Current Affairs and Essay/Short note topics for Competetive Exams

1. ASTRO-H launched atop Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-IIA carrier rocket
2. Astronaut Megan McArthur
3. Astronomers find five new 'hot Jupiter' exoplanets
4. Basilewsky's cranefly
5. A third Soyuz-2 variant
6. Author Umberto Eco, famous for the novels "Foucault's Pendulum" and "The Name of the Rose," passed away recently.
7. Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana (VKY)
8. Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS)
9. Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region