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Japan to launch the first wood-based satellite by 2023 to reduce space debris. Japan's Sumitomo Forestry company and Kyoto University aims to launch the world's first wood-based space satellite to combat the problem of space junk

There are nearly 6,000 satellites circling Earth, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF). About 60% of them are defunct (space junk).

Research firm Euroconsult estimates that 990 satellites will be launched every year this decade, which means that by 2028, there could be 15,000 satellites in orbit.

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Iran’s Supreme Leader banned the government from importing Covid-19 vaccines from the United States and Britain, labelling the Western powers “untrustworthy”, as the infection spreads in the Middle East’s hardest-hit country.

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Country of 1.3 billion people hopes to vaccinate 300 million citizens by August

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The world's oldest known cave painting has been discovered by archaeologists in Indonesia.

It is a life-sized picture of a wild pig that was made at least 45,500 years ago. 

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Beijing is the capital of China.

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison on New Year's Eve announced that the second line of the anthem, Advance Australia Fair, has been changed from "For we are young and free" to "For we are one and free."

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The Geneva-based Libra Association that will issue and govern Libra plans to launch a single digital coin backed by the dollar

David Marcus, the head of Facebook Financial

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China has powered up its nuclear fusion reactor for the first time, in a step forward for technology which would ultimately provide a powerful and limitless source of clean energy.

The HL-2M Tokamak reactor in Chengdu, Sichuan province – more than 10 times hotter than the sun’s core.

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The first time NASA has grown radishes on the orbiting laboratory in the APH.

NASA selected radishes because they are well understood by scientists and reach maturity in just 27 days.

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The train route so far links the Iranian city of Khaf with the Afghan town of Rozanak about 150 KM.

The $75 million project began in 2007, with Iran funding.

Inauguration Date: December 10, 2020