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चाबहार पोर्ट से जुड़ी परियोजनाओं को लेकर संशय
दुनियाभर में मौजूद हथियारों के जखीरे में भले ही कमी देखी जा रही हो पर बीते 12 महीनों में परमाणु युद्ध का खतरा काफी बढ़ गया है। कुछ हद तक इसके लिए अमेरिका और ईरान के बीच बढ़ते तनाव को भी जिम्मेदार ठहराया जा सकता है। दरअसल, एक नई रिसर्च में दावा किया गया है कि संख्या में भले ही दुनिया के परमाणु हथियारों में कमी आई हो लेकिन तबाही लाने वाले परमाणु युद्ध का खतरा कम होने की बजाय बढ़ गया है।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20588-2019-06-19-05-01-48
#ChabaharPort #Afghanistan #Iran #NarendraModi #HassanRouhani #Pakistan

परमाणु जंग का बढ़ा खतरा
पहले अफगानिस्तान को लेकर अनिश्चितता और अब ईरान और अमेरिका के बीच बढ़ता तनाव। इन दोनों वजहों ने ईरान में चाबहार पोर्ट बना कर अफगानिस्तान व मध्य एशिया में रणनीतिक पैठ बनाने की भारत की योजनाओं पर सवाल खड़े कर दिए हैं। जानकारों का कहना है कि अब जब तक समूचे क्षेत्र में हालात स्पष्ट नहीं होते हैं तब तक भारत के लिए चाबहार पोर्ट से जुड़ी परियोजनाओं पर सोच समझ कर आगे बढ़ने की नीति अपनानी होगी।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20587-2019-06-19-05-01-36
#nuclearwar #UnitedStates #SIPRI #Israel #Russia #START

World Food India 2019
Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Smt Harsimrat Kaur Badal has on 18 June 2019 said that World Food India 2019 will be the biggest gathering of all global and domestic stakeholders in Food Processing Sector. WFI 2019 will be held from 1-4th November 2019 in New Delhi and will position India as Food Processing Destination of the World.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20592-world-food-india-2019
#WorldFoodIndia2019 #HarsimratKaurBadal #CEOs #B2B #NewDelhi #WFI2019

EU questions to double farmers income
Massive farm-support plans in the United States and India are being scrutinised by other World Trade Organization members, questions submitted to the WTO’s quarterly agriculture committee meeting showed. The WTO has strict rules about the size and nature of payments, and member governments keep a close watch for any competitors who might be cheating.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20591-eu-questions-to-double-farmers-income
#EU #WTO #DonaldTrump #NarendraModi #EuropeanUnion #NewZealand #farmersincome

Libra cryptocurrency
Facebook Inc revealed plans on 18 June 2019 to launch a cryptocurrency called Libra, the latest development in its effort to expand beyond social networking and move into e-commerce and global payments. Facebook has linked with 28 partners in a Geneva-based entity called the Libra Association, which will govern its new digital coin set to launch in the first half of 2020.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20590-libra-cryptocurrency
#Libra #Facebook #digital #WeChat #Bitcoin #cryptocurrency

Secrets of Sun’s mysterious past
The Moon contains clues to the ancient mysteries of the Sun, which are crucial to understanding the development of life, according to NASA scientists, including one of Indian origin. Around four billion years ago, the Sun went through violent outbursts of intense radiation, spewing scorching, high-energy clouds and particles across the solar system.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20589-secrets-of-sun-s-mysterious-past
#Sun #NASA #EarthPrabalSaxena #solartantrums #atmospheres #Apollo
Deep Ocean Mission
After successfully venturing into space exploration, India will launch its ambitious ‘Deep Ocean Mission’ by October to enter hitherto untapped 75,000 sq km of area in international waters to tap vast marine resources.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21067-deep-ocean-mission-2
#Mission #CIOB #DRDO #ISRO #DeepOceanMission #manned #DBT

