Exit polls
Recently, Election Commission of India (ECI) rescheduled the timeline for publication of exit polls for the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies.
- An exit poll is a poll of voters taken immediately after they have exited polling stations.
- Guidelines for conduct and publication of exit poll results are issued by the ECI under Article 324 and Section 126A of the Representation of People Act,1951.
- Section 126A (1) of RP Act, 1951 prohibits conducting, publishing, or disseminating exit poll results during a period notified by the Election Commission.
Sindhudurg Fort (means ‘Sea Fort’)
Indian Navy will conduct ‘Operational Demonstration’ covering naval operations by the ships and aircraft at Sindhudurg Fort.
- Location – At an islet in Arabian Sea, off the coast of Malvan town, Maharashtra.
- Built by – Maratha Ruler Chhatrapati Shivaji.
- Its main entrance is concealed in such a way that no one can locate it from outside.
- Fort houses a handprint and a footprint of Shivaji Maharaj.
Sub-Neptunes
Six sub-Neptune planets were discovered and found in a rare condition called Orbital resonance.
- Orbital resonance is when orbiting objects have orbits in a simple numerical ratio, creating a regular, repeating pattern.
- Sub-Neptunes – Planets with radii between that of Earth and Neptune
- Found in close-in orbits around more than half of all Sun-like stars.
- They are in multiple combinations of rock, water, and atmospheric composition that can reproduce – the mass, and density – of the planets.