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ISRO has successfully launched HysIS satellite on ISRO workhorse rocket launcher PSLV C-43 from the Sathish Dhawan launch center in Sriharikota on November 29.                                                                                                          PSLV C-43 rocket ready for the launch PSLVC-43 is also carrying 1 Micro as well as 29 Nano satellites from 8 different countries. These countries include United States of America (with 23 satellites), Canada, Columbia, Australia, Finland, Netherlands, Malaysia and Spain (with one satellite each). What is HysIS ? - HysIS stands for Hyperspectral imaging satellite. Image source : THE HINDU. -  HysIS is the India's first Hyperspectral Imaging satellite for advanced earth observation.The satellite is equipped with hyperspectral camera which uses hyperspectral Imaging technology to provide well-defined images that can help to identify objects on Earth far more clearly than regular optical or remote s

Kartarpur corridor is a proposed border gate between India and Pakistan connecting the Sikh holy shrine of Dera Baba Nanak sahib in India to the holy shrine of Kartarpur sahib in Pakistan. It is planned to open the corridor for the Indian pilgrims on 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak.   The Kartarpur corridor allows Sikh pilgrims in India to visit the holy shrine of  Kartarpur sahib in Pakistan through a road link without any visa. The shrine is so revered as it is believed that Guru Nanak spent his final 18 years in the Kartarpur sahib.The gurudwara was established by the first Sikh Guru in 1522. Also the shrine is the repository of one of the last copies of  original Guru Granth Sahib. At present important landmarks of  the Nishan sahib of the Kartarpur sahib gurudwara can be seen with help of binoculars from a raised platform constructed by the BSF near the border. For many decades,the pilgrims have been demanding that India and Pakistan should collaborate to b

                                                  Satellite Image of North Sentinel Island Sentinelese are indigenous people part of  aboriginal tribes living in Andaman islands.They inhabit the northern sentinel island in the Bay of Bengal. They are believed to be living on the island from the past 60,000 years with no contact with the outside world.  Are they really hostile?? Not really,They give enough warnings to stay away from them and not to intrude into their places. They don't want to contact with other tribes and remain isolated. As many people say they are not hostile and allow outsiders only up to some area of the island. According to 2011 census,their population was just 15 with 10 huts on the Island. They don't have immunity to even the commonest of the infections,so if they come in contact with outside people there are much chances that they may get easily infected by any of the deadly diseases and the tribe may get extinct in no time. It