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New Delhi: Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) has intensified its efforts to launch a remote sensing satellite of Cartosat-2 series along with 30 nano satellites of foreign countries in the second half of December.

Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) director Dr K Sivan said, "Isro will be busy in launching a series of satellites from December onwards. We are targeting to launch Cartosat along with 30 nano satellites of foreign countries in the second half of December."

He said, "The replacement satellite for IRNSS-1A (the first navigation satellite whose three atomic clocks, meant to provide precise locational data, had stopped working last year) will be launched soon thereafter. 

New Delhi: The Reserve Bank is contemplating to empanel advertising agencies for carrying out activities ranging from regular tender notices to full-fledged multimedia, multi- language advertising across print and electronic media.

The empanelled agencies would conceptualise, design and release advertisements in newspapers and commercials on television and radio, said the Request for Proposal (RFP) for Empanelment of Advertising Agencies floated by the central bank.

RBI's advertising activities "range from regular tender notice, public notice and recruitment notifications to full- fledged multimedia, multi-language, pan-India advertising activities involving use of creative for print as well electronic media".

New Delhi:  A study has found that water bodies have decreased by a steep 40% in the national capital region (NCR) as a result of rapid urbanisation between 1972 and 2014, when the region saw a 17-fold rise in urban built-up areas.

At certain places, the complete transformation into an urban environment has led to an increase of 3 to 5 degrees in land surface temperature and 2 to 4 degrees in air temperature during this period, the study by the Centre for Atmospheric Sciences at IIT Delhi revealed.

The study published in Springer Nature's Theoretical and Applied Climatology raises serious questions on the way urban planning was conducted in satellite town. The spatial coverage of urbanised areas, where temperature rise was seen, grew with every decade during the 42-year periods around Delhi.

New Delhi: Union minister Smriti Irani has come down heavily on Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for his comments referring to a court barring a news portal from publishing articles on a company owned by Amit Shah's son, saying a person "out on bail" was "mocking" the courts.

The information and broadcasting minister also said the Congress leader's attempts would not help his party win the Gujarat Assembly polls and wished Rahul Gandhi on the occasion of the Gujarati New Year.