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*Indian Space Research Organisation will launch its second lunar mission Chandrayaan-II in the first quarter of next year.

*The space agency's second indigenous mission to the earth's satellite will be equipped with upgraded domestic space technology.

*ISRO Chairman, Kiran Kumar told media that Chandrayaan-I had an impact probe, which crash landed on moon's surface, but Chandrayaan-II will have a controlled descent of a rover which will perform in-situ lunar surface observations for 14 Earth days and the data will be relayed back for further analysis.

*CHANDRAYAAN-2 will have an orbiter that will go around the moon in circles of radius100 kilometers.

*A lander will come out of it and make a soft landing on the chosen territory of the moon.

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*"Afterwards, a Rover will eject from it and move on wheels on the lunar surface.

*The Rover will have many advanced payloads that will gather valuable data by

analysing the lunar surface.

*The data will be collected from the Rover by the orbiter, which will relay them to

the ISRO's facilities.

*The orbiter, the Lander and the Rover, all three have been developed by India.

*It is set to give further fillip to India's more extra planetary missions in future.

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*The Sri Lankan government today handed over the operations of Hambantota port to

two companies having majority Chinese stake.

*With this, Hambantota International Port Group and Hambantota International Port

Services will begin port operations in the south of country, considered a strategic

place in the Indian Ocean.

*Hambantota port was initially built with Chinese loan during earlier regime but it

could not become a profitable venture forcing Sri Lankan government to lease the

port operations for 99 years.

*Several nations including India have expressed concern over the debt burden created

by such huge infrastructure projects for small countries like Sri Lanka.

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*China has warned its citizens in Pakistan to keep a low profile, saying it has received

intelligence reports of plans for imminent terror attacks.

*The Chinese Embassy in Islamabad posted the unusual alert on its website.

*The embassy statement said, it is understood that terrorists plan in the near term to

launch a series of attacks against Chinese organizations and personnel in Pakistan.

*It did not provide details on the nature of the terrorist threat but urged all Chinese

nationals to enhance personal security, limit outdoor trips as much as possible and

avoid crowded public places.

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*UN has rejected the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital.

*The decision was taken at a special United Nations Security Council meeting last

night.

*The UN move is expected to set off alarms about the risk of escalating conflict in

West Asia.

*The UN in a statement, at the end of the meeting said the status of Jerusalem must

be determined through negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians to reach at a

final status agreement.

*Widespread protests continue in West Asia in the wake of US President Donald

Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

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*Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters held demonstrations in Jordan, Egypt, Iraq,

Turkey, Tunisia and Iran. Protesters also rallied in Malaysia, Bangladesh, Pakistan,

Afghanistan and Indonesia.

*Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip killed two Hamas militants today, as unrest

simmered across the Palestinian territories over US President Donald Trump's

declaration of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

*A total of four people have been killed and dozens wounded since Trump announced

his deeply controversial decision which drew criticism from every other member of

the UN Security Council at an emergency meeting yesterday.

*The Israeli military said, today's pre-dawn air strike on a base of Hamas's military

wing in Nusseirat, in the central Gaza Strip, was one of several. It followed three

rocket attacks last night from Gaza into southern Israel.

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Questions

1. Most European power reached India after crossing the

A. Red Sea

B. Pacific Ocean

C. Cape of Good Hope

D. None of the above

2. The greatest share of fisheries comes from

A. Deep seas

B. Continental shelves

C. Deep ocean trenches

D. Fresh Water

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PrashantTMavani