ISRO placed all the 10 satellites, in a single launch, successfully in the orbit. The previous record was 8 satellites in one launch and that was done before two years by Russia. ISRO is a huge success story and it makes us all feel proud of it. In my view, the success of ISRO should be attributed to its setup in that it is away from the clutches of the Govt and is a sort of independent body (though not totally independent). When we look at a few organisations, which are more under the Govt - the result is more appalling. DRDO - the lesser we talk about it, the better !! Lets take the latest news on the Arjun Battle tank to substantiate the reasoning. 35 years after the project was approved, we still have five major defects. From the original project cost of Rs 15.5 crore, we, so far, have spent 305.6 crore !!
Army has said that the tank suffers from low accuracy and consistency, chipping of gun barrels, shearing of top rollers and failure of hydro pneumatic units (data from "The Hindu"). Our Defence Minister states, "The rectification of defects and performance of tanks are being closely monitored". How long?? Army states that the tank has low accuracy - which means, for eg, if Mambalam is targetted we would end up firing at Tambaram !!
May 6, 2008
** New Invention !! **
"Rise in global prices of food grains is because the Indian middle class has attained a level of prosperity and they have started consuming more resulting in the world wide shortage of foodgrains." ....... After great research work, Mr. Bush, who incidentally happens to be the President of USA, has found out this reasoning. I recommend that he be given this year's Nobel Prize for Economics !!
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