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Six-planet solar system in perfect synchrony found in Milky Way

Six exoplanets orbiting a sun-like star in the Milky Way could unlock secrets surrounding the formation of Earth and our solar system The planets are all ‘sub-Neptunes’, meaning they are smaller than our Neptune, and could be rocky with an atmosphere and water like Earth

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NISAR satellite to be Launched in 2024

Overexploitation of groundwater is a concerning issue in India, producing, among other things, soil subsidence.Mining, infrastructure construction, and other activities in the fragile Himalayas are also triggering ground subsidence and disasters

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No, this isn’t Diwali pollution! Delhi's air turns 'hazardous'; AQI dips below 736 in region

The air quality index (AQI) is an index for reporting air quality on a daily basis. It is a measure of how air pollution affects one's health within a short time period.

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Drone Chopper made by an Indian Scientist at NASA flies in MARS Atmosphere

NASA, the US space agency, is piloting a helicopter capable of flying in alien atmospheres on Mars. The 1.8 kg chopper, dubbed "Ginny," is part of NASA's Perseverance rover, which was launched in 2020 and is currently operating on Mars.

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Power of ISRO! America's NASA asks ISRO to share it's space technology after Chandrayaan-3 development

The ISRO chief who was addressing students at an event organised by Dr APJ Abdul Kalam’s Foundation at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu said times have changed and India is capable of building the best of devices and rockets and that is why Prime Minister Narendra Modi has opened the space sector to private players.

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Kerala turns into Islamic state? PDP chairman Abdul Nasar Madani accused of 2008 Bangalore serial blast receives a joyful welcome from followers

Abdul Nasar Madani was booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 along with 31 others for his alleged involvement in the 2008 Bengaluru serial bomb blasts.

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Some musings on Bharat's First War of Independence

May 10 is the anniversary of the First War of Bharatiya Independence fought by all the Bharatiyas against the British Occupation.

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Easing formalities for Forest visits, NHAI enables FASTag based Payments at Forest Entry Points

Indian Highways Management Company Limited (IHMCL) a company incorporated by NHAI to carry out Electronic Tolling, inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve.

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Six Indian students will participate in NASA Rover Challenge 2023 in US next week

They have manufactured a rover that is capable of exploring the surface of Mars and the Moon and bringing back data and images. Their team is all set to represent India at the international level and will travel to Huntsville, Alabama on April 14.

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NB Explains | Know about NASA's Artemis II mission; meet crew selected for first moon mission since Apollo

As part of Artemis II, astronauts will fly to lunar orbit, go around the Moon, and return to Earth. It will be a step towards one day building a long-term presence on the Moon, and eventually Mars, as part of NASA's Moon to Mars exploration approach.

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Asteroid as big as Olympic-size swimming pool might collide with Earth in 2046

The asteroid, which has a 50-meter diameter, has been placed at the number one spot on the “Risk List” of the objects present in space that have more than zero probability of impacting the Earth by the agency.

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Tamil Nadu Minister throws a stone at party workers for delaying in bringing chairs

This is not the first time that SM Nasar has lost his anger. Earlier also he made headlines after allegedly peddling false information that the Central government has levied Goods & Service Tax (GST) for milk.

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India approves Nasal vaccine for Covid-19 amid fear around BF.7 variant

According to reports, the nasal vaccine for coronavirus will be included in the Covd-19 vaccination program from today onwards and it will be first available in the private hospitals.

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STF West Bengal arrests alleged veteran arms supplier from Dum Dum Cantonment railway station

The Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal arrested an alleged veteran arms supplier from Dum Dum Cantonment railway station in West Bengal. The STF officers have identified the person arrested on Monday (Nov 7) evening as 55-years-old Tapan Saha who belonged to Habra Manasabari in West Bengal.

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Ozone hole continues shrinking in 2022, says NASA

The ozone hole is the thinning of the ozone layer in the stratosphere above Antarctica that begins every September when chemically active forms of chlorine and bromine derived from human-produced compounds are released during reactions on high-altitude polar clouds.

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Smashing success: NASA asteroid strike results in big nudge

The space agency attempted the first test of its kind two weeks ago to see if in the future a killer rock could be nudged out of Earth’s way.

