CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Pune-based Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) has become the third Indian scientific facility to be awarded the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) milestone for its novel engineering, advanced technology and scientific contributions made in the field of radio astronomy.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) Observatory, located near Pune, Junnar, Narayangaon in India, is an array of thirty fully steerable parabolic radio telescopes observing at metre wavelengths.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT), located near Narayangaon, Pune in India, is an array of thirty fully steerable parabolic radio telescopes of 45 metre diameter, observing at metre wavelengths.

Detailed explanation-4: -Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope (GMRT) has been erected at Narayangaon near Pune. It detects radio waves having wavelengths of about a metre, coming from heavenly bodies. This telescope is actually a collection of 30 dishes, each having a diameter of 45 m and spread in an area of about 25 km across.

Detailed explanation-5: -GMRT stands for Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope. It is a collection of 30 parabolic dishes spread over an area of 25 km across, and each dish with a diameter of 45 m, situated in Narayangaon, Pune, Maharashtra.