WII report on GIB
The critically endangered Great Indian Bustard (GIB) is nearing extinction due to collision with high voltage power lines that criss-cross their flying path, according to a report by the Ministry of Environment.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21066-wii-report-on-gib
#GIB #WII #Rajasthan #CAMPA #NGT #GIBs #CWEL #Gujarat

Repatriation talks with Rohingya refugees
A Myanmar government delegation has met with representatives of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh to discuss creating conditions for their safe repatriation, officials said on 28 July 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21065-repatriation-talks-with-rohingya-refugees
#ASEAN #Bengalis #Myanmar #Bangladesh #Muslim #RohingyaMuslimrefugees

Indian wins People’s Choice Award in US
Renowned Indian sand artist and Padma Awardee Sudarsan Pattnaik has won the People’s Choice Award at a prestigious sand sculpting festival in the US, wowing the American public with his sculpture that highlighted the message of combating plastic pollution in oceans.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21064-indian-wins-people-s-choice-award-in-us
#Indian #US #Pattnaik #PadmaAwardee #SudarsanPattnaik

Arrow-3 system successfully tested
Israel and the United States have successfully carried out tests of a ballistic missile interceptor that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on 28 July 2019 provides protection against potential threats from Iran.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21063-arrow-3-system-successfully-tested
#Arrow3 #Israel #Iran #missile #Alaska #UnitedStates

Mary Kom wins gold medal
Six-time world champion MC Mary Kom claimed the gold medal without breaking a sweat in the 23rd President’s Cup, asserting her supremacy in a lop-sided 51kg bout final in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia on 28 July 2019. The Olympic bronze medallist pugilist decimated Australian April Franks 5-0.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21062-mary-kom-wins-gold-medal
#MaryKom #goldmedal #23rdPresident #TokyoOlympics #Asian #WorldChampionships
IAF receives Spice-2000
In a major boost for India's aerial firepower, the Indian Air Force has started receiving the 'building blaster' version of the Balakot air strike-fame Spice-2000 bombs at the Gwalior airbase.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21478-iaf-receives-spice-2000
#IAF #Spice2000 #IndianAirForce #buildingblaster #JeM #Israel

No Aryan DNA traced among Harappans
A team of researchers led by Vasant Shinde, a former vice-chancellor of Deccan College in Pune, has claimed that its new study using DNA analysis presents fresh evidence to question the existing knowledge about the Harappan civilisation.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21477-no-aryan-dna-traced-among-harappans
#DNA #Aryan #Mohenjodaro #UNESCO #BCE #Harappans

World-first floating nuclear plant
Russia’s world first floating nuclear power station on September 14 completed a 5,000-kilometre (3,100-mile) Arctic transfer to the country’s far east, the Rosatom nuclear agency said.
Read More: http://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21476-world-first-floating-nuclear-plant
#nuclear #floating #KLT40C #Russia #Worldfirstfloating
Ficci study on commodity storage
India, which is currently witnessing a spike in retail onion price on tight supply, should explore low-cost modern technology models from countries like Israel and Brazil for storing the commodity, industry body Ficci said on 8 November 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21930-ficci-study-on-commodity-storage.html
#Ficci #TOP #Budget #IITs #ICAR #NAFED #Israel

India Justice Report 2019
Karnataka is ranked sixth among 18 big and mid-sized states when it comes to justice delivery, with Maharashtra and Kerala topping the list and Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state ranked last, the India Justice Report (IJR) 2019 says.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21929-india-justice-report-2019.html
#India #IJR #DAKSH #UTs #TISS #IndiaJusticeReport2019 #Maharashtra

UNGA votes against Cuba
The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on 7 November 2019 to condemn the American economic embargo of Cuba for the 28th year, rejecting US criticism of human rights violations there and criticising the Trump administration's increasingly tough enforcement measures.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21928-unga-votes-against-cuba.html
#UNGA #Israel #JairBolsonaro #FidelCastro

BIMSTEC conclave
Three agreements have been signed between Ranong Port (Thailand) and port trusts of Chennai, Visakhapatnam and Kolkata, with an aim to reduce sea travel time between the two countries to more than a half.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21927-bimstec-conclave.html
#BIMSTEC #MoUs #Thailand #Kolkata #ActEastPolicy

