Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) satellite

Context The first astronomical satellite jointly developed by China and France, the Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) satellite, was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan…

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X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite-XPoSat

Context Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has announced that India is set to launch its first X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat), aiming to investigate the polarisation of intense X-Ray sources. About…

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Artificial Intelligence Safety Summit

Context Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire near London was chosen to host the world’s first ever Artificial Intelligence Safety Summit. Twenty-eight major countries including the United States, China, Japan, the United…

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NexCAR19 India’s first CAR-T cell therapy

Context The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) this month granted market authorisation for NexCAR19, India’s first indigenously-developed CAR-T cell therapy, to ImmunoACT, a company incubated by IIT Bombay. This paves…

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