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Pune based scientists discover Extremely Large “Super Cluster” of Galaxies; Name it Saraswati

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New Delhi: Pune-based Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) team of astronomers have discovered a super-cluster of galaxies as large as 20 million billion suns and named it Saraswati.

IUCAA said that it was one of the largest structures in this neighbourhood of the universe. It is 4000 million light years away from us and is 10 million years old. It extends over a scale of 600 million light years and may contain anywhere between a 1000-10,000 different galaxies within it.

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High-Level Probe Ordered Into ‘Special Facilities’ For SasikalaIn Jail

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New Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has ordered a high-level probe into allegations of "special facilities" being provided to jailed AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala in exchange for an alleged Rs 2-crore bribe to senior officers of the prisons department.

Authorities are also alleged to have turned a blind eye to drug trafficking inside the ParappanaAgrahara jail. Karnataka law minister TB Jayachandra has sought a report from the home secretary. The probe order came on a letter submitted by DIG (prisons) D Roopa to DGP (prisons) HN SathyanarayanaRao.

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