Tag «astronomy»

Sanskrit is today reduced to “Satya Meva Jayate” which we ourselves do not believe in: Pawan Ruia

The Event: Three Day International Sanskrit Seminar Organised by: Department of Sanskrit, University of Calcutta. The Venue: Darbhanga Hall, College Street Campus, Calcutta 700073 The Guest of Honour: Pawan Kumar Ruia, Chairman, Ruia Group. It was once the sacred playing field of Sir Asutosh Mukherjee, scholar extraordinary as his illustrious great-grandson, Retired Justice Chittatosh Mukherjee …

Corning Celebrates Opening Ceremony of Optical Fiber Plant in India

Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan inaugurates the Corning facility at Chakan, Maharashta CORNING, N.Y., September 26, 2013 — Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) today hosted an inauguration ceremony for its new optical fiber manufacturing facility in India. Located in Chakan, near Pune, in the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) Phase II industrial park, the plant is the company’s …

Carnegie News – Studying Ancient Earth’s Geochemistry

Washington, D.C.— Researchers still have much to learn about the volcanism that shaped our planet’s early history. New evidence from a team led by Carnegie’s Frances Jenner demonstrates that some of the tectonic processes driving volcanic activity, such as those taking place today, were occurring as early as 3.8 billion years ago. Their work is …

Preventing Climate Change: The Size of the Energy Challenge

Washington, D.C.— In 2004 a very popular study aimed to address climate change by deploying wedges of different existing energy technologies or approaches. According to the study by Robert Socolow and Stephen Pacala, each wedge would avoid one billion tons of carbon (1 GtC) emissions per year after 50 years. The study showed that, at …