General Awareness 13th February 2017 | Current Affairs 13th February 2017

1. World’s first Braille Atlas for visually impaired persons Launched by NATMO in New Delhi

• Atlas has been prepared for physically challenged with such minute details. The Braille Atlas has been prepared by National Atlas and Thematic Mapping Organisation (NATMO) under Department of Science & Technology.
• The Braille atlas has 20 maps on different themes like physical, socio-economic, river system, crops pattern, natural vegetation, cultural, metropolitan areas, roads and railways, soil types and crops.

2. ISRO will launch the record 104 satellites in a single mission on February 15, 2017.

• ISRO will be opening a new chapter in the history of space exploration and creating a world record of launching 104 satellites in one mission aboard workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle that will be on its 39th journey.
• The mission aims to put 714 kg Cartosat-2 series satellite for earth observation and 103 co-passenger satellites together weighing about 664 kg at lift-off into a 505 km polar Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO) at 9.28 am from Sriharikota on 15 Feb 17.

3. India, UK sign MoU to allow more flights to boost tourism, trade

• India and the United Kingdom signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to ease restrictions on the number of scheduled flights between the two countries
• Limits on flights from Indian cities, including Chennai and Kolkata, have been scrapped, allowing for a greater range of flights for passengers while providing a boost to trade and tourism for the UK and India

4. India to host counter-radicalisation conference with ASEAN

• India is planning to host a conference on counter-radicalisation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in October 2017.
• It will provide common platform to countries for sharing experiences and ideas on prevention of radicalisation amid rise of Islamic State and other extremist ideologies

5. India successfully test-fires advanced interceptor missile

• In its effort to have a full fledged multi-layer Ballistic Missile Defence system, India on 12 Feb 2017, successfully test-fired its indigenously developed supersonic interceptor missile, capable of destroying any incoming hostile ballistic missile, from a test range off Odisha coast.
• The test conducted to validate various parameters of the interceptor in flight mode has been successful

6. 11th Aero India 2017 to be held at Yelahanka in Bengaluru from February 14, 2017.

The who’s who of the global aerospace industry will congregate in Bengaluru from February 14-18 to take part in Asia’s largest airshow Aero India-2017. Over 550 defence and aerospace firms, including 279 foreign companies, will take part in the 11th edition of the biennial event being held at the Yelahanka air force base.

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