Current Affairs

1. MACE Telescope being setup in Ladakh: A gigantic gamma ray telescope designed, developed and manufactured by the Electronics Corporation of India Limited, is all set to be moved to its home Hanle in Ladakh region of Jammu & Kashmir. The giant Major Atmospheric Cherenkov Experiment (MACE) Telescope which weighs approximately 180 tonne, when installed in the near future will be the second largest of its type in world.

2. PSLV-C23 launched with 5 satellites: PSLV C23 carrying French Earth Observation Satellite SPOT-7 and four co-passenger spacecrafts from Singapore, Canada and Germany was successfully launched from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh and Prime Minister, witnessed the historic moment.The vehicle carried five satellites of different countries and place them onto a sun-synchronous orbit. 

The five satellites are:

• 714 Kgs weighing French Earth Observation Satellite SPOT-7
• 14 Kgs AISAT of Germany
• NLS7.1 & NSL7.2 of Canada each weighing 15 Kgs
• 7 Kgs VELOX-1 of Singapore

3. Saina Nehwal wins Australian Super Series: Indian ace Shuttler Saina Nehwal won her second title of the season, winning US $ 750,000 Star Australian Super Series after beating Spain's Carolia Marin in the summit clash in Sydney. 

4. West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan Resigned: West Bengal governor M K Narayanan resigned, becoming the fourth person occupying the gubernatorial post to put in his papers since the NDA government prodded some of the governors appointed during UPA rule to quit. 80 years old Narayanan was recently questioned by the CBI as a "witness" in the Agusta Westland VVIP helicopter deal probe. Nagaland governor Ashwini Kumar, Uttar Pradesh governor B L Joshi and Chattisgarh governor Shekhar Dutt have put in their papers in the last few days.