What is India’s plan to have its own space station and how will it benefit our space programme?

International Space Station in low Earth orbit is a joint programme of five space agencies namely NASA (United  States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), ESA (Europe) and CSA (Canada). Indian Plans of Own Space Station Indian Space Research Organisation has announced that it would start working on its ..

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Enumerate the concerns behind the use of e-cigarettes. What will be the impacts of recent ban on use of e-cigarettes in India?

E-cigarettes are all slated for a nationwide ban in India as announced by the Ministry of Health. This forms a part of the first 100 days programme of the new government. They have been labelled as drugs. Even the nicotine ..

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Do you think that the government needs to assist the telecom sector for facilitation of 5G roll-out? Comment.

India has come a long way since the stringent requirements of licensing. Now anyone who wants to enter telecom services can bag a licence easily. However, the only constraint is the availability of spectrum. This has enumerated the need to ..

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Discuss the significance of NASA�s InSight Mission. Why knowing about the surface of Mars has become so much important in recent years?

Insight stands for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport. It is a Lander designed by NASA to study deep interior of the Mars. �Features: It is part of�NASA�s�Discovery Program It marks the 21st US-launched Mars mission It ..

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Enumerate the features of Chandrayaan 2 in detail along with the challenges it will have to face.

Chandrayaan 2 is India�s second mission to the Moon. It will be ISRO�s first inter-planetary mission to land rover on any celestial body. Features of the mission It has been developed indigenously by ISRO It consists of an orbiter, lander ..

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Enumerate the key features of RISAT- 2B and discuss its significance towards India�s space programme.

ISRO has launched the RISAT-2B, the radar imaging earth observation satellite on 22 may 2019. It is an all-weather spy satellite. It will replace its predecessor RISAT-2 which has been actively used by India to monitor activities in terror camps ..

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