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• Stem cell biologist Hiromitsu Nakauchi has secured a significant milestone in his persistent pursuit of human-animal embryo experiments.

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The first orbital flight test of the Starship, is the most powerful rocket ever built to ferry humans to the Moon and beyond.

The vehicle, known as Starship, has been built by entrepreneur Elon Musk's SpaceX company.

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SpaceX Crew-6 is the sixth crewed operational NASA Commercial Crew flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft.

Launched on 2 March 2023

NASA is the space agency of the USA.

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Researchers at the University College of London have created a new world record for the fastest internet in the world.

World's fastest internet speed has now been set at 178 TB.

Prior world record in Australia 44.2 Tbps.

With the help of this, entire Netflix can be downloaded in 1 second.

London is the capital and largest city while Pound Sterling is the currency of England.

Boris Johnson is the PM of  England.

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In February 2023, the Black Galaxy or ‘Invisible galaxy’ was discovered by researchers in Italy.

It was found and characterised using the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array.

The Black Galaxy is compact and has a large amount of interstellar dust.

It is forming stars at a rate 1,000 times faster than the Milky Way.

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In March 2023, Iran discovered a lithium deposit in the western province of Hamedan.

It is found to contain around 8.5 million metric tons of lithium ore.

Lithium is a soft, silver-white metal belonging to the alkali metal group of elements.

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Kenya launched its first ‘Taifa-1’ earth observation satellite.

Taifa-1 means Nation One.

Taifa-1 will operate for five years

Launched from rocket of Space X

Space X belongs to USA

Launching Date: 15 April 2023

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In April 2023, Japan discovered the uranium isotope 'Uranium-241'

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Australia will remove the British monarch from its currency notes on its $5 note with a design honouring Indigenous culture.

British monarch: Queen Elizabeth II

Announced made on 2 February 2023.

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In December 2022, South Africa and Kenya announced the Just Transition Initiative to put an end to plastic pollution in an inclusive manner.