Gas authority of India Ltd.(GAIL) is likely to bag equity participation in a transational pipeline project from the Caspian Sea to Central Europe. What is the name of this 3,300 km pipeline project?
Rocket specialist K. Sivan has been appointed as new Chairman of India's space agency ISRO for a three-year term. He replaces current ISRO Chairman A.S. Kiran Kumar, whose term ends January 14, 2018.
He is currently Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in Trivandrum.
His expertise gave ISRO ability to send 104 satellites in a single mission.
Lt. Gen. Sanjeev Kumar Shrivastava took over as the 25th Director General of the Border Roads (DGBR). He has replaced Lt. Gen. Suresh Sharma. Prior to it, he was holding the appointment of Director General Combat Engineers at Integrated Headquarters of Ministry of Defence(Army).
The Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) is planning its maiden mission to Venus and its second one to Red planet. The same was confirmed by the newly allotted budget to the department of space, which mentions provisions for 'Mars Orbiter Mission II and Mission Venus'.