- 1 Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Reveal Life’s Chemical Building Blocks
- 2 India Launches IRSA 1.0
- 3 ‘Mahe’ - India’s First Indigenous Anti-Submarine Vessel
- 4 Tejas LCA Mk1A Fighter Jet
- 5 Scientists Develop ‘Atomic Stencilling’ to Paint Nanoparticles
- 6 Siphon-Powered Desalination System
- 7 Quantum Technique to Generate True Random Numbers
- 8 Google’s AI Opens a New Door in Cancer Drug Discovery
- 9 Discovery of a New Phase of Matter: The Time Rondeau Crystal (TRC)
- 10 India’s First Indigenous Antibiotic ‘Nafithromycin’
- 11 Military Combat Parachute System (MCPS)
- 12 Google’s Willow Chip Achieves Verifiable Quantum Advantage
- 13 Maldives Achieves WHO ‘Triple Elimination’ Status
- 14 Rogue Planet Cha 1107-7626
- 15 India’s First Indigenous IBR Vaccine
- 16 Biostimulants
- 17 Persian Blue
- 18 Stablecoins
- 19 India’s Electronics Leap
Maitri II: India’s Upcoming Antarctic Research Station
The Finance Ministry recently approved the establishment of Maitri II, India’s newest Antarctic research base, to be constructed in eastern Antarctica with a financial outlay of ₹2,000 crore over seven years.
- Goa-based National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) will oversee the mission.
- Maitri II will be India’s fourth research base on the continent, after Dakshin Gangotri (decommissioned), Maitri (1989), and Bharati (2012).
- The new station is expected to be completed by January 2029 and will be designed as a green research facility, powered by solar and wind energy, with upgraded infrastructure and improved living ....
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