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Current Affairs: January 10, 2012

Government allows 100% FDI in single brand retail The Government allows 100% FDI in single brand retail with immediate effect. A notification in this regard has been issued...

January 11, 2012

Quiz 588: Indian History for Civil Services Examination

123456789101. The Indus Valley Civilization has not been deciphered yet. Consider the following reasons: No knowledge about their language Small length of inscriptions Absence of bilingual texts Which...

January 10, 2012

Recipients of Pravasi Bhartiya Samman 2012

Pravasi Bhartiya Samman 2012 was conferred to 14 eminent personalities and Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce, for their excellent work in various fields overseas. Prime Minister of Trinidad and...

January 10, 2012

Current Affairs: January 9, 2012

10th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PBD) Concludes Pravasi Bhartiya Samman 2012 20 Indians held hostages by Somali Pirates rescued by NATO EC reschedules the Poll Dates in Uttar Pradesh...

January 9, 2012

Ice-minus bacteria

Ice-minus bacteria refer to genetically modified strains of naturally occurring Pseudomonas syringae that have been altered to lack the gene responsible for producing an ice-nucleation protein. This modification...

January 9, 2012

GloFish

GloFish are genetically modified fluorescent fish that glow vividly in various colours under both natural and ultraviolet (UV) light. Originally developed for scientific research, they have since become...

January 9, 2012

Flavr Savr

The Flavr Savr tomato was the world’s first genetically modified (GM) food to be commercially produced and made available for human consumption. Developed in the United States during...

January 9, 2012

Vistive Gold

Vistive Gold is a genetically modified soybean variety developed to produce oil with a high oleic acid content and reduced levels of saturated and polyunsaturated fats. It was...

January 9, 2012

Golden Rice

Golden Rice is a genetically modified (GM) variety of rice engineered to produce beta-carotene, a precursor of vitamin A, in its edible grain. It was developed as a...

January 9, 2012

Amflora Potato

The Amflora potato (scientifically known as EH92-527-1) is a genetically modified (GM) potato variety developed by the German chemical and biotechnology company BASF Plant Science. It was engineered...

January 9, 2012

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