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PM at GLEX 2025

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: PM at GLEX 2025 (GS3 · Space, 7 May 2025)

What happened

  • The PM addressed the Global Conference on Space Exploration 2025 [PIB].

Background

  • He recalled India’s first small rocket in 1963 and the landing near the lunar south pole [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Space diplomacy.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Space

  1. As per PIB (2025-05-07): the PM addressed the Global Conference on Space Exploration 2025.
  2. Space diplomacy.
Quotable data point

The PM addressed the Global Conference on Space Exploration 2025.

PIB: PM at GLEX, 7 May 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: none.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

India's first rocket launch year cited

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

Go deeper

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Official source: PIB: PM at GLEX, 7 May 2025

facts from cited sources only; faculty review pending