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A Look at the Boeing-Bloomberg’s Bloomer on 737 Max Aircraft
Sridhar Vembu Article

A Bloomer!
In claiming that cheap Indian coders brought down the plane, here is the actual Bloomberg headline: ‘Boeing’s 737 Max Software Out-sourced to $9-an-Hour Engineers’(https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-28/boein....

July 22, 2019 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , 737 Max crash , Bloomberg’s propaganda article , Boeing management’s gaffe
What Can India Learn from China’s ‘Indigenous Innovation’ Policies
Dr Kapil Patil Article

In recent years, ‘indigenous innovation’ has become the buzzword in China’s industrial paradigm for promoting the development of Chinese domestic standards and technologies. Outlined in the 2006 National Medium-and Long-Term Program for Science....

July 02, 2019 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , Innovation for progress , Promotion of innovation , Industrial innovation
Release of VIF Task Force Report: Towards More Effective Education: Emergence of STEM Education in India

On 22 April 2019, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) released the Task Force Report on “Organisation of STEM Education in India”. The task force report was released by Dr. V K Saraswat, former chairman Defence Research & Development O....

June 07, 2019 Technological and Scientific Studies , Book Discussions , DRDO , STEM Education , Defence Research & Development Organisation
27 मार्च 2019 का ए-सैट परीक्षण
Dr Sheel Kant Sharma, PhD Article

भारत ने आखिरकार उपग्रह रोधी प्रौद्योगिकी (ए-सैट) का परीक्षण कर ही लिया। भारत की क्षमता दर्शाने क....

June 07, 2019 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , उपग्रह रोधी ए-सैट , भारत का मिसाइल रक्षा , भारत का अंतरिक्ष क्षमता
Chinese Companies Marching to Lead in Digital Economy
Dr Kamlesh Bajaj Commentary

Freedom of Expression Invoked by a Chinese Company Tik-Tok – Strange but True!
Byte-Dance, a Chinese company, is one of the most valued start-ups at $75 billion with investors that include Soft-Bank. It is reported to have been funded ....

May 19, 2019 Technological and Scientific Studies , Commentary , Tik-Tok ban , Madras HC order , China’s digital Global reach
Vimarsha: DRDO’s Achievements in Defence Indigenization

On, Dr G. Satheesh Reddy, Secretary, Department of Defence and Chairman DRDO was invited for a talk on ‘Achievements in Defence Indigenization’ under the aegis of the Vivekananda International Foundation’s Vimarsha lecture series. Dr Reddy ....

April 25, 2019 Vimarsh , Technological and Scientific Studies , DRDO , Indigenization , R&D , Defence Indigenization , Research Centre Imarat , Combat Aerial Vehicles
5G - Deliberating the Pros and Cons
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Data Pipe-Line of the Future
Major telecom companies of the world are working feverishly to roll-out 5G or 5th Generation technology based advanced wireless systems. This will increase the speed of data transmission, will have faster resp....

April 25, 2019 Technological and Scientific Studies , Commentary , 5G , IOT in India , Internet Security
The Inevitable Security Dilemma of the Space
Radhika Daga Article

The space age began with the launch of Sputnik in 1957 by the erstwhile USSR and transpired to be an eminent infrastructure to back the nuclear and conventional military capabilities of the two super powers in the cold war era, as it assuaged the mis....

April 18, 2019 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , space security , India’s Mission Shakti , ASAT weapons
Is Colonisation of Space Imminent?

… India, with its well-developed space programme, must claim her rightful place and plan for space exploration, space station … by involvement of the private sector and co-operation with like-minded nations like Japan and Israel … (She should) ....

April 10, 2019 Technological and Scientific Studies , India’s space exploration , space technology , space and mankind , National Space Society
Bull’s Eye - Chak De India
Lt General Davinder Kumar, PVSM, VSM Bar, ADC (Retd.) Commentary

27 March, 2019 will go down as the most memorable day of this decade when India demonstrated an indigenous and operational Anti-Satellite Technology (ASAT) System, the fourth nation to do so in the world after USA, Russia and China. The DRDO and ISRO....

April 01, 2019 Technological and Scientific Studies , Commentary , India’s ASAT , Indian space technology
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