20-02-2021 | 15:00 PM
First Thunderstorm Research Testbed of India
• India's first thunderstorm research testbed will be set up in Balasore, Odisha.
• The Thunderstorm Testing Testbed has been developed with the goal of mitigating human deaths and loss of property due to lightning strikes.
Key Points:
• The Thunderstorm testbed will be established in a collaboration among the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Ministry of Earth Sciences, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and India Meteorological Department (IMD).
