TURNING AROUND

EMISAT as well as 29 various other commercial satellites have recently been propelled into orbit onboard the ISRO rocket PSLV-C45. This is a first-of-its-kind achievement for the space organization as it attempted to place the satellites in 3 separate orbits in one solitary satellite launch assignment .

The yearly version of the Indo-France maritime operation called ‘Varuna’ is going to be carried out in beginning of May, near the shore of Goa. Varuna 2019 Naval Defence Training India is going to position its warship, INS Vikramaditya containing the MiG-29K fighter jets and also French team will be designated by its warship FNS

In light of the triple talaq judgment that has now criminalised the practice among the Muslim community, there is a need to examine the politics that guide the practice and reformation of personal laws in India. Why Do We Need Personal Laws? The history of personal laws in India is rooted in India’s colonial past. Both Hindu and Muslim Personal Laws were brought in the early 20th century to protect the private realm of the household from the colonial state. These “Hindu” and “Mohammedan” laws were largely retained by the Constitution at the time of independence. Consequently, personal laws as they exist today have largely been drawn from the customs that were favourable to the native patriarchy. Taking this argument forward, Nalini Rajan compared two seminal cases of personal laws being challenged at court—Rakhmabai (a Hindu woman) and Shah Bano (a Muslim woman)—to suggest that “owing to the complicity between religion and patriarchy”,  reforming personal laws may not be a tenable

I Helium hydride ion, the first molecule that formed almost 14 billion years ago, was detected by NASA's flying observatory SOFIA towards a planetary nebula. Scientists have detected the most ancient type of molecule in our universe in space for the first time ever. Helium hydride ion (HeH+) was the first molecule that formed when, almost 14 billion years ago, falling temperatures in the young universe allowed recombination of the light elements produced in the Big Bang. At that time, ionised hydrogen and neutral helium atoms reacted to form HeH+, said researchers from The Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) in Germany. Despite its importance in the history of the early Universe, HeH+ has so far escaped detection in astrophysical nebulae — cloud of gas and dust in outer space. Operating the GREAT far-infrared spectrometer onboard the flying observatory SOFIA, an international team reported unambiguous detection of the molecule towards the planetary nebula NGC 7027