China has launched its first solar exploration satellite into space to study the violent and sudden physical processes behind solar flares. The 550 kg (121-pound) satellite named Xihe (Name of Sun God in Chinese mythology) was launched by the Long March-2D rocket.
Fatima Bano, a resident of Choskore village in the Union Territory of Ladakh, has become the first woman from Kargil to get the 'Ladakh Resident' certificate.