USA, with 39% share, retained its standing as the world's largest arms exporters during 2017-21. Russia (19%), France (11%), China (4.6%) and Germany (4.5%) were among the top 5 largest exporters respectively.
The biennial Rajya Sabha elections will be held for 13 seats. The seats will be spread across six states including five Rajya Sabha seats in Punjab, three in Kerala, two in Assam and one each in Tripura, Nagaland and Himachal Pradesh.
A Team of researchers from Thailand and France led by Anthony Berdeu of the National Astronomical Research Institute, Thailand has discovered a third moon (130 Elektra) orbiting the main-belt asteroid Elektra, which already has two moons in its orbit.
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