Chandrayaan-3 Mission update:
The second orbit-raising maneuver (Earth-bound apogee firing) is performed successfully.

The spacecraft is now in 41603 km x 226 km orbit.(ISRO)

#Space #CH3

Infographic: Landing on the Moon

This chart shows the number of successful Moon lander and impactor missions, by country.

#India #Space #ISRO

India's space agency,#ISRO, is jointly developing a nuclear-powered engine along with Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC). #Space #India
As per sources, ISRO-BARC are developing what are called Radio Thermoelectric Generators.

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#India To Acquire 97 ‘Made-in-India’ #Drones for Over Rs 10,000 Crore To Keep an Eye on China, Pakistan Borders.
#Defence #aatmanirbharbharat

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India finishes in Top 3 at Asian Athletics Championship 2023
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0WGetuA6P_4

#Sports

The next launch from ISRO of PSLV-C56, is going to be a dedicated commercial mission scheduled for July 26th. It will place seven customer payloads into Low Earth Orbit.


Payloads:

1.DS-SAR (351.9 kg) - Earth observation satellite from Singapore
2.Arcade (23.58 kg)
3.Velox-AM (23 kg)
4.Orb-12 Strider (12.8 kg)
5.Galassia-2 (3.84 kg) - Nanosatellite
6.SCOOB-II (4.1 kg) - Nanosatellite
7.NuLIon (3.05 kg) - Nanosatellite

#Space #ISRO

🇦🇫 Kabul:— After NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan, the poppy production in the country has dropped by 99%.

— Wheat cultivation in Afghanistan has increased by 100%, making its wheat imports down by 30%.

— USIP has criticized the taliban ban on poppy production, calling it source of a potential "refugee crisis" in West.

— This ban has also triggered a fentanyl crisis in West as drug users switch to synthetic drugs.

#IndianSubcontinent

An estimated 135 million Indians came out of ‘multidimensional poverty’ between 2015-16 to 2019-21, with Bihar & Uttar Pradesh alone accounting for 56.8 million of them, a Niti Aayog report said.

Multidimensional poverty is a composite measure that takes into account the impact of poverty beyond money, in aspects of life such as education, health and standards of living.

#India #Economy

A catastrophic spelling error leads to the leakage of millions of US 🇺🇸military emails.

● Millions of "classified E-mails" were sent by mistake from the Pentagon to Mali🇲🇱

● The mistake was writing the domain .ML instead of .MIL.

● Because of this error, millions of information and data about soldiers, passport photos, and their military units, diplomaric documents were sent.

-Al Mayadeen

#InternationalNews #Defence

Former 🇮🇱 Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid has reportedly warned that his country’s relations with the 🇺🇸 #US have deteriorated so much under the leadership of his successor, Benjamin Netanyahu, that Washington is “no longer our closest ally.”

- Times of Israel.

#Geopolitics

Chandrayaan-3 Mission:
The mission is on schedule.

The third orbit-raising maneuver (Earth-bound perigee firing) is performed successfully from ISTRAC/ISRO, Bengaluru.

The next firing is planned for July 20, 2023, between 2 and 3 pm IST.(ISRO)

#Space #CH3

India dials Iraq as Russian oil loses some charm.

- The discount on Russian crude has contracted drastically in recent weeks and public sector refiners are not looking to buy from Russia if they are charged more than the G7 price cap, said the official.

- Also the payment mechanism without Dollar is not working out as Russia is currently hesitating to accept Rupee payment.

#India #Geopolitics #Oil #Energy

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Decision not arrived on Tejas..our pilots have flown Tejas... The planes should not have one piece of British parts
: Argentina Defence Minister

#Defence

The world’s new largest office building is bigger than the Pentagon.

World's largest office building is now Surat Diamond Bourse, Gujarat overtaking the Pentagon.

#India #Economy #Infra

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