[CA] YUVIKA

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched a special programme for School Children called “Young Scientist Programme” “YUva VIgyani KAryakram” from this year. The Program is primarily aimed at imparting basic knowledge on Space Technology, Space Science and Space Applications to the younger ones with the intent of arousing their interest in the emerging areas of Space activities. ISRO has chalked out this programme to “Catch them young”.

The residential training programme will be of around two weeks duration during summer holidays and it is proposed to select 3 students each from each State/ Union Territory to participate in this programme covering state, CBSE, and ICSE syllabus. Those who have just finished 9th standard (in the academic year 2018-19) and waiting to join 10th standard (or those who have started 10th Std just now) will be eligible for the programme. The selection will be based on the 8th Std marks.

[CA] LIMA - 2019

Indian Navy’s frontline ASW corvette, INS Kadmatt was arrived at Langkawi, Malaysia.  The ship is scheduled to participate in the 15th edition of Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition, LIMA-19 during the visit.

The ship would be participating in numerous activities planned as part of LIMA 19 during the seven days at Langkawi, including the International Fleet Review (IFR) by the Prime Minister of Malaysia, maritime and air demonstration, Sea Exercises with 29 other participating navies, cultural exchange programmes, cross visits to ships, sporting events. Numerous seminars and interactions are also planned on the side lines of the main event.

 INS Kadmatt (P 29) is an indigenous stealth anti-submarine warfare corvette and was commissioned into the Indian Navy in January 2016. The ship is fitted with state of the art weapons, sensors and machinery and is also designed to embark the Seaking anti-submarine helicopter.

[CA] Abel Prize 2019

       The Abel Prize in Mathematics was awarded to Ms. Karen Uhlenbeck of the U. S. for her work on partial differential equations. With this, she becomes the first woman to win the award. The Abel Prize is also called as Nobel Prize for Mathematics. The prize award for Abel prize is $7, 03, 000. The prize is named after the 19th century Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel.

[CA] Tamil Writers in the 2019 Election fray

Tamil writers in the fray
#	Name	Party	Constituency
01	Su. Venkatesan	CPI (M)	Madurai
02	D. Ravikumar	VCK	Villupuram (SC)
03	Kanimozhi	DMK	Thoothukudi
04	Thamizachi Thangapandian	DMK	Chennai South

[CA] 17th Lok Sabha Elections - some facts

Facts at a glance – 17th Lok Sabha Elections
Number of phases	7
Election Dates	April 11, April 18, April 23, April 29, May 06, May 12 and May 19
Election result	May 23
Number of voters	900 million (approximately)
Number of polling stations	10.35 lakh
Number of VVPATs	17.4 lakh
Assembly Elections	Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Odisha
The Anantnag Lok Sabha Constituency in South Kashmir will have polling in three phases. It is severely hit by terror, hence the unprecedented move

[CA] India building port in Indonesia

India is developing its maiden deep-sea port in Indonesia's Sabang close to Andaman and Nicobar Islands making its entry in the Southeast Asian amid China’s slew of connectivity plans for ASEAN under BRI.

The Sabang port is being developed in partnership with neighbour and strategic partner Indonesia. An Indian Coast Guard ship Vijit, is currently on a visit to Sabang, Indonesia, from March 17-20. The deep sea portwill give India wide access to Southeast Asia as a counter-balancing force. The port will be a key element in India's Indo-Pacific strategy.

[CA] Barbie doll & Dipa Karmakar

Ace gymnast Dipa Karmakar, hailing from Tripura had a Barbie doll modelled after her in the list of honours achieved which includes – Arjuna Award in 2015, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 2016, Padma Shri award in 2017. On the 60th anniversary of Barbie, the makers has released a new line of dolls to honour 20 female role models across 18 countries speaking 14 different languages.