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India's Satellite "NAVIC"ation system

Satellite navigation is not new. We use it all the time in our smart phones and cars. We are all well versed with GPS(Global Positioning Satellite) which is the most widely used SATNAV(Satellite Navigation) right now. SATNAV uses a group of satellites, at least 4, to calculate the position of an electronic receiver placed in an object, be it a phone or a vehicle, by using the radio signals transmitted from the satellite. On April 28 th , Thursday afternoon India has successfully launched its 7 th navigation satellite, IRNSS-1G (Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System) successfully to its orbit. And of course, it is obviously been launched by ISRO's world renowned, trust worthy PSLV(Polar Satellite Launch vehicle) . It was PSLVs 34 th flight. It will be put in its orbit in the coming days. The name given to the mission's PSLV and SATNAV series were like this PSLV-C31, PSLV-C32, PSLV-C33 IRNSS-1A ,..........., IRNSS-1E(5 th sate

You don't have a say in my body

I am writing this for my friend and I don't know what it makes me? a good friend or a male chauvinist. Either way I really don't care.  She is a strong individual, perhaps the strongest I've ever encountered. She is the only person in my boring office life whom I would call a great friend. She is a great individual. But today she seems a little off the mark. She is lost in thinking. Thinking and be content is not her style. Usually she has lots of things to say. She never go short of topics to discuss. She always find something, anything to say.  She asked "Do you think I am putting on weight?, I think I'm fat." "Why would you ask?" I asked "Nothing, yesterday we friends have a conversation at lunch and they said I m kinda fat but not exactly. I don't understand. But after that, I m a bit sad." I smiled at her. "It's a big thing for us, you wouldn't know" she said to me. I couldn't believe a lad