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ISRO sets target for 2019, plans 32 missions including Chandrayaan-2

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The Indian space organisation also announced that India's maiden human spaceflight programme Gaganyaan will go full steam in 2019.
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Remembering Satish Dhawan, the science wizard who pioneered India’s space programme

Anusuya Som -
On his 17th death anniversary, ThePrint takes a look at the life of the space pioneer after whom the Sriharikota launch centre was renamed in 2002.
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China’s Chang’e-4 first spacecraft to land on dark side of the moon

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The feat caps a series of lunar missions China has launched over the past few years as part of its plan to become one of the world’s top three aerospace powers by 2030.
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Desi team wins NASA-backed film competition about humans reaching Mars

Sandhya Ramesh -
Five-minute film on young girl’s journey from Mumbai to being part of team on its way to Mars set to be screened worldwide for a year. 
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NASA marks New Year with flyby past farthest, oldest body ever explored

Sandhya Ramesh -
The New Horizons mission is likely to transmit initial data from its flyby past ‘Ultima Thule’ by 10 pm IST tonight.
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India needs to ramp up space hardware capacity, says former ISRO chairman

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A.S. Kiran Kumar said that the focus has been on increasing capability in space technologies within the country but indicated that the effort may not be enough.
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Fire breaks out at ISRO centre in Ahmedabad

PTI -
The fire broke out in a storeroom at ISRO's Space Application Centre, but was brought under control in an hour.
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India will be able to see 2 of 5 eclipses in 2019

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An official of the Jiwaji Observatory in Ujjain said a partial lunar eclipse will be visible in July and a total solar eclipse in December.
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Reviewer raises serious questions over how Kesavan-Swaminathan anti-GMO paper was published

Sandhya Ramesh -
Dr Pushpendra Gupta, expert on plant genetics, had been sent the paper for review before its publication in Current Science, and said he had rejected it.
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60% of life on Earth is lost, and 6 other science discoveries of 2018

Sandhya Ramesh -
In 2018, humans found out that evolution of complex life happened far before we thought, and memory can be ‘transplanted’ between organisms.
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Good news from the farm as India’s FY22 foodgrain production estimated at record 316 mn tonnes

Sayantan Bera -
Wheat production estimate sees marginal upward revision to 106.8 million tons, though current rate lowest in 3 years.

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Russian defence industry team to visit India soon for talks on upgrading IAF’s Sukhoi fleet

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Upgrades would include more better radar & integration of electronic warfare abilities. Russia also hopeful of inking deal with India to supply 12 more Su-30 MKIs and 21 MiG-29s.

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Tiranga vs Tiranga: Gloves are off as Kejriwal joins the ‘nationalism’ battle with Modi

Shekhar Gupta -
Kejriwal’s maun vrat on Modi has ended. This is an important turn in Indian politics. In some ways rivalling the dramatic turn in Bihar.

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