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China launches two BeiDou-3 navigation satellites into space
China has successfully launched two BeiDou-3 satellites to provide navigation and positioning services to countries along Belt and Road initiative (BRI) by the end of 2018. The two satellites were designated as BeiDou-3 M7 and BeiDou-3 M8 (26th and 27th ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2018
JioCoin: Reliance Jio planning to launch its own cryptocurrency
Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd is planning to create its own cyptocurrency, JioCoin. The Jiocoin project is being led by Mukesh Ambani’s elder son Akash Ambani. Under it, Reliance Jio is planning to build a 50-member team of young professionals to ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2018
Scientists for first time grow skeletal muscle tissue from stem cells
Scientists from Duke University in North Carolina, US for first time have developed working human skeletal muscle from stem cells in the laboratory. Stem cells Stem cells are undifferentiated biological cells that can differentiate into specialized cells and can divide ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2018
SpaceX launches secretive Zuma mission
California-based Private spaceflight company SpaceX has launched secret Zuma Mission for US government. It was launched on board of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, US. Zuma Mission It is a secret mission ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2018
NASA to launch two missions — GOLD and ICON to explore the ionosphere
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will launch two missions — GOLD and ICON later this year. They will team up to explore the ionosphere, located 96 km above Earth’s surface. The Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2018
Scientists discover four new balsam species in Arunachal Pradesh
Scientists have discovered four new balsam species from various locations in Eastern Himalayas in northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh. They are Impatiens haridasanii, Impatiens pseudocitrina, Impatiens nilalohitae and Impatiens roingensis. Infrastructure project like road widening works, deforestation and other development ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2018
Bharat Biotech’s Typbar-TCV: WHO approves Indian typhoid vaccine for global use
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has given its pre-qualification to Typbar Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TVC) developed by Hyderabad based Bharat Biotech for global use. Typbar TCV is world’s first typhoid vaccine clinically proven to be administered to children from six ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2018
Schistura Larketensis: New species of blind fish discovered inside Meghalaya cave
Scientists have discovered a new species of blind fish named Schistura larketensis inside a cave in East Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya. The fish has been named after Larket village, where the cave has been found to encourage local people ..