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Indian states having oil fields are

• Andhra Pradesh
• Arunachal Pradesh
• Mizoram
• Odisha
• Tamilnadu
• Rajasthan

In a first, China is planning to send mini-ecosystems — containing potato seeds and silkworm eggs — to the Moon next year, in an attempt to study how the organisms develop on the lunar surface. The 3-kilogramme mini-ecosystem, developed by research teams led by Chongqing University in China, will be sent to the Moon by the Chang’e 4 scheduled to be launched in 2018, authorities announced at the Global Space Exploration Conference. An 18-centimetre-tall cylinder will carry potato seeds and silkworm eggs to be incubated.

15 May. Theme of International Day of Family 2017 is “Families, education and well-being”.