Ø NASA has sent a pair of sandals with tiny devices into space that will help scientists monitor the
effects of low gravity on astronauts’ bodies. A crew of Russian, German and US
astronauts docked with the International Space Station (ISS) brought with them
some NASA-designed footwear called ForceShoes. The shoes will help NASA
collect data for studying the loads or force placed on crew member bodies
during exercise on the space station’s Advanced Resistive Exercise Device (ARED).
The brown strap-on shoes with tiny monitoring devices will send data back to
control centres on earth. Researchers will use the shoe to measure exercise
loads and ground reaction forces.
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| New shoes by NASA |
Ø U.S. Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal will travel to New Delhi where, during June
6-9, she will aim to kick-start bilateral cooperation with the new BJP-led
Indian administration, after a lull of several months in this space.
Ø Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath has been appointed as the Pro tem
Speaker of the new Lok
Sabha. A notification issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat said President Pranab
Mukherjee has appointed him to perform the duties of the Speaker.
Ø Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti will chair an apex council to supervise the water projects on the
Krishna and the Godavari. The panel will have the Chief Ministers of Andhra
Pradesh and Telangana as its members. Highly-placed sources told The
Hindu that
the apex council will be constituted shortly and will oversee the functioning
of the Krishna River Management Board and the Godavari River Management Board.
Both the boards, for now, will be headquartered at Hyderabad.
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