration of countries from Europe !

Isin't it a great achievement giving a great sense of satisfaction to be counted as one of the topmost technologically advanced countries of the world ?

Neighbour's (china) envy, owner's pride !!

A convoluted plot !!

What a convoluted plot !! Hope the "challenged" people understand it earlier before the bubble bursts !

Ge ..

IRNSS 1C launched ..

IRNSS 1C is successfully launched and released in desired orbit by ISRO from Sriharikotta at 01:32 hrs this morning 2 hrs back aboard PSLV C26 !!

A pat to Project Director P Kunhikrishnan (in photo) once again ..

ISRO workhorse PSLV demonstrates not only very high reliability in launches but also versatality and innovation in using the same launch vehicle technology for launches to low-earth orbits, geo-synchronous orbits and even planetary missions !!

Mastering real rocket science !!

The rest of the world may not be able to appreciate our innovation and technology of low-cost launches, but this is the deal clincher for all commercial launches by "Antriksh" - commercial arm of ISRO, for all other less developed (and so called advanced :) ) countries of the world !

Remembering the founding father of ISRO Dr. Vikram Sarabhai and all other scientists who have directed and played great roles in all ISRO missions . .

Ebola spreading .

The BBC graphic shows the countries outside of West Africa where the Ebola virus has spread and resulted in casualities. Thomas Eric Duncan the first US Ebola victim may have come in contact with scores of school children from seven schools in Texas and adults. The second ebola confirmed US victim is fighting a battle with the virus.

If the situation is so in US, imagine when ir spreads across, what havoc it can bring. Courtesy : BBC ..

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Pashmerga princess !!

Vanakkam, Narin Afrin amma vanakkam ..!!

She may be the first woman Commander of the world fighting the might of Islamic State fighters and an insensitive Turkey not ready to defend the Kurds, to protect the town of Kobane in N Iraq, tbough the allies pound IS installations at times !

The commander of the Peshmerga forces, dubbed the Peshmerga Princess, defending the besieged Syrian town of Kobane against IS advances is 40-year-old Mayssa Abdo, who uses the nom de guerre Narin Afrin. She has revealed: 'Thousands of civilians are still inside the town. They can’t go anywhere – all around us is blocked'.

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Internet of Things ..

If the printing press, cotton loom and the steam engine triggered the first phase of Industrial revolution, electricity, Internal combustion (IC) engines (powering automobiles, planes, ships, rail transportation etc.), wireless communication and the Integrated Chip powered the second phase of Industrial revolution. 

The IC hardware and software with the power of communication dawned to spawn off the Digital revolution later morphed as Information and Communication Technology (ICT) now offering great potential and promise as the Internet of Things !!