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ONLINEMODULES PM Narendra Modi unveils Asias largest optical telescope ARIES
Nainital
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Target 2016: UPSC GS Asias largest and rst of its kind optical telescope Aryabha
CURRENTAFFAIRS2016 Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES)
unveiled at Devasthal in Nainital District, Uttrakahnd.
May 2016
It was remotely activated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi a
April 2016 | his Belgian counterpart Charles Michel from Belgium.
March 2016 | Key facts
Aries telescope was joint collaborative technological effort between Indian
February 2016 |
Belgian scientists.
January 2016 | Location: It has been located at a height of 2,500 metres at Devasthal in Nain
December 2015 | district. The site was chosen for getting a clear view of the sky.
Features: The ARIES optical telescope has mirror of 3.6 m diameter.
November 2015 |
The telescope facility has been incorporated with high end technology which enab
October 2015 | it to be operated with the help of remote control from anywhere in the world.
September 2015 | Applications: It will help in the study and exploration of planets, starts, magnetic
and astronomical debris. It will also help research of star structures and magn
August 2015 |
eld structures of stars.
July 2015 |
Background
June 2015 | The ARIES telescope has been a joint international effort between Indian, Russian a
Belgian scientist. In March 2007 ARIES and Belgian company Advanced Mechanical
May 2015 | |
Optical Systems (AMOS) had entered a contract for design, manufacture, integrat
April 2015 | testing, supply and installation of the telescope. Belgium also had funded 7 per cen
March 2015 | the project whose total cost is estimated to be more than 120 crore rupees.
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February 2015 | Uttrakahnd

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Sand-eating Micrixalus herrei tadpoles species found in Western1/4Ghats

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E-Book Compilations Sand-eating Micrixalus herrei tadpoles species found in Western Ghats
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National Current Affairs Researchers have discovered Sand-eating tadpole spec

named Micrixalus herrei in Western Ghats. The tadpole belo
State Current Affairs to the so-called Indian Dancing Frog family, Micrixalidae
International Affairs They were discovered from the deep recesses of streambed
the Western Ghats
Business & Economy
Key facts
Banking Current Affairs They get their name Micrixalidae, from their habit of waving their legs as a sign
Science & Techonlogy territorial and sexual display while sitting on boulders in streams.
It lives in total darkness i.e. they are of fossorial [underground] nature and comes
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after fully developing into a young frog.
Bills and Acts Their fossorial nature is considered as a rare occurrence in the amphibian world.
Defence Current Affairs These tadpole species have purple colour and possess muscular eel-like bodies. T
have skin-covered eyes, which helps them to burrow through gravel beds.
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They lack teeth but have powerful suckering mouths and have serrated jaw sheath
Places in News order to prevent large sand grains from entering the mouth while feeding and mov
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These tadpoles have ribs and whitish globular sacs also known as lime sacs
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storing calcium carbonate.
Art & Culture in Current Affairs Tags: Science And Technology Western Ghats

China launches 22nd BeiDou navigation satellite

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China has successfully launched 22nd new generation sate
into space as part of its domestic BeiDou Navigation Syst
(BDS).
It was launched using Long March-3A carrier rocket fr
Xichang Satellite Launch Center located in the south-west
province of Sichuan. It was the 225th launch of the Long Ma
carrier rocket.
About BeiDou Navigation System (BNS)
BNS is 2nd generation of the Chinese navigational system seen as rival to the U
Global Positioning System (GPS).
BeiDou is Mandarin means magnetic Compass which was one of the Chinese ma
invention in the history which had revolutionized the sea voyages.
The system comprises total 35 satellites in two separate satellite constellations
Limited test system (operational since 2000) (ii) A full-scale global navigation syst
which is currently under construction.
The BNS became operational in China in December 2011, with the constellation of
satellites.
In December 2012, the system began offering services to customers in the A
Paci c region and on its completion in 2020 it will provide services to glo
customers.
After completion, the project would become an equivalent of the US Global Position
System, Russias Glonass, and Europes Galileo.
Applications: (i) Civilian services: navigation, messaging, transportation and weat
forecasting sectors. (ii) Military applications: ensure privacy for its milit

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communications and missile launches by reducing the dependence on US opera

GPS.
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