Items identified for high export potential
A study has identified 31 products such as women’s apparel, drugs, and cyclic hydrocarbons that have high export potential and can make India a top exporter of these products, industry body CII said on 21 July 2019.
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#India #CII #women #infrastructure #Entrepreneurial #potential

Material help to make Mars habitable
Regions of Mars could be made habitable with a material — silica aerogel — that mimics Earth’s atmospheric greenhouse effect, according to a study by NASA and Harvard researchers. People have long dreamed of re-shaping the Martian climate to make it livable for humans.
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#Mars #Earth #NASA #habitable #SEAS #CO2 #RegionsofMars

'Metrolite' train for small cities
The Centre has proposed light urban rail transit system - 'Metrolite' - in small cities and towns having lower projection of ridership, with each train having three coaches and a restricted speed of 25 kmph.
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#Metrolite #MoHUA #PPHPD #LRT #train #India #MetroRailPolicy

Girls migrating for education rising
Many more girls are moving out of their states in search of education than in the past and the pace at which this is changing is most rapid in the states generally viewed as backward. This heartening trend emerges from just-released census 2011 data.
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#Girls #Odisha #education #India #census2011 #UttarPradesh

Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 12 September 2019 launched 'Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana' (an ambitious pension scheme) for farmers from Ranchi. PM said, 'this scheme will connect Jharkhand with India & the world.
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#PradhanMantri #KisanMaanDhanYojana #NarendraModi #LIC #PMKMDY

Second 'Netra' for IAF
The Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO) handed over the second airborne warning plane, Netra, to the Indian Air Force on 11 September 2019.
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#Netra #IAF #DRDO #AEWC #aircraft #MarshalRaghunath #AirCommand

Water discovered for first time in habitable exoplanet
Water has been discovered for the first time in the atmosphere of an exoplanet with Earth-like temperatures that could support life as we know it, scientists revealed.
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#Water #habitable #NASA #ARIEL #gas #atmosphere #Earth

Anti-tank missile successfully test-fires
The indigenously-developed Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM) was successfully tested by the Defence Research Development Organization in Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool.
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#Antitank #missile #MPATGM #Israeli #DRDO #AndhraPradesh

India jumps in world tourism index
India clocked the biggest improvement among the top performers in global tourism, jumping from 40th in 2017 to 34th in the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2019 published by the World Economic Forum.
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#India #tourismindex #WorldEconomicForum #GDP #UAE #WEF

First woman athlete for Padma Vibhushan
The Indian Sports Ministry sent the list of recommendations for this year’s Padma Awards, naming six-time world champion MC Mary Kom for Padma Vibhushan and ace shuttler PV Sindhu for Padma Bhushan.
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#MaryKom #PadmaVibhushan #BWF #BharatRatna #woman #athlete

China launched three new satellites
China successfully launched three satellites, including a resource satellite, on 12 September 2019 into planned orbits which will help in disaster prevention, urban construction and monitor polar regions and global climate change.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21450-china-launched-three-new-satellites
#China #satellites #CAST #BNU1 #orbits #CarrierRocket #TSLC