Wealth of global billionaires fell
The world’s billionaires saw their collective fortunes dip in 2018 for the first time in three years, erasing $388 billion of their net worth. Asia was hardest hit, as slowing growth in China and rising US interest rates resulted in an 8% wealth drop among that continent’s richest people, according to the UBS/PwC Billionaires Report released on 8 November 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21926-wealth-of-global-billionaires-fell.html
#Wealth #UBS #EMEA #APAC #PwC #GlobalWealthManagement #Asia
Bodo agreement 2020
The central government, Assam government and Bodo representatives on 27 January 2020 signed a Bodo accord to fulfill the groups’ key political and economic demands.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22714-bodo-agreement-2020.html
#Bodo #agreement2020 #NDFB #SarbanandSonowal #BTAD #BTC

Notice on fresh petitions challenging CAA, NPR
The Supreme Court on 27 January 2020 issued a notice to the Central government on fresh petitions filed before it challenging the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, and National Population Register (NPR) process.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22713-notice-on-fresh-petitions-challenging-caa-npr.html
#CAA #NPR #SupremeCourt #Amendment #RGI #doubtfulness

Coronavirus harder to contain than SARS
The coronavirus outbreaks has shown no signs of abating. As per the latest reports, 80 people have died in China and as many as 2,744 people have been confirmed with the deadly virus across the nation.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22712-coronavirus-harder-to-contain-than-sars.html
#Coronavirus #SARS #HIVdrugAluvia #CoV #GArunkumar

Israel to allow its citizens to visit Saudi Arabia
Israel's interior ministry said on 26 January 2020 that it will now allow Israelis to travel to Saudi Arabia for religious or business visits. The announcement is the latest sign of quiet but warming relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22711-israel-to-allow-its-citizens-to-visit-saudi-arabia.html
#Israel #SaudiArabia #Muslim #citizens
SC upholds amendments SC/ST Act
The Supreme Court on 10 February 2020 upheld the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act of 2018, which nullified its own controversial March 20, 2018 judgment diluting the stringent provisions of the Dalit protection law.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22827-sc-upholds-amendments-sc-st-act.html
#SC #amendments #SRavindraBhat #ArunMishra #PILs

No plans to give permanent status to FC
The government has no plans to give permanent status to the finance commission (FC), Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur said on 10 February 2020. Currently, the government appoints finance commission for a fixed term.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22826-no-plans-to-give-permanent-status-to-fc.html
#FC #RBI #Article280 #NKSingh #FinanceCommission

Solar Orbiter blasts off
Europe and NASA's Solar Orbiter rocketed into space on 10 February 2020 night on an unprecedented mission to capture the first pictures of the sun's elusive poles.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22825-solar-orbiter-blasts-off.html
#Solar #Orbiter #NASA #spacecraft #sun #Europe

First time ever Jerusalem-Mumbai Festival
The first ‘Jerusalem-Mumbai Festival’ will be held in the capital of Maharashtra this week to showcase the special links between the two cities and to promote ties between India and Israel.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22824-first-time-ever-jerusalem-mumbai-festival.html
#Jerusalem #MumbaiFestival #AmninderSandhu #Israel

Votes to ban homophobic discrimination
Switzerland voted on 9 February 2020 to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation. The country’s referendum-based direct democracy takes many divisive issues to the populace if enough people demand it.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22823-votes-to-ban-homophobic-discrimination.html
#homophobic #discrimination #Votestoban #Switzerland
US, Taliban sign historic peace deal
The United States and Taliban on 29 February 2020 signed a historic peace deal to end the 18-year-long confrontation in Afghanistan. The signing was held in Doha of Qatar between US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and representatives of the Taliban.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22998-us-taliban-sign-historic-peace-deal.html
#Taliban #historic #MEA #NarendraModi #Trump

