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In a significant milestone for India’s space sector, TakeMe2Space, a domestic nano-satellite development company, and Azista Aerospace, a satellite development and manufacturing firm, have partnered to establish the country’s first POEM (PSLV Orbital Experimental Module) Experience Centre in Ahmedabad. This collaborative effort is set to transform how academia, researchers, and startups engage with space experimentation, opening new doors to innovation and accessibility.
GS Paper - II
The Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma set the ball rolling for the implementation of 52 recommendations of the Justice Biplab Sarma Committee regarding Clause 6 of the Assam Accord, as announced by the Assam government. This comes more than four years after the Centre-appointed high-level committee finalised its report in February 2020.
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Israel on 26 September 2024 ruled out a ceasefire proposal with Hezbollah in Lebanon, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office calling the news about truce “false”, while asserting that this was an American-French proposal, to which the prime minister has not even responded.
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The Wall Street Journal published a highly critical report on Neom, the ambitious Saudi megacity project championed by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Saudi Arabia’s Neom project contends with corruption, worker deaths, racism and misogyny, The WSJ report said.