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LASER Instrument on Chandrayaan-1 Successfully Turned ON

Lunar Laser Ranging Instrument (LLRI), one of the 11 scientific instruments (payloads) carried by Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, has successfully been turned ON . The instrument was switched ON when the spacecraft was passing over western part of the moon’s visible hemisphere. … Continue reading

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Australian rescuers save 11 whales after mass stranding

Australian wildlife rescuers on Sunday said they successfully returned a small number of pilot whales to the ocean after a mass stranding in Tasmania. Chris Arthur, who coordinated the rescue effort, said 11 of the 64 animals found stranded on … Continue reading

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Chandrayan Mission:Indian Tricolour Placed on the Moon

In a historic event, the Indian space programme achieved a unique feat on November 14, 2008 with the placing of Indian tricolour on the Moon’s surface on Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s birthday. The Indian flag was painted on the sides of … Continue reading

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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE On Resource Development and Environmental Change: Emerging Issues and Challenges

Department of Geography,Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh,India is organising an INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE On Resource Development and Environmental Change: Emerging Issues and Challenges on 27th to 29th January, 2009. Detail info can be found on http://www.amu.ac.in/shared/sublinkimages/inter_geog.pdf

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