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Long-Range Bomb Fight Tested DRDO And Indian Air Force

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Air Force (IAF) have flight-tested the Long-Range (LR) Bomb on 29 October.

Highlights:

An aerial platform near Balasore, Odisha, was used to test a long-range bomb.
It was launched from an IAF fighter aircraft and guided to a land-based target within prescribed limitations and with pinpoint accuracy.

The Integrated Test Range used a number of range sensors, telemetry, radar, and an Electro-Optical Tracking System to track the bomb’s flight and performance.

In collaboration with other DRDO facilities, Hyderabad’s Research Centre Imarat (RCI) conceived and produced the bomb.

An aerial platform near Balasore, Odisha,

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was used to test a long-range bomb.

It was launched from an IAF fighter aircraft and guided to a land-based target within prescribed limitations and with pinpoint accuracy.

India Ranked 9th In Global Climate Tech Investment Trend Report

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Affairs:In the Global Climate Tech Trend Report, India ranked in the 9th position in the Top 10.

Highlights

According to London & Partners and Co’s research ‘Five years on: Global climate tech investment trends after the Paris Agreement,’ India ranked ninth among the top ten countries for climate technology investment from 2016 to 2021.

During this time, Indian climate-tech companies garnered $1 billion in Venture Capital (VC) funding.

The paper looked at Climate Change developments since the United Nations Conference of Parties (COP) in Paris, France, in 2016.

The United States (US) led the list with USD 48 billion, followed by China with USD 18.6 billion.

Climate-tech venture capital investment surged nearly fivefold, from $6.6 billion in 2016 to $32.3 billion in 2021.

Facebooks Name Changed To Meta

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Facebook has rebranded as Meta, with the goal of creating the “metaverse,” a shared virtual Environment that it believes will succeed the mobile Internet.

Highlights

The name change, first reported by the Verge, is an important rebranding for Facebook.
It unveiled a new logo in 2019 to distinguish the company from its Social Media app.

Metaverse

The term “metaverse” was coined three decades ago in

the dystopian novel “Snow Crash,” and it is now a buzzword in Silicon Valley.

According to Zuckerberg, the new moniker, which comes from the Greek word for “beyond,” symbolises that there is always more to build.

It refers to the concept of a shared virtual reality that may be accessed via a variety of devices.