{"id":15042,"date":"2021-05-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/current_affairs\/uncategorized\/03-05-2021\/facts-in-news-141\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T18:48:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T13:18:32","slug":"facts-in-news-141","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/03-05-2021\/facts-in-news-141","title":{"rendered":"Facts in News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Facts in News<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Olive Ridley Turtles<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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Operation Samundra Setu II<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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  • It is <\/span><\/span><\/span>initiated by the Indian Navy<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> to aid in the faster transportation of medical oxygen and other supplies from other countries in view of the surge in cases of Covid-19.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Under the mission, the deployed warships will undertake shipment of <\/span><\/span><\/span>l<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>iquid Oxygen filled cryogenic containers<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> & associated medical equipment in support of the nation’s fight against Covid-19.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Earlier, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Operation Samudra Setu<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> under the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Vande Bharat Mission<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> was launched last year by the Navy to rescue Indian citizens stranded in neighbouring countries amid the Covid-19 outbreak.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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    • Vande Bharat Mission was the <\/span><\/span><\/span>biggest evacuation exercise<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> to bring back Indian citizens stranded abroad amidst the coronavirus-induced travel restrictions.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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Tianhe (Harmony of the Heavens)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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  • It is an <\/span><\/span><\/span>unmanned module<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> launched on the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Long March 5B<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, China’s largest carrier rocket, from the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Wenchang Space Launch Centre<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, Hainan (China).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • It is <\/span><\/span><\/span>one of three main components<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> of what would be <\/span><\/span><\/span>China’s first self-developed space station<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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    • It will be rivalling the <\/span><\/span><\/span>International Space Station<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> (ISS), which is backed by the US, Russia, Europe, Japan and Canada.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • China was barred from participating by the US.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • Its launch was the <\/span><\/span><\/span>first of 11 missions<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> needed to complete the space station, which will <\/span><\/span><\/span>orbit Earth at an altitude of 340 to 450 km<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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      • The space station programme began with the launch of a <\/span><\/span><\/span>space lab Tiangong-1<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> in <\/span><\/span><\/span>2011<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, and later, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Tiangong-2 <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>in <\/span><\/span><\/span>2016<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • China aims to become a <\/span><\/span><\/span>major space power by 2030<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        (Image Courtesy: <\/span><\/span><\/span>BBC<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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P-8I Patrol Aircraft<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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  • It is a <\/span><\/span><\/span>long-range, multimission maritime patrol aircraft <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>manufactured by <\/span><\/span><\/span>Boeing <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>for the Indian Navy.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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    • It replaced the ageing fleet of the Indian Navy\u2019s <\/span><\/span><\/span>Tupolev Tu-142 aircraft<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • The P-8I is <\/span><\/span><\/span>based on the Boeing 737<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> commercial aircraft and <\/span><\/span><\/span>India was its first international customer<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • In <\/span><\/span><\/span>November 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Defence Acquisition Council <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>(DAC) approved the procurement and the US has approved its sale and related equipment.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • The deal is estimated to cost <\/span><\/span><\/span>USD 2.42 billion<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • With India having signed the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> (COMCASA) foundational agreement with the US, the six aircraft will come fitted with<\/span><\/span><\/span> encrypted systems<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • It can conduct <\/span><\/span><\/span>anti-submarine warfare <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>(ASW), <\/span><\/span><\/span>anti-surface warfare<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> (AsuW), intelligence, maritime patrol and surveillance and reconnaissance missions.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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      (Image Courtesy: <\/span><\/span><\/span>NT<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Pox 186 in Blowing Away State<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Pox 186 is the <\/span><\/span><\/span>first ever galaxy<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> to be found in a “<\/span><\/span><\/span>blow-away<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>” <\/span><\/span><\/span>state<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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    • It has been observed using data from the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Gemini telescope<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • Blowing away means that the<\/span><\/span><\/span> hydrogen clouds around the galaxy have been removed<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span><\/span>allowing the high energy light to escape.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • Pox 186 is so <\/span><\/span><\/span>small <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>that it could fit inside the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Milky Way<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> and its <\/span><\/span><\/span>compact size<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, coupled with its <\/span><\/span><\/span>large population of stars<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, which amount to a hundred thousand times the mass of the sun,<\/span><\/span><\/span> made the blow-away possible<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • The blow-away is believed to be<\/span><\/span><\/span> caused by<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> many <\/span><\/span><\/span>supernovas<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, or <\/span><\/span><\/span>dying stars<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, exploding in a short period of time.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • The findings confirm that a blow-away is possible, furthering the idea that <\/span><\/span><\/span>small galaxies were primarily responsible for the reionization<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> of the Universe and giving more<\/span><\/span><\/span> insight into how the Universe became what it is today<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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      • Reionization is the process in which a predominantly <\/span><\/span><\/span>neutral intergalactic medium was ionized by the emergence of the first luminous sources<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • These sources may have been <\/span><\/span><\/span>stars<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span><\/span>galaxies<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span><\/span>quasars<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, or some combination of the above.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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