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Events Cover Dec 15, 2022 -Jan 14, 2023

by Gyanvitaranam

Dec 15, 2022

ƒ India has successfully conducted night trials of the nuclear-capable ballistic missile Agni V, capable of striking targets at ranges of up to 5,000 kilometres with a very high degree of accuracy. The missile test firing was conducted from A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast at 5.30 pm today. This was the latest test in the Agni missile series. According to defence sources, the test was carried out to validate new technologies and equipment on the missiles that are now lighter than before.

ƒ Researchers at the California-based Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have recently announced a historic nuclear fusion breakthrough, claiming it to be the “landmark achievement” in the quest for a source of unlimited, clean power and an end of the dependence on fossil fuels. This is the first scientific experiment that achieved success in replicating the same energy that powers the Sun. It also achieved “net energy....

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