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NETRA Project

Context: With space junk posing an increasing threat to Indian assets in space, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is building up its orbital debris

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Phosphorus Bombs

Context: Recently, Ukrainian police has accused Russian forces of launching phosphorus bomb attacks (chemical weapon) in the Lugansk and Donetsk regions of eastern

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SARAS 3 Radio Telescope

Context: Recently, the Indian researchers at RRI (Raman Research Institute) in a study using the SARAS 3 Radio Telescope, have conclusively denied a recent

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PARAM Ganga

Context: The National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) has deployed PARAM Ganga-a High-Performance Computational (HPC) facility at IIT Roorkee, with a supercomputing capacity of 1.66 Petaflops. About

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National Supercomputing Mission

Context: Recently, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru installed the supercomputer ‘Param Pravega’. It has a supercomputing capacity of 3.3 petaflops. What is a

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