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NDTV
2 days ago
- Science
- NDTV
ISRO Recruitment 2025: Applications Open For 320 Scientist/Engineer Posts, Check Steps To Apply
ISRO Recruitment 2025: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has officially begun the registration process for the recruitment of 320 Scientist/Engineer 'SC' posts across various disciplines. Eligible and interested candidates can apply online for the post by visiting the official website, ISRO Recruitment 2025: Key Dates Application Start Date: May 27, 2025 Application Deadline: June 16, 2025 Last Date for Fee Payment: June 18, 2025 ISRO Recruitment 2025: Vacancies Available Scientist/Engineer 'SC' (Electronics) Scientist/Engineer 'SC' (Mechanical) Scientist/Engineer 'SC' (Computer Science) Scientist/Engineer 'SC' (Electronics) - PRL Scientist/Engineer 'SC' (Computer Science) - PRL ISRO Recruitment 2025: Age Limit Maximum age is 28 years as on June 16, 2025. Candidates must meet educational and technical qualifications as mentioned in the official notification on ISRO's website. ISRO Recruitment 2025: Application Fee Details A non-refundable application fee of Rs 250 is applicable for all posts. All applicants are required to pay a processing fee of Rs 750 at the time of application. Refund Policy Full refund (Rs 750) for women, SC/ST, PwBD, and Ex-Servicemen who appear in the written test. Partial refund (Rs 500) for all other candidates who appear in the test. ISRO Recruitment 2025: How To Apply Visit the official ISRO website: Click on the "Apply Online" link on the homepage Select the post you are eligible for Fill in the required details and upload documents Make the application and processing fee payment Submit the form and download a copy for future reference ISRO Recruitment 2025: Selection Process The recruitment process involves: 1. Written Test - to be held at 11 designated centers across India. ISRO reserves the right to modify or cancel centers. 2. Interview - Shortlisting will be done in a 1:5 ratio (minimum 10 candidates per post) based on written test performance. 3. Final Selection - Based on a 50:50 weightage of written test and interview scores. ISRO Recruitment 2025: Pay Selected candidates will be appointed as Scientist/Engineer 'SC' under Level 10 of the Pay Matrix, with a starting basic pay of Rs 56,100/- per month, along with admissible allowances. Applicants are advised to read the official notification carefully before applying.
Business Recorder
2 days ago
- Business
- Business Recorder
Pakistan Refinery receives EPCF bids for major expansion
Pakistan Refinery Limited (PRL) has received formal bids from companies interested in handling the Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Finance (EPCF) work for PRL's Refinery Expansion and Upgrade Project (REUP). The refinery, a key player in Pakistan's energy sector, disclosed the development in a notice to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Monday. 'PRL has received Engineering, Procurement, Construction & Finance (EPCF) bids for its Refinery Expansion & Upgrade Project (REUP). PRL is in the process of evaluating these EPCF bids and will provide further updates in due course as necessary,' read the notice. PRL is a hydro-skimming refinery based in Karachi, Pakistan. Established in 1960, PRL processes imported and local crude oil into products such as furnace oil, diesel, kerosene, jet fuel, and gasoline, with a daily capacity of 50,000 barrels. The refinery operates at two locations: the main facility at Korangi Creek and crude oil berthing and storage at Keamari. With a cost of around $1.7 billion, PRL is spearheading transformative Refinery Expansion & Upgrade Project (REUP), aimed at doubling the crude processing capacity from the existing 50,000 to 100,000 barrels per day, with zero production of high sulphur furnace oil (HSFO) in five years after the project achieves its financial close. The project is designed to achieve zero furnace oil production, redirecting efforts towards maximising the production of highly profitable products, such as petrol and diesel, to Euro V standards. Earlier in February, the PRL board approved a Rs3.15 billion loan from its parent company, Pakistan State Oil Limited (PSO), to finance the company's Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) of the REUP.
