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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Visit To Greece (GS-3)

News: During Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Greece, the two countries upgraded their bilateral relationship to a “strategic partnership,” concentrating on advancing political, defense, and security cooperation.

• A long-term engagement between two nations based on political, economic, social, and historical reasons is known as a strategic partnership. The Indian Prime Minister’s visit was the first in 40 years.
• Modi became the first head of state from a foreign country to receive the Grand Cross of the Order of accolade, Greece’s second-highest civilian accolade.
• By 2030, the two nations also desired to have doubled their commerce.

Tiranga Point And Shivshakti Point On Moon (GS-3)

News: According to the Prime Minister, “Tiranga Point” will be the name of the location where the Chandrayaan-2 lander left its footprint on the moon. “Shiv Shakti” would be the name of the spot on the lunar surface where the Vikram lander made contact.

• The ‘Vikram’ lander made landfall at Shivshakti Point on the Moon, which is located at the lunar South Pole.
• Future generations will be inspired by the ‘Shivshakti’ principle to pursue science seriously and apply it to improving human welfare.
• The location of the Vikram lander’s landing would be designated as “Shivshakti” as a tribute to the success of the Chandrayaan-3 lander, Prime Minister Modi declared.
• The Prime Minister paid a significant visit to the ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) in Bengaluru and praised the accomplishments of the Chandrayaan-3 mission.
• One of the key draws of this mission was the designation of the “Shiv Shakti Point” as the landing site for the Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander.

The significance of this name extends beyond mere symbolism; it also resonates with the depth of Indian philosophy and stands for tenacity, strength, and the immense link that unites the Himalayas and Kanyakumari.

Smishing : New Scam (GS-3)

News: Recent ‘Smishing’ fraud warnings from the Indian authorities.

• “Smishing” is a mix of “SMS” (Short Message Service) and “phishing.” Smishing, a type of phishing assault, frequently entails sending false text messages to someone in an effort to deceive them into disclosing sensitive personal information, such as passwords, credit card details, or other confidential information.
• When cybercriminals “phish,” they send phony emails with the intention of getting the receiver to click on a dangerous link. Smishing only substitutes text messages for emails.
• Smishing attacks sometimes involve communications that look as though they were sent from reputable organizations like banks, governments, or well-known businesses.
• In order to get recipients to take quick action—such as clicking on a malicious link, dialing a number, or divulging personal information—smishing messages frequently contain urgent or alluring material.
• The victim is directed to a bogus website or a mobile phone line that is made to look like a reliable source once they open and click the link or call the number provided in the message.
• It’s possible that the victim will be prompted to provide sensitive data, including usernames and passwords, social security numbers, credit card numbers, and personal identification numbers (PINs).
• Once the victim’s private information has been made public, the attacker may steal it to commit fraud for their own benefit or to infect the victim’s device with malware.

XRISM Mission And SLIM Lander: Japan (GS-3)

News: Japan is preparing to launch a dual-purpose mission from a single rocket, using XRISM for improved celestial analysis and SLIM to demonstrate precision lunar landing capabilities.

Mission XRISM:

• The European Space Agency (ESA), the Canadian Space Agency, and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are all partners in the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy project (XRISM), a cooperative project of the two organizations.
• The mission’s objective is to study X-rays coming from outer space and to precisely pinpoint their wavelengths.

• It will measure variations in the brightness of astronomical objects at various wavelengths using cutting-edge spectroscopy.

• It is capable of detecting X-rays with energy between 400 and 12,000 electron volts. (Visible light has an energy range of 2 to 3 electron volts.)

• The astrophysicists will learn new things about some of the largest, most massive, and gravitationally powerful objects in the universe from this range.

• Resolve and Xtend are the mission’s two onboard instruments.

• Compared to X-ray observatories orbiting the Earth, Resolve will collect spectroscopic data with far higher resolution.

• With a resolution similar to what our eyes might see if we had X-ray vision, Xtend will work concurrently to take pictures of the cosmos.

• Scientists will get complementary views of the same X-ray sources across a greater area as Resolve zooms in while Xtend zooms out.

SLIM:

• The small robotic lunar lander known as SLIM, or Smart Lander for Investigating lunar, is unmanned.

• The Japanese name for it is “Moon Snipper,” and it contains lightweight instruments for cutting-edge studies and adaptive landings on planets with limited resources, boosting exploration techniques.