South India’s first RAC-S
South India’s first and the country’s fourth Regional Academy Centre for Space (RAC-S) by Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) was inaugurated at National Institute of Technology Karnataka(NITK), Surathkal, on 3 January 2020.
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#RACS #SouthIndia #NITK #CBPO #MoU #ISRO #JPMC #NITK

The Kalapani dispute
The MEA on 2 January 2020 clarified that India's political map released after reorganisation of J&K has in no manner revised the boundary with Nepal. The timing is significant, as it comes amid an unease with Nepal over territorial claims of the Kalapani trijuntion of India-Nepal-China.
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#Kalapani #India #MEA #SupremeCourt #reorganisation

U.S strike at Bagdad
Revolutionary Guards commander Qasem Soleimani, who was killed on 3 January 2020 in a U.S. strike, was one of the most popular figures in Iran and seen as a deadly adversary by America and its allies.
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#US #Bagdad #IRGC #Iran #QasemSoleimani #QudsForce

107th Indian Science Congress
The 107th Indian Science Congress (ISC) was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 3 January 2019 at the University of Agricultural Sciences in Bengaluru.
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#ISC #NarendraModi #IndianScienceCongress #ISTEM #Yonath

India’s own brain template
A team of scientists led by senior scientist Pravat Mandal at the Nueroimaging and Nuerospectroscopy Laboratory (NINS) of the National Brain Research Center (NBRC), Manesar, Haryana, has developed a brain template, Brahma, which will show intrinsic details about the anatomy of the Indian brain.
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#India #brain #MNI #HumanBrainFunction #NBRC #NINS #DST

EIU survey on urban areas
Three cities in Keralafeature among the fastest-growing urban areas across the world, according to a ranking released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) survey.
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#EIU #Kollam #urban #TamilNadu #UAE #Gujarat

Ration card portability implemented
The Centre has rolled out the ‘one nation, one ration card’ initiative in 12 states including Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said.
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#Rationcard #RamVilasPaswan #NFSA #Maharashtra

FAIRS Export Certificate Report
India’s animal husbandry sector underwent a significant change last year due to a “landmark move” by the government which helped ease import regulations, according to a report released by the US Department of Agriculture.
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#FAIRS #DPPQS #OAA #GAIN #India #DAHD #FAIRS

Iran-U.S. conflict
Five days after Major General Qassem Soleimani, the Quds Force chief, was killed in a U.S. air strike outside Baghdad airport, Iran on 8 January 2020 launched ballistic missile attacks at American troops in two military bases in Iraq.
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#Iran #PMF #missile #MGQS #QudsForce #Article51

Only Indian in list of umpires
Anil Chaudhary is the lone Indian named in the list of 19 match officials, including 16 umpires, for the upcoming ICC U-19 World Cup starting in South Africa from January 17.
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#Indian #AnilChaudhary #ICC #WorldCup #T20 #SriLanka