Day: 17 October 2023

The Ministry of Defence signed a contract on October 16, 2023, in New Delhi for Mid Life Upgrade and Re-Powering of “INS Beas” with Kochi-based M/S Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) at an overall cost of Rs. 313.42 Cr.   INS Beas is the first of Brahmaputra Class Frigate to be re-powered from Steam to Diesel Propulsion. After completion of Mid Life Upgrade and Re- Powering in 2026, INS Beas will join the active fleet of the Indian Navy with a modernized weapon suite and upgraded combat capability.   The transformative…

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Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari said in a post that in Jammu and Kashmir we have successfully completed the construction of 224 meter bridge ( 2- lane) at Shere Bibi at an estimated cost of Rs 12 crore.   Shri Gadkari said that this infrastructure is located on Ramban to Banihal section of NH- 44 . As part of the wider project , this 224- metre section not only reduces the travel distance by 125 metres , thus reducing steep slopes , but also cuts steep…

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The mystery behind the peculiar metal-insulator transition exhibited by certain materials under external stimuli such as temperature, pressure, electric fields has been decoded by scientists, paving the way towards designing functional materials and devices like sensors and actuators.   Materials primarily exist in one of the two fundamental electronic states: metallic or insulating. However, certain materials exhibit the remarkable ability to transition between these two states under external stimuli such as temperature, pressure, electric fields, and more. Since the initial discovery of this phenomenon in magnetite in 1939, the transition…

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