TEMPO satellite: Tropospheric Emissions Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) monitors major air pollutants across North America. Its monitoring range extends from Canada’s oil sands to the Yucatán Peninsula and across the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. It is part of a virtual constellation with South Korea’s Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS) and the European Space Agency’s upcoming satellite, aiming for comprehensive air pollution monitoring over the Northern Hemisphere. It will make important scientific observations, including that of ozone, nitrogen oxide, sulphur dioxide and formaldehyde levels. It is capable of measuring air quality over North America hourly during the daytime with a resolution of several square miles. It monitors the effects of everything from rush-hour traffic to pollution from forest fires and volcanoes. The present pollution-monitoring satellites are in low Earth orbit (LEO), but this new monitoring instrument is hosted in geostationary orbit. It was designed for a 20-month operation.
Yogmaya Temple: Yogmaya Temple is a historically important monument believed to be standing at the site of an ancient temple that is said to have come up during the period of the Mahabharata. It is also known as the Jogmaya Temple, is an ancient Hindu shrine situated in the heart of Mehrauli (Delhi), a few hundred metres away from the famous Qutub Minar. It was built by a noble in the court of Mughal Emperor Akbar II by the name of Lala Sidhu Mal between 1806 and 1837.The area was known as Yoginipura in ancient Jain texts and Prithviraj Chauhan himself was said to have patronised a Yogini temple here shortly before his city’s destruction. It was a focal point of Akbar II’s rule. The temple has a replica of the Goddess Yogmaya, also called the “Pure Goddess. The most famous festival celebrated only in this temple is the ‘Phoolwalon ki Sair.’
National Geoscience Data Repository Portal: The Union Ministry of Mines is to launch the National Geoscience Data Repository (NGDR) Portal in a ceremony in New Delhi. It is a comprehensive online platform for accessing, sharing, and analysing geospatial information across India. The NGDR initiative was spearheaded by the Geological Survey of India (GSI) and Bhaskaracharya Institute of Space Applications and Geoinformatics (BISAG-N).It represents a significant leap forward in democratising critical geoscience data, empowering stakeholders across industries and academia with unprecedented access to invaluable resources.
The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI): Established in 2004, the IAMAI is a not-for-profit industry body registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.It is the country’s only organisation representing the digital services industry, with over 500 Indian and multinational corporations as its members, which include established companies in diverse sectors of the digital ecosystem as well as start-ups. The mandate is to expand and enhance the online and mobile value-added services sectors. It is dedicated to presenting the unified voice of the businesses it represents to the government, investors, consumers, and other stakeholders. The association addresses the issues, concerns, and challenges of the Internet and Mobile economy and takes a leading role in its development. IAMAI represents varied sectors such as digital advertising, digital entertainment, traveltech, online gaming, digital payments, fintech, digital commerce, edtech, healthtech, agritech, big data, ML, AI & IoT, AR/VR, logistics-tech, and so on.
