May One Liner : Science & Defense

By Vijay Kumar|Updated : June 1st, 2016

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The ship will participate in the ADMM Plus Exercise on Maritime Security and Counter Terrorism - INA Airavat.
The telescope used by Astronomers at ESO’s La Silla Observatory to discover three planets with sizes and temperatures similar to those of Venus and Earth - TRAPPIST telescope.
The strain of bacteria that was found to inject into mosquitoes to curb their ability to transmit Zika virus, by the Brazilian researchers is known as_. Wolbachia.
The instrument that helped NASA in detecting presence of Atomic Oxygen in the upper layers of the Martian atmosphere - Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA).
The indigenously developed Advanced Air Defence interceptor missile that has been test fired from the complex of Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast – Ashwin.
The Maharashtra Ex-Servicemen's Corporation recently launched a military tourism initiative in Pune, named - Veer Yatra.
NASA successfully has launched a super pressure balloon from New Zealand's South Island Wanaka Airport to conduct - Near-space scientific investigations.
Chief of Air Staff who has become the first CAS to fly the indigenously designed and produced Light Combat Aircraft Tejas - Arup Raha.
The 27th series of CORPAT has been conducted between the Indian Navy and – Indonesian Navy.
Who has been appointed as Union Government as the head of committee on defence expenditure - Lt Gen DB Shekatkar (retd).
Former Union minister sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Assam - Sarbanand Sonowal.
Fast Attack Craft ship has commissioned into the Indian Navy in May 2016 - INS Tarmugli.
46th Commandant of the Indian Military Academy is - Lieutenant General SK Saini.
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has inaugurated second submarine assembly workshop at - Mazagon Dock Limited.
Name of the world's first holographic flexible smartphone developed by the Canadian researchers is – Holoflex