Ankita survives scare as Rutuja defeats Shimizu

Bengaluru, Jan 17 (UNI) India’s leading star Ankita Raina rallied brilliantly to come back from the brink of defeat after trailing 1-5 in the second set to come up trumps against Viktoria Morvayova in a first-round encounter of the KPB Trust ITF Women’s Open played at the KSLTA Stadium here on Wednesday. The eighth seed,…

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XSPECT payload performance verified with Cas A observation

Chennai, Jan 11 (UNI) The XSPECT payload on XPoSat, India’s first X-ray polarimetric mission, has captured its first light from the Cassiopeia A (Cas A) supernova remnant. Launched on January 1, 2024 by PSLV, XPoSat carried two co-aligned instruments, POLarimeter Instrument in X-rays (POLIX) and X-ray SPECtroscopy and Timing (XSPECT), aimed at unravelling the mysteries…

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