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Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully realigned the orbit of its
Mars Orbiter Mission Mangalyaan, so its not affected by long duration eclipse
observed in the month of January 2017, said the Chairman of ISRO A.S. Kiran
Kumar
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on 18th January 2017,
approved a mission to explore 16 Psyche, an iron rich asteroid. It is located in the
large asteroid belt between the planets Mars and Jupiter.
Scientists from Tohuku University in Japan in January 2017 discovered that Silicon is
the missing element in the Earths core.
A new organ known as Mesentry has been discovered by scientists recently inside the
human digestive tract.
According to a new law in France which came into effect from January 1 2017, every
citizen in France will become an organ donor unless they decide to opt out.
CES, the annual Consumer Electronic Show was held from 5-8 Jan 2017 in Las
Vegas. It showcased gadgetry and technology that boast outstanding design and
engineering. In the same event, a new start up called Faraday Future showcased its
first vehicle FF91 Electric car which is claimed to be faster than Teslas Model.
Toymaker Mattle is planning to launch AI-Robot in helping parents raise their
children. It works as a baby monitor, nanny and a teacher all in one.
Scientists in January 2017 named three relatively known disease that can be next
Global health emergency in near future. These three diseases are Middle East
Respiratory Syndrome, Lassa Fever and Nipah virus.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to set a new world record
in space history by launching 103 satellites in one go on a single rocket in the first
week of February, 2017. These satellites will be launched on board of ISROs
workhorse PSLV (C37) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in
Andhra Pradesh. The mission will carry three satellites from India and rest from other
countries.
NASA has released a stunning new view of a crescent Jupiter which shows the iconic
Great Red Spot, along with a series of storms shaped like white ovals known as the
'string of pearls'.
The image was created by a citizen scientist Roman Tkachenko using data from
JunoCam instrument aboard the NASA's solar-powered Juno spacecraft.
US President, Donald Trump, began his 1st full work day on 23.1.2017 by taking
Washington out of the Trans Pacific Partnership, a trade agreement among 12 of the
Pacific Rim countries.
Nikki Haley, the Indian origin governor from South Carolina, is Trumps pick for
ambassador to the UN.
US Army issued a new rule under which servicemen who wear hijabs, turbans or
beards can now be enrolled in the military. These articles of faith were earlier banned
in 1981.
Pakistan successfully conducted the first test flight of the radar-evading Ababeel
surface-to-surface ballistic missile (SSM) capable of carrying a nuclear warhead up to
2,200 kms, bringing many Indian cities within its range.
 The first China-to-Britain freight train arrives in London after a 7,500-mile journey,
marking a milestone in Chinas push to build commercial links across Europe, Asia .
President Xi Jinping has become the first Chinese president to attend the World
Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, as the country seeks a greater role in global
affairs.
US President Barack Obama presented the Vice President Joe Biden with the
Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honour, during a White
House ceremony
US Astronaut EUGENE CERNAN the last man to set foot on the moon died on 16
january 2017.
Facebook, Twitter, Googles YouTube, and Microsoft made a joint
announcement that they are teaming up to curb the spread of terrorist content online
by taking down social media posts with terrorist imagery.
TechGenix Ltd is an online media company which sets the standard for providing free
high quality technical content to IT professionals empowering them with the answers
and tools that are needed to set up, configure, maintain, and enhance their networks.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the leading provider of cloud-computing
services across the globe.
The Mirai botnet, malware was responsible for the recent massive Deutsche Telekom
outage. After roughly 900,000 customers suffered major downtime from a
DDoS(DDoSDistributed Denial of Service) attack.
The IoT(Internet of Things) applies to a number of machines, like smart vending
machines that are cashless, run 24/7, and can update stocks in real time as well as
warn in advance of outages. Banks are beginning to use the IoT to monitor their ATM
rooms and keep track of everything from the temperature in the room to the
availability of deposit slips.
Windows 10 has become one of the most widely used operating systems in the world
with more than 400 million installations. The reduced network throughput usually
happens because of background activities and other services of Windows 10.
Commonly used bandwidth consuming applications:

o Torrent applications
o Cloud-storage applications such as Dropbox and Google Drive
o Antivirus software
o Graphics card driver applications

Few Abbreviations:
AVAntivirus
BTBluetooth
BlogWeb Log
CGComputer Graphics
DBADatabase Administrator
DVDDigital Versatile Disc
FSFile System
IBMInternational Business Machines
Agni-IV is a two-stage, surface to surface missile that can travel 4000 km and can
carry a nuclear warhead weighing one tonne.Agni-V has a range of more than 5000
km.
 Anil Baijal was sworn in as the new Lieutenant-Governor of Delhi at a brisk
ceremony at Raj Niwasin the presence of several dignitaries including National
Security Adviser AjitDoval.
.Freedom to dream: India at 70 will be the theme of the 10th edition of the Jaipur
Literature Festival (JLF) .

The Black Cat commandos of the NSG[ National Security Guards ]and the Tejas
aircraft made their debut at the Republic Day Parade.

Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan was the chief
guest at the Republic Day Parade in New Delhi.

The first indigenously upgraded Hawk Mk132 advanced trainer aircraft, named
Hawk-i, has been rolled out. It will fly in next months air show, Aero India 2017, in
Bengaluru, according to T. Suvarna Raju, Chairman and Managing Director of
manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.

We expect the students to have witnessed the Republic day parade.