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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.

    Technology
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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'

    West Asia
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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.

    Science
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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.

    World
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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.

    West Asia
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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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    When Saudi Arabia asked Indian journalist not to write on Muslim issues

    An Indian Muslim journalist working for a Saudi daily newspaper Al-Riyadh was ‘forced’ to quit his job for reporting on excesses faced by Muslims in Kashmir and Gujarat.

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    Scientists closer to solving mystery of Earth's core

    Japanese scientists say that silicon is likely the mystery element in the Earth’s inner core, claiming progress on solving one of the planet’s deepest secrets.

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    Pakistan fires 'first submarine-launched nuclear-capable missile'

    Pakistan fired its first submarine-launched cruise missile on Monday, the military said, a show of force for a country that sees its missile development as a deterrent against arch-foe India.

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    India to launch 100 satellites at one go next month

    The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch a record 103 satellites at one go, using its launch vehicle PSLV-C37, in the first week of February, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet South Asian.

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    India successfully test-fires nuclear-capable Agni 5 ballistic missile

    India successfully test-fired on Monday its nuclear-capable, inter-continental ballistic missile Agni 5, which has a range of over 5,000 km covering whole of China, from Abdul Kalam island off Odisha coast.

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    Iranian army begins massive air defense drill

    The large-scale maneuvers, code-named Modafean Aseman Velayat 7, will kick off on Monday over a vast area of nearly half a million square kilometers in the three provinces of Khuzestan, Hormozgan and Bushehr

    West Asia
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    Indian cruise missile test fails for the fourth time

    The fourth test of India's "Nirbhay" land-attack cruise missile (LACMs), designed to carry nuclear or conventional warheads failed on Wednesday, reported the Times of India.

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    NASA troubleshooting problem with Mars rover drill

    NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has halted its trek up a mountain filled with potentially habitable niches for life while engineers troubleshoot a problem with one of its key instruments.

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    India successfully launches third remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-2A

    India successfully launched its latest remote sensing satellite, RESOURCESAT-2A, which would be useful for agricultural applications like crop area and production estimation, drought monitoring, soil mapping, cropping system analysis and farm advisories generation.

    Technology
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