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India in Space

In the last week, two pieces of news about space were in the newspaper. One was about the Mangalyan and another was about the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) space mission. These space missions usually raise questions about the utility of expenses on space missions.

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NASA's DART spacecraft hits target asteroid in first planetary defense test

Humanity's first attempt to alter the motion of an asteroid or any celestial body played out in a NASA webcast from the mission operations center outside Washington, D.C., 10 months after DART was launched.

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James Webb telescope captures clear images of ringed Neptune

The most striking feature in the image is the crisp view of the planet’s rings — some of which have not been detected since NASA’s Voyager 2 became the first spacecraft to observe Neptune during its flyby in 1989, the US space agency said.

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Jaishankar joins 'One Word' tweet trend, bats for 'Ekta'; What is it and how it started, all you need to know-

Numerous businesses and organizations have joined the one word tweet trend leaving the netizens about where it originated from.

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'Sadaiv Atal' - 7 things to know about the gem of Indian politics; Atal Bihari Vajpeyee ji

India lost one of the most valued and respected politician on Aug 16, 2018 when Former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpeyee ji took his last breath at AIIMS, New Delhi. he Former Prime Minister, although was a staunch opposition leader against the Congress, after his demise left every senior leader from Indian politics in tears, who had witnessed Atal ji's governance.

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Solar storm hits Earth amid global outage fear, aurora shows at many places

After the announcement, many space enthusiasts were capture the shots of aurora, which is natural light seen predominantly in high-latitude regions. After the announcement, many space enthusiasts were capture the shots of aurora, which is natural light seen predominantly in high-latitude regions. After the announcement, many space enthusiasts were capture the shots of aurora, which is natural light seen predominantly in high-latitude regions.

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NASA'S James Webb Space Telescope unveils first deepest images of early cosmos formed after Big Bang

According to the reports, the picture depicts SMACS 0723, a 4.6 billion-year-old galaxy cluster that acts as a gravitational lens, magnifying the considerably more distant and extremely faint objects behind it. Webb’s sharp near-infrared view has also brought out faint structures in extremely distant galaxies, offering the most detailed view of the early universe to date.

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Telugu short film 'Manasanamaha' makes Guinness record for most award wins

It is a romantic-comedy movie that revolves around a man musing on the nature of love, recounting three relationships from his past. The girls in his life resemble three different seasons, namely Chaitra, Varsha, and Seeta. The short film has won a total of 513 prestigious awards from different film festivals across the globe

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Hubble Telescope captures galaxy 2.5 times bigger than Milky Way

Data from Hubble’s advanced camera was used to create the image of this galaxy where it represents visible blue light and the red colour represents nearby infrared light. Nasa also used data from Hubble’s Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 and Wide Field Camera 3.

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Proud Moment! Indian students win NASA Human Exploration rover challenge

NASA 2022 Human Exploration Rover challenge required US and international student teams to design, develop, and test a human-powered rover on a track that mimicked the topography found on rocky worlds throughout the solar system.

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Meet India origin Anil Menon, one of 10 new astronauts picked by NASA

Menon is an actively practising emergency medicine physician with fellowship training in wilderness and aerospace medicine

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NASA set to launch a new Laser Test to speed up space communications

The technology will be launched into space aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket during the Space Test Program Satellite-6 (STPSat-6) mission by the Department of Defense.

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ISRO performs Collision Avoidance Manoeuvre, avoids Chandrayaan-2 collision with NASA's moon orbiter

ISRO performs Collision Avoidance Manoeuvre, avoids Chandrayaan-2 collision with NASA's moon orbiter

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Like NASA, China too develops prototype miniature helicopter for Mars missions

The Chinese prototype helicopter also comprises two rotor blades, a sensor & camera base, and four thin legs

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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover fails to retrieve rock in search of extraterrestrial life

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover fails to retrieve rock in search of extraterrestrial life

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China releases first image, video of mars from Zhurong rover

China releases first image, video of mars from Zhurong rover

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India's young scientists all set to represent nation at NASA challenge

India's young scientists all set to represent nation at NASA challenge

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NASA's helicopter touches down on the Martian, set to script history

NASA's helicopter touches down on the Martian, set to script history

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Biden says Indian Americans are 'taking over the country' during NASA's meet

Lauding on the Indian- Americans persons, US President Joe Biden said, "Indian-of descent-Americans are taking over the country."

