Current Affairs of Week
The US space agency (NASA) has succeeded in its mission to get two new satellites to orbit around the Moon
One hundred days after leaving Earth the two spacecraft, called the 'Grail twins', have entered their planned orbits.
The identical satellites will fly around the moon and make detailed measurements of its land.
This will help scientists understand how the Moon formed, and how it is affected by gravity.
One of the scientists said: "Grail is a journey to the centre of the Moon and it will use exceedingly precise measurements of gravity to reveal what the inside of the Moon is like."
The scientists also hope to find out why one side of the Moon is so different from the other.
The side we can see from Earth has more smooth land but the dark side has more rocky land with craters.
Iran Tests Missiles
Iran tests missiles near key oil strait
Iran on Monday tested missiles near the Strait of Hormuz, underlining its threats to close the vital oil-transit waterway as the West prepares to impose more economic sanctions.
The launch of two missiles took place on the final day of war games in waters east of the strait at the entrance to the Gulf, a navy spokesman, Commodore Mahmoud Mousavi, was quoted as saying by official media.
The longest range of the missiles tested Monday was some 200 kilometers (120 miles).
Center clears Rs 1300 cr for Sikkim, Rs 900 cr for Odisha as financial aid
The Central government has cleared nearly 1300 crore rupees for Sikkim and 900 crore rupees for Odisha as financial aid from the National Disaster Relief Fund.
The high level committee, headed by the Finance Minister Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, approved 227.5 crore rupees under National Disaster Relief Fund for Sikkim while the Prime Minister had announced another one thousand crore rupees as relief funds to the 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit State. Sikkim will also get 41.64 crore rupees from special component of National Rural Drinking Water project.
For Odisha, the Centre has alloted 908.30 crore rupees and another ten crore for drinking water.
Amitabh Bachchan most followed Bollywood icon on Twitter
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has surpassed Twitter queen Priyanka Chopra, emerging as the most popular celebrity on the micro-blogging site with 1,850,903 followers.
Bachchan, who joined Twitter in 2010, is an avid user of the site and has tweeted 11,108 times till date.
The 69-year-old took the number one spot after beating last time winner Priyanka, who now stands second on the list with 1,841,804 followers and 5,693 tweets.
The actress follows 138 people among which are Shahrukh Khan, Big B and Hrithik Roshan.
Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar came third on the list with 1,786,243 followers and Shah Rukh Khan landed on the fourth position with 1,612,989 followers.
Actor Aamir Khan, who has given hits likes 'Taare Zameen Par' and 'Dhobi Ghat', came fifth with 1,506,083 followers on Twitter and 'Dabangg' star Salman Khan ranked sixth with 1,485,203 followers.
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