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  • Current Affairs 28th May 2017

    Updated : 28-May-2017

    Current Affairs 28th May 2017 - Important Points

    • NASA's Juno Mission reveals - Jupiter's deep secrets
    • Fifth among top 10 global landmarks is India's - Taj Mahal
    • Global Warming Affects - Sea level rising three times as quickly as they were 25 years ago
    • Former Punjab DGP Kanwar Pal Singh Gill passed away on - 26th May 2017

    Current Affairs 28th May 2017 - Details

    NASA's Juno Mission reveals - Jupiter's deep secrets

    The first science results from Nasa's Juno Mission were revealed on 25th May 2017 by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

    Juno captured the images which portray the largest planet in the Solar System, Jupiter as a complex, gigantic, turbulent world with Earth-sized polar cyclones travelling deep into the heart of the gas giant.

    More Details

    • The images show that both of Jupiter's poles are covered in Earth-sized swirling storms that are heavily clustered and rubbing together.
    • Another finding came from Juno’s Microwave Radiometer (MWR) data that indicates that Jupiter’s iconic belts and zones are mysterious as the belt near the equator is going downwards, while the belts and zones at other latitudes seem to evolve to other structures.
    • The MWR data suggests that the ammonia is quite variable and continues to raise as far down as we can see with MWR, which is a few hundred miles.
    • Jupiter's magnetosphere measurements from Juno’s MAG (Magnetometer Investigation) show that 
    • Jupiter’s magnetic field is even way stronger than expected and more irregular in shape.
    • The magnetic field greatly exceeded expectations at 7.766 Gauss which is about 10 times stronger than the strongest magnetic field found on Earth as per the MAG Data.
    • The Process seems to work different at Jupiter than at Earth as per Juno's observations.

    Global Warming Affects - Sea level rising three times as quickly as they were 25 years ago

    Rise in water level at the coastal region is the reason to worry in the recent years. A new study from European researchers has claimed that sea levels are rising three times as quickly as they were 25 years ago. The report says that sea level rise will place hundreds of millions lives living in the coastal areas at risk. Sönke Dangendorf, an Oceanographer with the University of Siegen charted the spikes in sea levels over the 20th century until 2012.Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    published this report.

    Fifth among top 10 global landmarks is India's - Taj Mahal

    Taj Mahal has become the only Indian monument which is ranked 5th in Global landmarks. First rank was grabbed by the world's largest religious monument- Angkor Wat in Cambodia.

    Interesting Points

    • Second rank is given to Sheikh Zayad Grand Mosque Center in Abu Dhabi While Spain’s Mezquita Cathedral de Cordoba is at the 3rd and St Peter's Basilica in Vatican City is at the 4th rank.
    • The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in St Petersburg, Russia and the Great Wall of China were ranked 6th and 7th respectively.
    • Incan city of Machu Picchu in Peru is ranked 8th.
    • The final two positions were taken up by Plaza de Espana in Spain  as 9th and Duomo di Milano in Italy as 10th respectively.

    Former Punjab DGP Kanwar Pal Singh Gill passed away on - 26th May 2017

    Kanwar Pal Singh Gill, former Director General of Police (DGP) for the Punjab state, passed away on 26th May 2017 in New Delhi. He was popularly known as the ‘Lion of Punjab’ and ‘Super Cop’.

    More about Kanwar Pal Singh Gill

    • Kanwar Pal Singh Gill is credited with having brought the Punjab insurgency under control. 
    • He and the forces under his command had also been accused of human rights violations "in the name of stamping out terrorism."
    • He was the Director General of Police for two tenures, from 1988 to 1995 and then he was retired from the Indian Police Service in 1995.
    • During Operation Black Thunder, he truly grabbed national and international attention in May 1988
    •  as with a very little damages to the Golden Temple he caused heavy causalities to the militants without censoring out the media.
    • He also served as the President of the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) and Institute for Conflict Management.

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    Padma Shri which is the fourth most prestigious award , was awarded to Gill in 1989 for his services.