{"id":7644,"date":"2024-06-14T03:14:23","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T03:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/?p=7644"},"modified":"2024-06-14T03:14:23","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T03:14:23","slug":"indigenously-developed-anti-hail-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/indigenously-developed-anti-hail-guns\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigenously Developed Anti-hail Guns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Himachal Pradesh government will <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/test\">test<\/a> the use of indigenously developed anti-hail guns&#8217; to assist horticulturists who have crop damage due to hailstorms. The indigenous guns were created by IIT Bombay in collaboration with Dr YS Parmar University of  <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/forestry\">Forestry<\/a>, Nauni (Solan).<\/p>\n<p> <strong><u>About the anti-hail gun:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The anti-hail gun is a machine that generates shock <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/waves\">waves<\/a> to destroy the <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/growth\">Growth<\/a> of hailstones in the cloud.<\/p>\n<p>It consists of a tall fixed structure, a bit like an inverted tower, a few meters high, with a long and narrow cone that opens up to the sky.<\/p>\n<p>The gun &#8220;fires&#8221; by sending an explosive mixture of acetylene gas and air into its lower chamber, thereby releasing shock waves<\/p>\n<p>Shock waves (such as those produced by supersonic aircraft) travel faster than the speed <div class=\"youtube-subscribe-container\">\r\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCNHT8lW-JmLC68rjBfZhdkg?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"youtube-subscribe-button\">\r\n            <span class=\"youtube-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"telegram-channel-container\">\r\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/pscnotes2025\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"telegram-channel-button\">\r\n            <span class=\"telegram-icon\">\r\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 496 512\">\r\n                    <path fill=\"white\" d=\"M248,8C111,8,0,119,0,256s111,248,248,248s248-111,248-248S385,8,248,8z M362,177L320,367c-3,14-10,18-20,14l-56-41l-27,26 c-3,3-5,5-10,5l4-63L323,196c5-5-1-7-8-3l-98,62l-42-13c-9-3-10-9,2-14l162-63C351,160,365,164,362,177z\"\/>\r\n                <\/svg>\r\n            <\/span>\r\n            Join Our Telegram Channel\r\n        <\/a>\r\n    <\/div> <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\">\r\n                    <path d=\"M549.7 124.1c-6.3-23.7-24.8-42.3-48.3-48.6C458.8 64 288 64 288 64S117.2 64 74.6 75.5c-23.5 6.3-42 24.9-48.3 48.6-11.4 42.9-11.4 132.3-11.4 132.3s0 89.4 11.4 132.3c6.3 23.7 24.8 41.5 48.3 47.8C117.2 448 288 448 288 448s170.8 0 213.4-11.5c23.5-6.3 42-24.2 48.3-47.8 11.4-42.9 11.4-132.3 11.4-132.3s0-89.4-11.4-132.3zm-317.5 213.5V175.2l142.7 81.2-142.7 81.2z\"\/>\r\n                <\/svg>\r\n            <\/span>\r\n            Subscribe on YouTube\r\n        <\/a>\r\n    <\/div> of <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/sound\">Sound<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>These shock waves are said to prevent water droplets in clouds from forming hailstones, allowing them to fall as raindrops instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Himachal Pradesh government will test the use of indigenously developed anti-hail guns&#8217; to assist horticulturists who have crop damage due to hailstorms. 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