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Puducherry Floor Test: Congress Govt collapses; CM V Narayanasamy to resign from office

After a long drama, Congress fated to a huge setback in Puducherry with govt collapsing in the Union Territory with the submission of resignation of Puducherry CM V Narayanasamy to the interim Lt Governor of the UT, Dr Tamilisai Soundarajan.

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Congress's drama in Puducherry results in removal of LG Kiran Bedi

The President of India, Ramnath Kovind, asked Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry Kiran Bedi to resign from the office on Feb 16, due to the political turmoil that was triggered in the union territory because of Congress leaders.

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Indian-American astronaut Raja Chari gets selected for NASA's SpaceX Crew – 3 mission

Indian-American astronaut Raja Chari gets selected for NASA's SpaceX Crew – 3 mission

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Proud Moment For India! NASA Picks Indian-American astronaut Raja Chari For Manned Mission To Moon

In a very proud moment for India as the US space agency NASA has selected an initial team of 18 astronauts, including Indian-American US Air Force colonel Raja Jon Vurputoor Chari for its ambitious manned mission to the Moon and beyond.

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Cyclone Nivar PM Modi Speaks To TN And Puducherry CMs, Assures All Possible Supports From Centre

As the cyclone, Nivar is heading towards north Tamil Nadu coast and south Andhra Pradesh which make landfall be between Mamallapuram and Karaikal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday spoke to the Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

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NASA's SS Kalpana Chawla Cygnus spacecraft on its way to Space station

Giving a special tribute to the Indian-American astronaut Kalpana Chawla for her key contributions to human spaceflight, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) launched Northrop Grumman's next Cygnus vehicle, the S.S. Kalpana Chawla.

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From Amritsar to NASA : First step for 16 year old from Punjab

Hissaa, a 16 year old, from Amritsar topped the International Space Olympiad ( ISO ) 2020

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American Spacecraft Named In Honour of Kalpana Chawla; Read More-

Northrop Grumman names its the next CYGNUS spacecraft after former astronaut Kalpana Chawla who made history at NASA as the first female astronaut of Indian descent to go to space.

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Indian space scientists discover galaxy 9.30 billion light-years away

A team of Indian space scientists from Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) discovered one of the farthest located galaxies in the universe.

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NASA launches Perseverance rover towards Martian To Search For Signs Of Ancient Life

Creating yet another history NASA successfully launched its most ambitious mission Mars Perseverance rover, on Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral, Florida, after a gap around nine long years. The rover will be the first mission ever to search for signs of ancient life and collect samples to send back to Earth.

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UAE launches its historic 'Hope Probe' spacecraft to red planet

Marking itself as an interplanetary country in the space world, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) launched its first mission to the red planet the 'Hope Probe'. It was launched from Japan's Tanegashima Space Center at 06.58 local times on Monday calling it 'Al-Amal'.

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First Female NASA Astronaut to Walk in Space Becomes First Woman to Reach Deepest Point in Earth's Oceans

Former NASA astronaut Kathy Sullivan who was the first American woman to walk in space scripted history after becoming the 8th person and the first woman to reach the lowest depths of the Earth called Challenger Deep located at the southern end of the Mariana Trench.

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NASA picks 3 Indian firms to make low cost COVID-19 ventilator

American space organisation NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has selected three Indian firms among the 13 international manufacturers to make the brand new low-cost ventilator that would assist the patients of coronavirus.

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Weather postpones NASA, SpaceX historical rocket launch!

The historical space launch of NASA and SpaceX's first-ever mission from US soil to the International Space Station has been scrubbed due to inclement weather along the Atlantic coast of Florida. The decision was taken about 20 minutes before the launch on Wednesday.

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NASA and SpaceX prepares for historic launch

NASA confirms that the SpaceX and the agency are preparing for a historic launch of two astronauts on a rocket from Florida to the International Space Station ISS next week. The launch is set for Wednesday at 4:33 p.m. from launchpad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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