CURRENT UPDATES : AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2018

AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2018
EVENTS	PLAYER	WINNER
MEN’S SINGLES	MARIN CILIC (CROATIA)	ROGER FEDERER (SWITZERLAND)
	ROGER FEDERER (SWITZERLAND)
WOMEN’S SINGLES	SIMONA HALEP (ROMANIA)	CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DENMARK)
	CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DENMARK)
MEN’S DOUBLES	OLIVER MARACH ( AUSTRIA), MATE PAVIC ( CROATIA)	OLIVER MARACH ( AUSTRIA), MATE PAVIC ( CROATIA)
	JUAN SEBASTIAN CABAL ( COLOMBIA), ROBERT FARAH ( COLOMBIA)
WOMEN’S DOUBLES	TIMEA BABOS ( HUNGARY), KRISTINA MLADENOVIC ( FRANCE)	TIMEA BABOS ( HUNGARY), KRISTINA MLADENOVIC ( FRANCE)
	EKATERINA MAKAROVA ( RUSSIA), ELENA VESNINA ( RUSSIA)
MIXED DOUBLES	TIMEA BABOS ( HUNGARY), ROHAN BOPANNA ( INDIA)	GABRIELA DABROWSKI ( CANADA), MATE PAVIC ( CROATIA)
	GABRIELA DABROWSKI ( CANADA), MATE PAVIC ( CROATIA)

CURRENT UPDATES : PADMA AWARDS 2018

 Padma Awards - one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.

These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year. This year the President of India has approved conferment of 85 Padma Awards including two duo cases (in a duo case, the award is counted as one) as per list below. The list comprises 3 Padma Vibhushan, 9 Padma Bhushan and 73 Padma Shri Awards. 14 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 16 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 3 Posthumous awardees.

CURRENT AFFAIRS & GK FOR UPSC,SSC,PSC,IBPS,LIC,RAILWAY & ALL OTHER EXAM: PSLV SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES 31 SATELLITES IN A SING...

CURRENT AFFAIRS & GK FOR UPSC,SSC,PSC,IBPS,LIC,RAILWAY & ALL OTHER EXAM: PSLV SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES 31 SATELLITES IN A SING...: ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, in its forty second flight, successfully launched the 710 kg Cartosat-2 Series Remote Sensing Sa...

PSLV SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES 31 SATELLITES IN A SINGLE FLIGHT

ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, in its forty second flight, successfully launched the 710 kg Cartosat-2 Series Remote Sensing Satellite along with 30 co-passenger satellites today (January 12, 2018) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.  This flight is designated as PSLV-C40.

The lift-off of PSLV-C40 occurred at 0929 hrs (9:29 am) IST from the First Launch Pad.  After a flight lasting 16 minutes 37 seconds, the satellites achieved the polar Sun Synchronous Orbit of  503 km inclined at an angle of 97.55 degree to the equator. In the succeeding seven minutes, Cartosat-2 series satellite, INS-1C and 28 customer satellites successfully separated from the PSLV in a predetermined sequence. The fourth stage of PSLV-C40 fired twice for short durations to achieve a polar orbit of 365 km height in which India’s Microsat  successfully separated.

After separation, the two solar arrays of Cartosat-2 series satellite deployed automatically and ISRO's Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) at Bengaluru took over the control of the satellite. In the coming days, the satellite will be brought to its final operational configuration following which it will begin to provide remote sensing data using its panchromatic (black and white) and multispectral (colour) cameras.

The 11 kg INS-1C and the 100 kg class Microsat, the two Indian co-passenger satellites of Cartosat-2, are also being monitored and controlled from ISTRAC, Bengaluru. The 28 international customer satellites belong to  Canada, Finland, France, Republic of Korea, UK and the USA.

So far, PSLV has successfully launched 51 Indian satellites and 237 customer satellites from abroad.