Jan 2020

KARNATAKA INTERNATIONAL Russia S-400 missiles air defence systems to be delivered to India by 2025   Russia started production of S-400 long-range surface-to-air missile systems for India. The five units will be delivered to India by 2025.   The S-400 air defence missile systems are among the best in the world. This will significantly bolster India’s air defence mechanism. … Read more

KARNATAKA   Karnataka pollution board takes up waste issue with Kerala As a last resort to stop waste from Kerala being illegally transported to Karnataka and dumped in open land which is an environmental hazard, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) authorities a few days ago wrote to the Kerala State Pollution Control Board member … Read more

KARNATAKA Karnataka: Govt moots second airport in Tumakuru or Kolar The state government on Wednesday sounded off a proposal to build a greenfield airport in either Tumakuru or Kolar to ‘decongest’ Bengaluru air traffic in the years to come. With the HAL airport looking relatively ‘bleak’ in opening itself for civil aviation, the state is scouting for alternatives that … Read more

KARNATAKA   Karnataka minorities in two minds about dealing with NPR   The Karnataka government’s decision to carry out a survey to update the National Population Register (NPR) data along with the census work starting April has left sections of people undecided over how to respond to the NPR exercise. While members of all communities have been participating in … Read more

NASA’s Spitzer space telescope The Spitzer Space Telescope (SST), formerly the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), was an infrared space telescope launched in 2003 and retired on 30 January 2020. Spitzer carries three instruments on board: Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer (MIPS)   Arvind Krishna elected IBM CEO … Read more

KARNATAKA   Karnataka: Bill seeks to help investors sell off their unused land   The state government is set to allow investors who bought farmland for industrial and other purposes to sell it off if they fail to use it within seven years. The new buyers, however, must utilise the land parcel for the same … Read more