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Friday, April 26, 2024
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Topic: Exoplanets

India picks Sanskrit, Bengali names for exoplanet and its host star 340 light years away

Mohana Basu -
As part of a global campaign to name newly discovered planets and stars, Santamasa and Bibha are the names selected by India.

Exoplanet and its host star assigned to India set to get Sanskrit or Bengali names

Mohana Basu -
After shortlisting 5 names each for the exoplanet & the star from over 1,600 suggestions it received, Astronomical Society of India has asked people to vote.

Water vapour discovered on exoplanet 110 light years away

Sandhya Ramesh -
While K2-18b is being called the most habitable planet known, it is unlikely to be able to support life because of its possible gaseous structure.

India’s planetary system needs ‘Indian’ name, students get 15 more days to send entries

Mohana Basu -
Astronomical Society of India is not happy with the suggestions sent so far for the planetary system assigned to India, as most are English or Greek names.

NASA telescope finds exoplanet trio that can unravel mysteries of planet formation

Sandhya Ramesh -
Exoplanets found by NASA telescope TESS can potentially be the missing link in planetary growth between smaller rocky planets & larger gaseous bodies.

Uranus remains mysterious but now we know why it spins on its side

Jacob Kegerreis -
Unlike all the other planets, Uranus and its rings are tilted by almost a right angle.
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Opinion

Every time the Congress thinks it has a ‘revolutionary’ idea, it shoots its own foot

Seshadri Chari -
From Sam Pitroda talking about inheritance tax to Goan candidate saying the Indian Constitution was 'forced' on Goa, Congress has been having its own foot-in-the-mouth moments.

Harvey Weinstein will never be free. Social nooses are tighter than legal loopholes

Why the future of cars does not look electrified

Economy

JP Morgan CEO praises ‘tough leader’ Modi — ‘has taken 400 million people out of poverty’

Sampurna Panigrahi -
Jamie Dimon also lauded India's Aadhaar recognition system, broad availability of banking services & country's 'unbelievable' education system & infrastructure.

Defence

Rafale to Exercise Garuda, a look at Indo-French defence ties as Chief of Defence Staff visits France

Smruti Deshpande -
Another addition to military cooperation has been the Strategic Space Dialogue, inaugurated in Paris in 2023. Last month, India participated as an observer to France’s AsterX.

National Interest

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

Shekhar Gupta -
While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.

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