** Bajaj Pulsar NS200 creates national record for fastest quarter-mile wheelie

As Bajaj Auto claims, with road tester Hrushikesh Mandke on the saddle, the record was set in the presence of a senior representative from the Federation of Motor Sports Club of India (FMSCI) and an adjudicator from the India Book of Records. The Bajaj Pulsar NS200 completed the wheelie in 23.68 seconds

** Delhi Technological University partners Samsung to set up innovation lab

As part of the lab, engineers at Samsung R&D Institute, Noida (SRI-N) will work on collaborative research projects with DTU students and faculty on smartphone domains based on cutting edge technology areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Computer Vision.

** Key indigenous technology for submarines crosses important milestone: DRDO

The fuel cell-based AIP being developed is unique as hydrogen is generated onboard

The indigenous Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) system for submarines under development has crossed an important milestone in performance and has now “reached the stage of maturity for fitment into target vessels”, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said on Tuesday.

** ISRO develops radar for joint earth observation satellite mission with NASA

“NISAR” is a joint collaboration for a dual-frequency L and S-band SAR for earth observation.

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has completed development of a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) capable of producing extremely high-resolution images for a joint earth observation satellite mission with the U.S. space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

** Google Doodle celebrates birth anniversary of India’s Satellite Man U.R. Rao

He was awarded ‘Padma Bhushan’ in 1976

Google Doodle today celebrates the 89th birthday of Indian professor and scientist Udupi Ramachandra Rao, under whose guidance, the first Indian satellite ‘Aryabhata’ was launched in 1975. He helped design and launch over 18 satellites for advancing India’s communication, and meteorological services

** JNCASR team develops potential drug candidate for Alzheimer’s

Researchers from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru, have developed a small molecule that helps disrupt and reduce formation of amyloid plaques in the brains of mice with Alzheimer’s Disease.

The group is planning to take this molecule, which is a potential drug candidate, forward for clinical studies. The results of their study were published in the journal Advanced Therapeutics.