Page-3 of GKToday Archives: November, 2009
Forbes’ Power List
Here are some facts from the Forbes magazine’s first-ever World’s Most Powerful People list Only three Indian businessmen feature: Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, ArcelorMittal chairman Lakshmi N Mittal, and Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata. Dawood Ibrahim and Osama Bin ..
Kaushal Vikas Yojna
On August 15, 2007, India’s Prime Minister had announced to set up 1600 Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) & Polytechnics and 50,000 Skill Development Centres with active help of the private sector.Consequntly, Ministry of Labour & Employment has undertaken a project ..
$ 80 Billion pledge to IMF by BRIC
As part of a major thrust to wrest a greater say in the running of international financial institutions the four major developing economies of the world BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) decided to invest $ 80 Billion into the ..
Ibuki
Ibuki is the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite or GOSAT of Japan which is Earth observation satellite and the world’s first satellite dedicated to greenhouse-gas-monitoring. This was launched with an objective of measuring densities of carbon dioxide and methane from 56,000 ..
What is ATryn?
ATryn is the brand name of the anticoagulant antithrombin made from the milk of goats that have been genetically modified to produce human antithrombin, a plasma protein with anticoagulant properties. It is a product of Massachusetts-based U.S. company GTC Biotherapeutics. ..
Membership at UNHRC
Members of the UNHRC are elected to three-year terms. The first election of members was held on 9 May 2006. The members of the General Assembly elect the members who occupy the UNHRC’s forty-seven seats. The term of each seat ..