Sand-eating tadpoles found in Western Ghats. <br />A group of scientists discovered sand-eating tadpole in the southern Western Ghats. The tadpole lives in total darkness, until it fully develops into a young frog. <br />The discovery of the tadpole was documented on 30 March 2016 in the journal PLOS One. <br />The tadpole belongs to the Indian Dancing Frog family, Micrixalidae. <br /> <br />Asia's biggest telescope ARIES launched at Devasthal in Uttarakhand. <br />Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel on 30 March 2016 remotely launched Asia's biggest telescope, the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) which is located at Devasthal near Nainital in Uttarakhand. <br />The telescope is the product of an Indo-Belgian collaborative effort and was assisted by the Russian Academy of Sciences. <br />It will replace Vainu Bappu Observatory in Kavalur, Tamil Nadu to be Asia’s largest ground-based optical telescope. <br /> <br />India’s first indigenous Sonar Dome. <br />Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on 29 March 2016 flagged off India’s first indigenous composites bow mounted Sonar Dome during DefExpo 2016 in Goa. <br />The Sonar Dome will now be delivered to Mazgaon Docks, Mumbai for use in the warships of Indian Navy. <br />With the successful manufacture of Sonar Dome, India joined a select group of nations which have the capability of realizing large composites structure with multi-functional requirements, complex geometry and high structural rigidity with acoustic transparency. <br /> <br /> <br />IIT-Patna organised First International Symposium on 5G. <br />The Indian Institute of Technology Patna (IIT-P) organised the First International Symposium on Fifth Generation (five G) technology. The symposium commenced on 29 March 2016 and will conclude on 31 March 2016 in Patna. <br />The Patna five G Summit is co-sponsored by IEEE Communications Society, Center for TeleInfrastruktur, Aalborg University (CTIF), Global ICT Standardization Forum for India (GISFI) and IEEE Kolkata Section.