BBC News
22-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Brown wants to be involved in rugby's future
Decorated former England international Mike Brown says he wants to try to influence the future of rugby union by staying involved in the game after his the 39-year-old Leicester Tigers full-back announced that he would be calling time on his 20-year professional career at the end of the season, he did so by making a plea to powerbrokers at all levels to better "protect and grow" the also called on other figures, including former players and media personalities, to help the asked by BBC Radio Leicester if he would put himself forward to contribute to how rugby union was run, he replied: "I'd love to be involved in discussions if people thought that was of value."Honestly, if there as an opportunity to stay involved at different levels, whether that's with a voice or not, I'd definitely be open to that."I've stayed in the game for this long because I love it. And like I said in the letter that I wrote, I want people to have the opportunities that I've had. But we can't offer that if we don't get it back to where it should be." The financial state of Premiership rugby, following the demise of three top-flight clubs in recent years, and the civil war between English rugby chiefs and grassroots clubs that continues to simmer are among the issues Brown has referred to."What I was referencing in my announcement is making sure that leaders at all levels in our game, be it club owners, PRL [Premiership Rugby Limited] leaders, world rugby leaders, RFU [Rugby Football Union], everyone and anyone that has a leadership position come together and start making decisions for the best of the game," Brown said."Get in a room and start having conversations, communicate, start being innovative, creative and start looking at how we can get our game back to level it should be for what a great game it is." Rugby union has given Brown "so many incredible moments" in a career that saw him earn 72 caps for England and land two Premiership titles and a European Challenge Cup with 280 Premiership games, amassed over 16 years with Quins before going on to play for Newcastle Falcons and seeing out his career with Tigers, has him fourth on the list of most appearances in the all he has done, and games and trophies won, there is one moment above all else that he holds dear."For me, a moment that will always stand out was my 300th game for Harlequins when running out with my son," he said."To do that is always going to live in the memory. To run out with him, and I guess allow him to experience what I've been lucky enough to experience so many times was special." That milestone game was in 2018 when Brown was remained with Harlequins until 2021, from which point he was determined to show that he still had more to offer as a had a solitary season with Newcastle, then spent 10 months without a club before he was handed a surprise career lifeline by Tigers in January try that he scored on his Leicester debut came with the message that age was no started a short-term injury cover for the Six Nations has turned into more than two years at Mattioli Woods on Welford Road."At 36 people would have thought I'm done, on the scrapheap, what can he offer? I guess in a way I proved to people that no matter what age, you have a bit to offer," he said."I knew I was still able to contribute, I felt good physically and mentally, I was still motivated and energised by rugby."And while Brown says he is "in a lucky place" where he has not "physically broken down" as he approaches his 40th birthday, he says enough has changed to know it is the right time to two-and-a-half-hour commute from his home in Surrey to get to Leicester and the mental demands of being an elite sportsperson are what prompted the decision at the end of a campaign in which he has made just five appearance."It's the mental grind of doing the right things day in and day out," Brown said."I didn't want to be that player and I can't be that player or person that just grinds though taking a pay check and is happy to be tuning up for some training."It was becoming very tough over the last few months to keep doing that."
