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The HINDU Notes – 18th January 2020
📰 GSAT-30 gives India a communication boost
The 3,357-kg satellite, launched from Kourou, will replace the ageing INSAT-4A
•The nation’s latest communication satellite, GSAT-30, was launched into space from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou at 2:35 a.m. IST on Friday.
•The 3,357-kg satellite will replace INSAT-4A which was launched in 2005 and marks the first mission of the year for Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
•The high-power satellite is equipped with 12 normal C band and 12 Ku band transponders.
•ISRO quoted its Chairman K. Sivan as saying, “GSAT-30 will provide DTH [direct to home] television services, connectivity to VSATs [that support working of banks] ATMs, stock exchange, television uplinking and teleport services, digital satellite news gathering and e-governance applications. The satellite will also be used for bulk data transfer.”
•ISRO opted for a foreign launch as the GSAT-30 is much heavier than the 2,000-kg lifting capacity of its geostationary launch vehicle GSLV-MkII.
•While the newer and more powerful GSLV-MkIII that can lift up to 4,000 kg, the space agency plans to save the two or three upcoming MkIIIs for its first human space flight Gaganyaan of 2022 and two preceding crew-less trials, Dr. Sivan recently said.
•The first Indian crew-less test flight is planned for later this year.
📰 Repeal CAA, Punjab urges Centre in House resolution
Daily Current Affairs, 18th January 2020
1) NITI Aayog and UT of Ladakh sign MoU to promote development in Ladakh
•Under this agreement, NITI Aayog will be supporting the UT’s administration through its key initiative ‘Development Support Services to States for Infrastructure Projects (D3S-i)’. In an important initiative to promote the development of key infrastructure sectors in the newly constituted Union Territory of Ladakh.
•NITI Aayog will identify high-impact projects, It will expedited project implementation, addressing structural-level issues and creating unique models of development for the Union Territory of Ladakh.
•The main purpose of D3S-i projects is creating PPP (Public Private Partnership) projects. In 2018, phase I of the project was completed. In phase I, 10 projects were selected from 400 projects that were submitted by the states. In phase II, that was completed in the year 2018-19, the selected projects entered transaction stage.
2) Russia S-400 missiles air defence systems to be delivered to India by 2025
•The S-400, an upgraded version of the S-300, had previously only been available to the Russian defence forces. It is manufactured by Almaz-Antey and has been in service in Russia since 2007.
3) 3rd North Zone Conference of MIB’s of Media Units held in Jammu
4) Conference on Census 2021 held in New Delhi
5) Union Fertilizers Minister launches APNA UREA – Sona Ugle” brand of HURL
•HURL, a joint venture firm promoted by three PSUs: Coal India Limited (CIL), NTPC Ltd and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL). HURL’s three units are expected to be commissioned in February 2021, while Ramagundam (Telangana) and Talcher (Odisha) units are also likely to commence operations next year. The company not to focus on single brand urea, but diversify its product portfolio to include agrochemicals, compost, and nano-fertilizers.
6) ICC U-19 World Cup Cricket 2020 begins in South Africa
7) Sania Mirza and Nadiia Kichenok wins WTA doubles title in Australia