Third election in Israel
Israelis head to the polls on 2 March 2020 with a sense of deja vu after trying and failing twice in the past year to break the country's political deadlock.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22997-third-election-in-israel.html
#election #Israel #BenjaminNetanyahu #DonaldTrump #BennyGantz

SN1 spacecraft blows up
A prototype for SpaceX's Starship super-rocket appeared to burst during a pressure test on its pad at the companys South Texas facility. Footage captured by a Boca Chica resident shows the spaceship, known as SN1, exploding on 28 February 2020 night.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22996-sn1-spacecraft-blows-up.html
#SN1 #spacecraft #CCAFS #NASA #SpaceX #moon

Minimoon found orbiting Earth
In the early hours of February 15, two astronomers at the Mount Lemmon Observatory 9,000 feet above Tucson, Arizona, noticed a small asteroid-like object near the Earth. Kacper Wierzchos and Theodore Pruyne from the Catalina Sky Survey saw this object moving against the steady backdrop of the stars.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22995-minimoon-found-orbiting-earth.html
#Minimoon #Earth #CD3 #gravitational #NASA
Today's Headlines - 31 July 2023
ISRO PSLV-C56 mission successful
GS Paper - 3 (Space Technology)

India space agency, ISRO, on 30 July 2023 successfully launched its proven PSLV rocket carrying seven Singaporean satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. After lift-off, the primary satellite got separated and it was followed by six other co-passenger satellites, which were deployed into the intended orbits sequentially.

The primary payload

The primary payload carried by ISRO's trusted workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle is the DS-SAR Radar Imaging Earth Observation satellite, which has been developed under a partnership between DSTA (representing the Government of Singapore) and ST Engineering, Singapore.
The 360-kg satellite, upon deployment at an altitude of 535 km into a Near-equatorial Orbit (NEO), would be used to support the satellite imagery requirements of various agencies within the Government of Singapore.
ST Engineering would use the satellite for multi-modal and higher responsiveness imagery and geospatial services for their commercial customers.
The satellite carries a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) payload developed by Israel Aerospace Industries.
The payload allows DS-SAR to provide for all-weather day-and-night coverage and it is capable of imaging at 1-metre resolution.

The co-passenger satellites are:

VELOX-AM, a 23 kg technology demonstration microsatellite
ARCADE Atmospheric Coupling and Dynamics Explorer (ARCADE), an experimental satellite
SCOOB-II, a 3U nanosatellite flying a technology demonstrator payload
NULloN by NuSpace, an advanced 3U nanosatellite enabling seamless Internet of Things connectivity in both urban and remote locations
Galassia-2, a 3U nanosatellite that would be orbiting at low earth orbit
ORB-12 STRIDER, a satellite developed under an international collaboration.

About Launch Vehicle

This mission is the 58th flight of PSLV and using the 17th vehicle with Core Alone Configuration.
A Core Alone version of the rocket means the vehicle would not use solid strap-on motors on its sides in the first stage as compared to other variants like PSLV-XL, QL, and DL which use six, four, or two boosters, respectively.
PSLV has earned its title as the 'Workhorse of ISRO' through consistently delivering various satellites into low earth orbits.
This is the second campaign to be undertaken by ISRO after the much-awaited Chandrayaan-3 mission which was launched on 14 July 2023 from the second launch pad, at Satish Dhawan Space Centre.

#upsc #news #todayheadline #ISRO #PSLV #mission #space #technology #india #agency #launched #singaporean #satellite #satishdhawan #sriharikota #singapore #NEO #geospatial #SAR #aerospace #industries #israel #VELOXAM #ARCADE #SCOOB #NULION #GALSSSIA2 #ORB12 #chandrayaan3
Today's Headlines - 21 August 2023
Russia’s Luna-25 crashes
GS Paper - 3 (Space Technology)

Russia’s Moon mission ended in failure after its spacecraft Luna-25 spun out of control and crashed into the moon, Russian space agency Roscosmos said on 20 August 2023.

What happened to Luna-25?

