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Santhosh Kumar 16/11/2023

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India International Science Festival (IISF)
9th edition
To be held in Faridabad, Haryana
January 2024
Theme
Science and Technology Public Outreach in Amrit Kaal
Aim
Engage public with science
Celebrate STEM benefits
Improve lives
Collaboration for event
Ministry of Science and Technology
Ministry of Earth Sciences
Vijnana Bharati
Pandora's cluster
Discovery using James Webb Space Telescope
2nd and 4th most distant galaxies
Location
Nicknamed Abell 2744
In constellation Sculptor
Characteristics
About 4 million light-years across
Mass of 4 trillion suns
Dark matter constitutes 75%
Approximately 4 billion light years from Earth
Shines in X-rays due to hot gas
Constitutes around 20%
Sea Guardian-3
Joint bilateral naval exercise
Between China and Pakistan
In Northern Arabian Sea
Features
1st joint maritime patrol
Divided into phases
Shore-based exchanges
Maritime joint operations
Theme
Joint Response to Maritime Security Threats
NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission
Joint mission between NASA and ISRO
Scheduled for early 2024
Aim
Survey Earth's land and ice-covered surfaces
Every 12 days
Equipment
L and S dual-band Synthetic Aperture Radar
Operates with Sweep SAR technique
For large swaths
High-resolution data
White-Cheeked Macaque (Macaca leucogenys)
Species found in
Medog County, southeastern Tibet
Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India
Conservation status
Endangered on IUCN Red List
Not covered by
Wildlife Protection Act of India
Related species in same landscape
Arunachal Macaque
Assamese Macaque
Rhesus Macaque
Dollfus' Stargazer
Hirodai ohtsukai
New genus and species of crustacean parasite
Discovered in
Dollfus' Stargazer (Uranoscopus guttatus)
Habitat
Western Indian Ocean
Including Gulf of Suez, Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf
Found at depths of 300-550 m
Features
Stargazers have eyes on top of their heads
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)
Boeing 747SP aircraft
Modified for astronomy
Carries 2.7-meter reflecting telescope
World's only airborne telescope
Telescope details
Weighs 19 tons
Mounted in rear fuselage
Operations
Infrared astronomy in the stratosphere
Altitudes about 12 kilometers
Achievements
Full operational capability in 2014
Final science flight in September 2022
Galapagos Giant tortoises
Once abundant on Galapagos archipelago
Species
Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis niger)
Features
Largest living tortoise species
Long-lived land vertebrates
Average lifespan over 100 years
Extinct species
3 of 15 are extinct
Conservation efforts
Galapagos National Park
Incubation at Charles Darwin Research Station

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