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Largest known asteroid-

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Ceres (900 km in diameter)

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Smallest known asteroid-

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2015 TC25 (2 metres in diameter)

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US Secretary of State

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Anthony Blinken

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Wildlife Protection Act

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1972

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US Defence Minister

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Lloyd Austin

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When was ADB established

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1966

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Indonesian Pres

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Joko Widodo

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President of Uzbekistan

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Shaukat Mirziyoyev

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President of the International Olympic Committee

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Thomas Bach

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Indian High Commissioner to UK

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Vivek Doraiswami

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National assessment and accreditation Council chairman (NAAC)

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Anil D Sahasrabudhe

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‘Namami Gange’ initiative initiated in which year?

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2014

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Maldives Pres

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Mohamed Muizzu

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8 republicans led by which Congressman voted out Speaker of the house- McCarthy?

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Matt Gaetz ( 216/210
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The tallest statue of the principal architect of India’s Constitution, B R Ambedkar, outside India is set to be unveiled in?

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Maryland on October 14

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Who was declared Speaker pro-tempore following McCarthy being voted out?

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Patrick Mc Henry

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ED Special Director

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Rahul Navin

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Minister of state for defence

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  • Ajay Bhatt
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Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) formally recognized Israel through which accords

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Oslo peace accords (1993)

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How many countries recognize Israel?

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165 out of 193 member states

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UN voted to partition Palestine between Arabs and Jews in which year?

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1947

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Year of Balfour Declaration

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1917

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Which War was the 4th Arab-Israeli war

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Yom Kippur War of 1973

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Yom Kippur war Led to which accords?

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Camp David Accords in 1978

Marked the first instance of an Arab country recognizing Israel as a state,
Israel returned the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt.

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It has been how many years since Indians won an ODI World Cup

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12 (last in 2013)

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Manhattan Project was Approved by Franklin D Roosevelt on ?

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Oct 9, 1941

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World Mental Health day

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10 October

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Which World Cup was the first one to be played using white ball and colored uniforms

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1992

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India’s oldest think tank

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United Service Institution

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United Service Institution establisihed in

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1870

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Indian Air Force 91st anniversary

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8th October

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Founder of United Service Institution

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Chrles MacGREGOR

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Director of United Service Institution

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Major General B. K. Sharma

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Indian Air Force 91st anniversary theme

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IAF: Air power beyond boundaries

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CAS (Chief of air staff)

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Vivek Ram Chaudhary

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17
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When was Aryabhata- India’s first satellite launched

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April 19, 1975

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Aryabhata was launched by which rocket and from where?

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Soviet Kosmos-3M

Kapustin Yar

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Air Force day Parade 2023 is the First parade to be commanded by a woman officer- who is the woman officer?

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Group Captain Shaliza Dhami (is also 1st woman officer of IAF to command a combat unit)

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Flights involved in the Air Force day Parade 2023

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Sarang helicopter
C-295 (made maiden appearance)
MiG-21 Bison - last appearance in air display, being phased out in 2025

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Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka (also the chair for IORAC)

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Ali Sabry

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expand IORAC

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Indian Ocean Rim Association Council

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Which country took over as chair of IORAC?

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Sri Lanka

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Defense Minister of Israel

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Yoav Gallant

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Modern Turkish State’s 1st new church ?

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Mor Erphem Syriac Orthodox Church

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Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to

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Claudia Goldin

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ICC was formed in which year

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15 June 1909

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ICC hq

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Dubai, UAE

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Chairman of ICC

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Greg Barclay (New Zealand)

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CEO of ICC

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Geoff Allardice

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How many member countries does ICC have?

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108

36
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India’s first wetland city

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Udaipur

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World Post Day

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9 October

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ISRO became only one of siz countries in the world to possess cryogenic tech when it launched which satellite

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GSAT-14 satellite using GSLV D5 Launch Vehicle

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When was Atlantic Charter signed

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1941

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When was New Atlantic Charter signed

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2021

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Fives Eyes- countries

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Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States

Founded- 1941

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When was the FirstFinance Commission created ? Who was its chairman and under which act was ti created?

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1951
The Finance Commission (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act of 1951 authorised the creation of
the First Commission under the chairmanship
of KC Neogy

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Which Article in the Indian constitution provides
for the constitution of the Finance Commission?

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Art 280

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How many members does Finance Commission have

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5

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Chairman of 15th and 16th Finance Commission

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N K Singh

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When was UNCLOS adopted

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1982

47
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Which of the following convention addresses
intentional or unintentional marine environment
degradation by ships?

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MARPOL convention 1973

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Who was the first to identity the object named quasi
moon?

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Adrien Coffinet

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Where & When was the Geneva Convention on High Seas
adopted?

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1958
NY, US

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Which of the following is another quasi satellite of
the earth spotted in 2016?

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2023 FW13 is not the first object of its kind
discovered in Earth’s cosmic neighborhood

Astronomers think the space rock’s orbit is
similar to that of that asteroid Kamo’oalewa,
also known as 2016 HO3

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Which Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
provide for energy?

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SDG 6

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When is the International Day of United Nations
Peacekeepers celebrated?

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29 May

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Who is known as the Father of AI?

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John McCarthy

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Director Gen of ASI

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Kishore k basa

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UN day

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24 OCT

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Who is chief of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak
Committee?

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Harjinder Singh Dhami

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The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday amended the
__________to free the broadcast of Gurbani from Sri
Harmandir Sahib from the alleged monopoly of PTC.

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Sikh Gurudwaras Act 1925

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Which vaccine designed specifically against the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV2?

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GEMCOVAC-OM

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Arunachal CM

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Pema Khandu

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Arunachal Pradesh was made a UT in which year?

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1972
carved out of Assam

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Arunachal got statehood in which year

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1987

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Meghalaya was carved out of Assam in which year

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1972
as per Assam Reorg Act, 1969

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Nagaland became a state in which year

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1963

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Mizoram became a state in which year

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1987

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When state boundaries were redrawn on linguistic lines as per the States Reorganisation Act of 1956, Belagavi became part of the erstwhile Mysore state
Act was based on the findings of which committee

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Justice Fazal Ali Commission (appointed in 1953, submitted its report in 1955)

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Centre set up the Mahajan Commission to resolve the border dispute in MH, KA, KL
- in which year

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Oct 1966

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BBC- released doc on Guj riots- what was it called

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India: The Modi Question

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Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) is the successor of which act

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Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA), 1973

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Enforcement Directorate functions under

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Department of Revenue of the Ministry of Finance

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Initial Formation of ED

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1 May, 1956

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BBC Chairman:

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Dame Elan Closs Stephens

Took over from Richard Sharp

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Largest and oldest impact basin on Moon

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8km deep
Aitken Basin

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Apollo 11 landed in one of these maria- which is a large dark patch east of centre as you look at the Moon

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Mare Tranquillitatis (or the ‘Sea of Tranquillity’)

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Largest Moon

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Ganymede - Jupiter

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Maxiumum moons?

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Saturn
146

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Smallest known moon

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Jupiter L2

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Ocean Moon

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Europa

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When did LIGO- US win Nobel in Physcis

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2017

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First indigenously built supercomputer in India

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Param Shivay

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