Luna-25 was supposed to land on the Moon on 21 August 2023, days ahead of India’s Chandrayaan-3. Its intended landing site was close to Chandrayaan-3’s, near the lunar south pole.
The crash was confirmed a day after Roscosmos reported an “abnormal situation” which its specialists were analysing.
The space agency had said on 19 August 2023 that it had lost contact with the aircraft as it was shunted into pre-landing orbit.
On 19 August 2023, in accordance with the flight program of the Luna-25 spacecraft, an impulse was provided for the formation of its pre-landing elliptical orbit.
Communication with the Luna-25 spacecraft was interrupted. The measures taken on 19 and 20 August 2023 to search for the device and get into contact with it did not produce any results. According to the results of the preliminary analysis, due to the deviation of the actual parameters of the impulse from the calculated ones, the device switched to an off-design orbit and ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the lunar surface, Roscosmos said.
The space agency also said, A specially formed interdepartmental commission will deal with the issues of clarifying the reasons for the loss of the Moon [mission].
What was the Luna-25 mission?

Although launched on 10 August 2023, almost a month after Chandrayaan-3’s launch on 14 July, Luna-25 rode on a powerful rocket to reach the lunar orbit in just six days.
It was supposed to land on the lunar South Pole before Chandrayaan-3, and its success would have made Russia the first country to do so. Luna-25’s mission life was for one year, and its lift-off mass was 1,750 kg.
It did not carry a rover, but had eight payloads mainly to study the soil composition, dust particles in the polar exosphere, and most importantly detect surface water on the moon.
Significance

The failure of Luna-25 underlines how tricky soft-landings on the Moon are, and echoes India’s heartbreak of 2019.
Since 1976, there has been just one country, China, which has been successful in getting its spacecraft to soft land on the moon.
It has done that twice, with Chang’e 3 and Chang’e 4. All other attempts in the last ten years, by India, Israel, Japan and now Russia, have remained unsuccessful.
If Chandrayaan-3 is able to land successfully, India would become just the fourth country in the world, after the United States, the erstwhile Soviet Union and China, to have landed a spacecraft on moon, and the first-ever to land close to the lunar south pole.

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Today's Headlines - 10 September 2023
Scientists grew whole model of human embryo
GS Paper - 3 (Biotechnology)

Scientists have successfully grown a “human embryo” in the lab without using an egg or sperm. They used a mix of stem cells — early cells that have the ability to differentiate into other types of cells — that were able to spontaneously assemble into an embryo-like structure, mimicking molecular characteristics of an early embryo.

How was the embryo model created?

The scientists have called it one of the most complete models of a 14-day-old human embryo.
Several teams have been working on developing these human embryo-like models — around six such models have been published this year itself.
None of them fully replicate the processes that happen during the early stages of embryo development, but all of them add to their understanding.
The researchers from Israel used a mix of stem cells and chemicals, a small portion of which was able to spontaneously assemble to form different types of cells that form the foetus, those that provide nutrients to the foetus, cells that lay out the plan for development of the body, and cells that create structures like placenta and umbilical cord to support the foetus.
One of the problems that the team faced, however, was that only 1% of this mixture actually assembled spontaneously, making the process not very efficient.
Why are embryo models and research important?

There is no way for scientists to ethically research the early stages of development of an embryo, as it is difficult to study it after it implants in the uterus. Scientists currently study these initial changes in various lab models or donated embryos.
This research is crucial because the initial days of embryo development is when the majority of miscarriages and birth defects occur.
Studying the initial stages, scientists say, may help understand genetic and inherited diseases better.
The understanding of why some embryos develop normally, retain the proper genetic code, and implant properly in the womb while others do not, may also help in improving success rates of in vitro fertilisation.
Can lab-grown embryos be used to get pregnant?

No. These models are meant to just study the early stages of development of a foetus.
It is generally accepted — and legally supported in most countries — that these embryo models will be destroyed after studying the first 14 days. Attempts to implant are not allowed.
Also, creating a lab-based model that mimics the properties of early embryos is still far from an actual embryo that can implant to the lining of the womb.

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