Express Tribune
17-05-2025
- Business
- Express Tribune
Refineries saved from further losses
Listen to article New Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik has come to the rescue of oil refineries, which are facing losses of billions of rupees, in a move that will pave the way for investment of up to $6 billion in the refining sector. After becoming the petroleum minister, Malik also took measures to fully implement the facility of 35% allocation of locally explored gas to third parties. The issue had been pending for several years. The delay in implementing the Brownfield Refineries Policy 2023 had affected timelines for plant upgrade projects of the refineries, which sparked concerns among foreign investors and prevented them from making fresh investment. In the Finance Act 2024, petroleum products – motor gasoline (Mogas or petrol), high-speed diesel (HSD), kerosene oil and light diesel oil (LDO) – have been classified as "exempt". As a result, the refineries and oil marketing companies have to bear the cost of input sales tax (estimated at Rs34 billion for financial year 2024-25) and it cannot be recovered through product prices, which are regulated and fixed by the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority. During the recent revision in oil prices, the government allowed refineries to charge Rs2.09 per litre on HSD and Rs1.09 per litre on petrol in order to recover Rs34 billion worth of losses over 12 months. The oil industry has hailed the decision and has given credit to the new petroleum minister and the petroleum secretary, who pleaded their case before the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) and the prime minister for its resolution. Attock Refinery CEO and OCAC Chairman Adil Khattak told The Express Tribune that the petroleum minister had been very helpful in resolving the loss recovery issue with full support from the petroleum secretary. However, he said the sales tax exemption matter should be permanently resolved in the upcoming budget, adding that the current decision of the government to recover the losses of refineries and the resolution of GST issue would help secure investments of $6 billion in upgrading the refining sector. Pakistan Refinery Limited (PRL) was the first victim of the delay in implementation of the refinery policy because it failed to woo foreign investors for modernising its plants. It floated a tender to attract a contractor and financing for plant upgrade. The deadline for the tender was in December, but Chinese investors refused to participate until the government addressed the issues faced by the refineries. In the first tender, not a single investor participated in bidding. PRL has floated the tender for the second time, where the last date for submitting bids is May 30. However, industry officials say they are not hopeful that any investor will participate. Refineries are considered strategic national assets that play a vital role in energy security and economic development. Pakistan's refineries produce diesel in accordance with the specifications notified by the Ministry of Energy (Petroleum Division). The import of a single HSD cargo costs approximately $45 million, which is an unnecessary burden when adequate local supplies are available. The upgrading projects will help double diesel production in the country. Over the years, the refineries have been investing in modernisation, including capacity expansions and installation of Isomerisation and Diesel Hydro Desulphurization (DHDS) units, enabling them to improve fuel specifications. Currently, Pakistan's refineries produce HSD with sulphur content ranging from Euro I to Euro V. A refinery already produces the Euro V-compliant diesel, two refineries supply Euro III fuel and the remaining produce diesel with sulphur content of around 5,000 ppm, far lower than the reported figure of 10,000 ppm.
Time of India
07-05-2025
- Science
- Time of India
Study links Kopargaon meteorite to historic Japanese mission
Pune: A meteorite that crashed through the roof of Kiran Babanrao Thakre's house at Kopargaon village in Ahilyanagar district of Maharashtra has astonished scientists by revealing a direct link to Itokawa — the asteroid that Japan's Hayabusa mission famously sampled and brought back to Kopargaon meteorite wasn't just any space rock. Tests conducted at the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), under the Union govt's department of space, in Ahmedabad showed that it shared striking similarities with samples collected from asteroid Itokawa by Japan's Hayabusa spacecraft — the first mission to ever return with samples from an asteroid to Earth."The space rock, which left a two-inch crater in Thakre's bedroom floor and shattered into pieces weighing less than 1kg, contained similar rare mineral composition as samples retrieved by the Japanese spacecraft in 2010," said Dwijesh Ray, the PRL scientist involved in the in 2010 accomplished what was once thought impossible. It collected dust from an asteroid and returned to Earth."We've only been able to visit a handful of asteroids with spacecraft, so having a piece of one land in someone's house gives us an opportunity to study these ancient objects without the expense of another space mission. This unexpected link between a village in Maharashtra and Japan's famous space programme offers fresh insights into our solar system's turbulent past, revealing new details about the cosmic processes that shaped Earth and neighbouring planets billions of years ago," Ray said meteorites that could be traced back to their exact asteroid source were incredibly rare. "We know meteorites come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, but usually, we can't tell exactly which asteroid they came from. This match with Itokawa is crucial because it allows us to connect what we see in space with what lands on Earth," Ray like the Kopargaon specimen are known as chondrites — ancient rocks that formed over 4.5 billion years ago and contain clues about the solar system's earliest days. "They may even have delivered water and the raw ingredients for life to early Earth. By linking meteorites to their parent asteroids, we can better predict how asteroid surfaces evolve, which helps in planning future space missions, resource exploration and even planetary defence," he said."Space agencies worldwide are now sending missions to collect samples from different types of asteroids. These missions help identify which meteorites come from which asteroids, study valuable minerals that might be mined in the future and learn how space conditions affect asteroid surfaces. Understanding asteroids better also helps scientists develop plans to protect Earth from potential impacts," Ray added.
