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Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch communication satellite GSAT-6A from Sriharikota, around 105 km away from Chennai today. Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) carrying the satellite will lift off at 4.56 PM from the second launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre. Countdown for the launch began at 1.56 PM yesterday. Satellite GSAT-6A is expected to be put into orbit 17 minutes after being launched. GSAT-6A, similar to GSAT-6, is a high power S-band communication satellite based on the I-2K satellite bus. The mission life of the spacecraft is about 10 years. The satellite will also provide a platform for developing technologies such as demonstration of the 6-metre S-Band Unfurlable Antenna, hand-held ground terminals and network management techniques that could be useful in satellite-based mobile communication applications. This will be the 12th flight of GSLV and the sixth one with the Indigenous Cryogenic Upper Stage.

Myanmar's Parliament has elected Win Myint as the country's next President, a week after the resignation of his predecessor. Win Myint, a close aide of Aung San Suu Kyi, has been a Speaker in the Lower House since 2012 and was widely tipped for the top job. But his role will be essentially ceremonial, with Ms Suu Kyi acting as de facto President.

FIRST INDIAN NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS • Nobel Prize winner: Rabindranath Tagore for the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1913. He was also the first Asian to get the prize. • Nobel Prize in Physics: C. V. Raman in 1930. • Nobel Prize in Medicine: Har Gobind Khorana in 1968. (India born US citizen) • Nobel Peace Prize: Mother Teresa in 1979 (Albania born Indian citizen) • Nobel Prize in Physics: Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar in 1983. (India born US citizen) • Nobel Prize in Economics: Amartya Sen in 1998 • Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan in 2009 (Indian born US citizen)

The first Print Biennale India - 2018, an international exhibition of graphic prints began in New Delhi on Sunday. The event, organized by Lalit Kala Akademi, is aimed at discovering new artistic trends in printmaking nationally and internationally. The exhibition will continue till 22nd of next month. Artists from across the world have sent their works and are showcasing their artwork in this international exhibition.