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Tiangong-1: China’s First Spacelab

November 4, 2011

Tiangong-1 is the first space lab of China, scheduled to be launched in September 2011. It is prelude to a multiphase construction programme (Tiangong programme, or Project 921-2 ) aimed at building a large space station around 2020. The Tiangong-1 ..

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Current Affairs : October 12, 2011

October 12, 2011

PSLV C-18 launched PSLV-C18 blasted off effectively at 11 am morning from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota. The 20th PSLV has been put into orbit. It will be stabilized into an orbit of 867 km altitude. The core-alone ..

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Current Affairs: October 8, 2011

October 8, 2011

Deployment of GLONASS network, completed by Russia Russia finished the deployment of its global positioning satellite group “Glonass”. GLONASS is the Russian comparable of the U.S. GPS (Global Positioning System). It is intended for military and civilian use. At present, there ..

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Current Affairs : August 6, 2011

August 6, 2011

Lok Sabha passes grants of Rs. 25,707 Crore and Appropriation bill Lok Sabha passed the Supplementary demands for Grants of Rs. 25,707 Crore and the relevant Appropriation bill by a voice vote As per the Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, supplementary grants ..

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Current Affairs : July 15, 2011

July 15, 2011

Italian Senate approves AUTERITY BUDGET The Italian senate approved an AUSTERITY BUDGET worth $ 68 billion in an effort to prevent the European debt crisis from engulfing the country. Italy has one of the major debt mountains in the Eurozone ..

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Current Affairs : June 29-30, 2011

June 30, 2011

New IMF Chief: Christine Lagarde Ms Christine Lagarde (French Finance Minister) to head the IMF (International Monetary Fund) The First woman to head IMF since the institution’s inception in 1944 The IMF executive board chose her over Mexican central bank ..

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