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Journalist | Personal Handle: @Chethan_Dash

Joined September 2015
Yesterday, Jul 18, @TOIBengaluru turned 40. Here are four special pages produced to commemorate four decades in #Bengaluru. They tell you how TOI has evolved over four decades, along with Bengaluru, our city, and also how technology has changed the way we work.
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As #corruption rocked Karnataka with the arrest of two senior officials — an IPS & an IAS officer — political circles are abuzz with whispers of something more murky. This is more so in the PSI hiring scam. All eyes on probe, polls.
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The story: Bengaluru's Digantara, Hyderabad startup Dhruva become first to get IN-SPACe authorisation Link: toi.in/MwyDjZ45/a24gj
#JUSTIN #thread #Space #Reform The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre or #INSPACe, has handed out its first two authorisations to @digantarahq and @Dhruvaspace. 1/n
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Got caught with an emergency yesterday. Hence, the delay. Here we go: During Jan-may 2022 @isro performed at least 10 collision avoidance manoeuvres (CAMs), reiterating the problem #space debris pose to active, operational assets. 1/n #Thread #Update #Debris | Pic: @esa
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To understand an animal, it's key to study its behaviour, not all of which are easy to access given animals’ elusiveness, challenges of field observations & low sighting frequency. An @iiscbangalore group used @YouTube to bridge gaps & study Asian elephants' reaction to death.
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The story: In 2021-22, Isro filed 1 patent every 15 days Link: toi.in/tzM7cY/a24gj
#Thread #Space #India #IPR @isro, which had a relatively quiet year (2021-22) so far as space launches were concerned, had been working on unique, cutting-edge technologies and processes through the year. 25 patents at the rate of 1 every 15 days filed in the said period. 1/n
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The story: HANSA-NG completes in-flight engine relight test Link: toi.in/bdblWb85/a24gj
#JUSTIN New gen two-seater trainer aircraft, HANSA-NG 2, designed & developed by @CSIRNALOFFICIAL successfully completed its in-flight engine relight test today. It happened at @DRDO_India Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) facility in Challakere, some 200km from Bengaluru.
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Theranautilus, an @iiscbangalore startup has shown that nano-sized robots manipulated using a magnetic field can help kill bacteria deep inside dentinal tubules, and boost the success of root canal treatments.
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