The popular Barbie doll celebrated her 65th anniversary on March 9. To celebrate her iconic birthday, Mattel, the company behind Barbie dolls, launched a line of dolls inspired by celebrity women who are “one-of-a -kind-role models”, collectible dolls inspired by her 1959 outfit, and cuddly barbies.
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Barbie was created in 1959 by Ruth Handler.
In 2024, more than 80 countries will be conducting elections to choose their leaders and governments. This means more than half the people on the Earth will be voting in 2024.
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As on the date of printing this Issue, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bhutan, Taiwan, Finland, Comoros, Tuvalu, El-Salvador, Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Cambodia, Iran, and Portugal have already conducted national elections this year. The following are some of the countries that will be conducting elections in the course of this year: Russia, Ukraine, Slovakia, North Korea, India, Togo, Kuwait, South Korea, Solomon Islands, Panama, The Dominican Republic, Lithuania, Iceland, Mexico, the European Parliament, Belgium, Mauritania, Mongolia, Venezuela, Rwanda, South Africa, Croatia, Austria, Botswana, Sri Lanka, Georgia, Moldova, Mozambique, UK, Jordan, Uruguay, Namibia, US, Mauritius, and Ghana.
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A privately owned spacecraft, named Odysseus, landed on the Moon on February 22. This spacecraft built and flown by a US based company, Intuitive Machines, landed near the south pole of the Moon. This is also the first US spacecraft that has landed on the lunar surface in more than 50 years. It’s also the first time that a lunar landing has been achieved by a company, rather than a government organisation like ISRO or NASA.
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Odysseus was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The spacecraft will be carrying out some important experiments for NASA. This mission was unmanned – which means no humans went into space with it. However, it’s hoped Odysseus will help astronauts prepare to send humans to the Moon in the future. The landing location is especially important for scientists. It’s one of the locations that NASA is considering for its mission to send humans back to the Moon.
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According to a massive five year survey conducted between 2019 and 2023 and the first nationwide scientific count of snow leopards in India, there are 718 snow leopards in India. This survey was conducted by the Wildlife Institute of India along with snow leopard range states, the Nature Conservation Foundation, and World Wildlife Fund.
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They monitored a vast and remote mountain habitat of 120,000 square kilometres across the trans- Himalayan region, using many cameras. The survey found two-thirds of the cats in Ladakh, with the rest in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.
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Snow leopards are listed as “vulnerable” species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
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Japan has become the fifth country to land a spacecraft on the Moon – and it may have been the most precise Moon landing ever. The robotic explorer called SLIM (Smart Lander for Investigating Moon) landed near the Moon’s Shioli crater at the equator on January 20. SLIM successfully released two tiny robotic probes to investigate the Moon’s surface when it landed. The Moon lander has woken up after being shut down for a week because of a power issue. A change in lighting conditions meant that the lander has been able to catch some Sun rays and has recharged enough to make contact with the team on Earth.
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SLIM sent back a lot of important data during landing. SLIM will search for the Moon’s mantle for a mineral called olivine. They want to compare Moon’s olivine with that found on Earth. The project manager of the mission said that “It may offer new evidence to support the theory that the moon was part of the Earth a long time ago”.
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The SLIM mission is also called “Moon Sniper” for its use of precision-landing technologies!
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