1. According to World Meteorological Organization (WMO), ___________ is warmest year on record globally. Global temperatures for January to September in this year were 1.2o C above preindustrial levels and 0.88°C above average for 19611990 Period ?
2. Biggest and Brightest Supermoon ever observed, while moon being closest to Earth at __________ lakh km. Last time, moon came closer to earth on 26 January 1948. Next time, supermoon will be observed on 25 November 2034 (even closer than this year). During Supermoon, moon appears approx 30% larger in area and 30% brighter than normal full moons ?
3. Facebook's Connectivity Lab has set a world record transmitting at ____________ for 13.2 kilometers using Milli Meter Wave (MMW) technology, in a test from Malibu, California to a building rooftop in Woodland Hills. With this, Facebook broke previous record set in May 2016 by German scientists of 6 Gbps data transmission over 37 km using MMW ?
4. India’s first ecofriendly liquefied natural gas (LNG)driven bus launched in Thiruvananthapuram (_________) as a joint effort of Petronet LNG Limited, Indian Oil Corporation and Tata Motors ?
5. NASA’s MMS (_____________) mission has set Guinness world record for highest altitude fix of a Global Positioning System (GPS) signal. 4 MMS satellites operating in a highly elliptical orbit around Earth has set the record at 70,000 kilometres above Earth ?
6. Researchers from Mumbai identified 2 biomarkers in serum samples that could help in _________ diagnosis. The identified microRNA biomarkers could be used for drugsensitive and multidrug resistant ____________ patients ?
7. Scientists detected presence of water on ____________ , largest metallic asteroid in our solar system, based on observations from NASA’s Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) in Hawaii. The telescope observations show evidence of water or hydroxyl on its surface ?
8. World's first hydrogenpowered and zeroemission passenger train Coradia iLint has been unveiled in _____________, developed by French rail company Alstom ?