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    Indian rocket puts 29 satellites in three orbits

    An Indian rocket on Monday placed domestic and foreign satellites in three different orbits on a single flight, a first for the nation and a low-cost option that could burnish its reputation.

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    US studying India anti-satellite weapons test, warns of space debris

    Acting US Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan warned any nations that might be considering anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons tests like the one India carried out on Wednesday to "not make a mess"

    South Asia
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    India shoots down satellite, joins space superpowers: Modi

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that India had destroyed a low-orbiting satellite in a missile test, becoming the fourth country in the world to have carried out the feat.

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    Iran says it launched satellite that didn't reach orbit

    The rocket carrying the Payam satellite failed to reach the “necessary speed” in the third stage of its launch, Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi told Iranian state television.

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    US warns Iran against space launches, Tehran undeterred

    Foreign Minister Zarif said, 'Iran's launch of space vehicles & missile tests are not in violation of Res 2231. The US is in material breach of same & as such it is in no position to lecture anyone on it'

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    Nasa launches probe to ‘touch Sun’

    NASA on Sunday launched a $1.5 billion spacecraft toward the Sun on a historic mission to protect the Earth by unveiling the mysteries of dangerous solar storms.

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    Mars at closest point from Earth in 15 years

    One popular public viewing spot was the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, where Mars was visible with the naked eye as a bright orange spot in the sky, according to a live broadcast held to mark the celestial event.

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    Russia’s FSB raids space research center over 'spying for West'

    Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has reportedly raided a top space research facility over the suspected leaking of secrets about the country’s new hypersonic weapons to the West.

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    China launches satellite to explore dark side of moon

    China launched a relay satellite early on Monday designed to establish a communication link between earth and a planned lunar probe that will explore the dark side of the moon, the official.

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    British scientist Stephen Hawking dies at age 76

    Hawking was one of the brightest stars in the firmament of science, whose insights shaped modern cosmology and inspired global audiences in the millions. His family released a statement early on

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    Plane crashes in Iran, killing all 66 aboard

    Iran's Aseman Airlines plane carrying 66 people crashed on the outskirts of Iran's central city of Semirom, Isfahan province, on Sunday morning, Tehran Times reported.

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    India's workhorse rocket fails for the first time in decades

    India’s premier rocket failed to put a navigation satellite into orbit during a launch this morning, after some unknown malfunction prevented the satellite from leaving the vehicle.

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    Turkey plans new wedding law: Will it end happily ever after?

    The Turkish government has announced its intention to propose a draft law that would grant muftis the right to register marriage contracts, a privilege that has so far been restricted to authorised municipality official.

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    India initiates ‘mother of all underwater defence deals’

    India has kick-started its “mother of all underwater defence deals” after a 10-year delay, with France, Germany, Russia, Sweden, Spain and Japan being in the fray to build six advanced stealth submarines for an estimated

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    India sends 31 satellites into space, some for foreign customers

    India fired a rocket carrying 31 small satellites into space on Friday, several of them for European countries looking for high resolution earth images, underlining its strength as a low-cost provider of services.

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    Pakistan confirms shooting down Iranian drone

    The confirmation came from the foreign office a day after media reports suggested that Pakistan Air Force (PAF) shot down Iranian drone deep inside Pakistan airspace.

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    Baby on board: Indian gives birth at 35,000 feet

    The unnamed woman, in her 20s, went into premature labour on Sunday's Jet Airways flight between Damman in Saudi Arabia and Kochi in the southern Indian state of Kerala.

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    ISRO puts heaviest satellite in orbit

    The satellite, GSAT-19, which is expected to enhance the communication infrastructure of the country, was placed in its initial orbit 16 minutes after lift-off from the second launch pad at Sriharikota.

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    Nasa probe to fly into sun’s atmosphere

    A new Nasa mission aims to brush by the sun, coming closer than any spacecraft in history to its scorching heat and radiation in order to reveal how stars are made, the US space agency said on Wednesday.

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    Erdogan wins Turkey referendum as opposition cries foul

    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan narrowly won a historic referendum on Sunday that will tighten his grip on power, but the knife-edge result left the country bitterly divided and the opposition crying foul.

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    UN vote on Israeli settlements has changed little

    Three months after a landmark UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements, the measure has changed little on the ground and some analysts question whether it ever will.

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    Saudi king in Malaysia on first leg of Asia tour

    The visit is the first by a Saudi king to Malaysia in more than a decade, as the Arab nation courts Asian investors for the sale of a 5 per cent stake in state firm Aramco in 2018, expected to be the world’s biggest IPO.

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    Iran complying with nuclear deal, says UN watchdog

    Iran is complying with the landmark nuclear deal it sealed with major world powers in 2015, according to a report from the UN watchdog seen by AFP on Friday.

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    'India had the most bomb blasts in the world in 2016'

    India witnessed the maximum bombings in the world last year, even more than war-torn Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a report.There were 406 such incidents, which include IED and ordnance explosive blasts.

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