{"id":16767,"date":"2016-10-17T10:46:59","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T10:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=16767"},"modified":"2016-10-17T10:46:59","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T10:46:59","slug":"himansh-research-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/himansh-research-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Himansh Research station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Question: Recently \u201cHimansh\u201d the glaciological research facility has been established in which of the following state?<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Assam<br \/>\n(b) Uttarakhand<br \/>\n(c) Himachal Pradesh<br \/>\n(d) Manipur<br \/>\n<strong>Ans: (c)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">On 9 October 2016 Dr. M. Rajeevan, Secretary to the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt of India has unveiled \u201cHimansh\u201d the glaciological research facility.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is Located in Spiti Valley of Himachal Pradesh at an altitude of nearly 13,500 feet(4000 m).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The research lab, established by the National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">It has automatic weather stations, ground penetrating radars, geodetic GPS systems and other sophisticated facilities to study glaciers and their discharge.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The facility will serve as the base for Terrestrial Laser Scanners and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to digitise glacier movements and snow cover variations.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">HIMANSH literally meaning, a slice of ice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reference:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/moes.gov.in\/writereaddata\/files\/Himansh_Press-V3_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/moes.gov.in\/writereaddata\/files\/Himansh_Press-V3_0.pdf<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dst.gov.in\/pressrelease\/himansh-india%E2%80%99s-remote-high-altitude-station-opened-himalaya\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.dst.gov.in\/pressrelease\/himansh-india%E2%80%99s-remote-high-altitude-station-opened-himalaya<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rajeevan61\/status\/785333597297217536\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/rajeevan61\/status\/785333597297217536<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/highaltitude-glacial-lab-opens-in-the-himalayas\/article9205004.ece\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/highaltitude-glacial-lab-opens-in-the-himalayas\/article9205004.ece<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Recently \u201cHimansh\u201d the glaciological research facility has been established in which of the following state? (a) Assam (b) Uttarakhand (c) Himachal Pradesh (d) Manipur Ans: (c) Related facts: On 9 October 2016 Dr. M. Rajeevan, Secretary to the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt of India has unveiled \u201cHimansh\u201d the glaciological research facility. It is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1123],"tags":[3067],"class_list":["post-16767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-snes","tag-scientific"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}