Year: 2023

NS Shivaji, the premier Training establishment of the Indian Navy received the original 'Vir Chakra' awarded to Late Vice Admiral Benoy Roy Chowdhury, AVSM, VrC (Retd.) at a solemn ceremony at Lonavala on 18 Dec 23. Vice Admiral Dinesh Prabhakar, AVSM, NM, VSM (Retd), Distinguished Chair Marine Engineering, INS Shivaji, received the ’Vir Chakra' from Mr Padipta Bose & Mrs Gargi Bose, the family members of VAdm Chowdhury on behalf of the Indian Navy. The 'Vir Chakra' is an Indian wartime military bravery award presented for acts of gallantry on…

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Indian Coast Guard has deployed six Disaster Relief Teams (DRTs) for rescue and relief operations in Tamil Nadu after the state administration sought its assistance for rescue of stranded citizens and supply of relief material to the local population in the flood affected areas.  An Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) of ICG with an integral helicopter on-board has been also deployed to monitor the situation in coastal areas of Tuticorin  and to respond to any eventuality at sea and shore locations.   The cyclonic circulation in Southeast Bay of Bengal in…

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NTPC Group has achieved the fastest ever 300 Billion Units (BU) electricity generation on 18th December 2023. This milestone has been achieved in just 262 days in FY 2023-24, which is 18 days early as compared to the last financial year. In FY 2022-23, the company had crossed 300 BU generation on 5th January 2023. On a standalone basis, 256 BU generation has been recorded from NTPC stations in FY 2023-24.   This accomplishment reinforces NTPC's commitment to delivering reliable and affordable power to the Nation.   While NTPC has…

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The Unit 4 of Kakrapar Atomic Power Project (KAPP 4 – 700 MW) achieved the important milestone of Criticality (start of controlled fission chain reaction) for the first time on December 17, 2023 (Sunday) at 01:17 hrs. The criticality was achieved after meeting all the stipulations of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), which had issued clearance after a rigorous review of safety of the plant systems. KAPP-4 is the second in the series of sixteen indigenous Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWR) of 700 MW each being set up in…

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A new route to obtain readily tunable 3D photonic crystals that can pave the way to sophisticated photonic devices by controlling light in all directions by introducing nanoparticle of appropriate size and type into the blue phase liquid crystal.Butterfly and Peacock Feather-like photonic crystals are attractive optical materials due to their ability to confuse light. These are optical analogs of semiconductors with opposite refractive indices along the light propagation direction. Photonic crystals can control light in either a particular direction (incomplete photonic band gap – PBG) or in all directions…

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