TNPSC Current Affairs April 13, 2018

www.tnpsc.academy – TNPSC Current Affairs April 13. 2018 (13/04/2018)

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Topic : New Inventions on Science and Technology, Latest Diary of Events

PSLV-C41 successfully launches IRNSS-1I navigation satellite

In its forty third flight, ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C41 successfully launched the 1,425 kg IRNSS-1I Navigation Satellite from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.

IRNSS-1I is the latest member of the ‘Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC)’ system.

NavIC, also known as Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), is an independent regional navigation satellite system designed to provide position information in the Indian region and 1,500 km around the Indian mainland.

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Topic : New Inventions on Science and Technology, Latest Diary of Events

RemoveDEBRIS Satellite

Experimental satellite RemoveDEBRIS arrives at the International Space Station ahead of a planned mission removing orbital debris.

RemoveDEBRIS is a satellite research project intending to demonstrate various space debris removal technologies.

The satellite’s platform was manufactured by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) and is a variant of the SSTL X50 series.

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Topic : Awards and Honours, Persons in News

Award for Siddharth Varadarajan

Siddharth Varadarajan, chosen for the Shorenstein Journalism Award for 2017 at Stanford University on April 16.

The award is given annually by Stanford University’s Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center and alternates between recipients from the West and Asia.

About Siddharth Varadarajan:

Siddharth Varadarajan is an Indian-American journalist, editor, and academic. He is the former editor of The Hindu.

He worked as the Hindu’s Chief of National Bureau, succeeding Harish Khare, who was named as then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s media adviser, in June 2009.