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China to destroy unsafe drug capsules

254 pharmaceutical enterprises (~ 12%) of all capsule makers in China were discovered to be producing unsafe drug capsules. 5.8 % were found to contain excessive levels of...

May 28, 2012

Quiz 619: Environment GK Questions Objective Questions

123456789101. The use of microorganism metabolism to remove pollutants such as oil spills in the water bodies is known as :BiomagnificationBioremediationBiomethanationBioreduction2. The largest number of Tiger Reserves are...

May 28, 2012

India-Bangladesh celebrate 90th anniversary of Nazrul’s ‘Bidrohi’

 Who was Nazrul? He was a famous Bengali poet, musician and revolutionary who pioneered poetic works invoking powerful spiritual rebellion against fascism and oppression. Full name was Kazi...

May 26, 2012

Poverty Estimation: Expert Group under Rangarajan to review methodology

Planning Commission constitutes an expert group headed by noted Economist C. Rangarajan to review the Tendulkar Committee methodology for estimating poverty. Why this group has been constituted? After...

May 26, 2012

Sustainable Mountain Development Summit kicks off in Gangtok

2nd Sustainable Mountain Development Summit begins in Gangtok in Sikkim. ‘Sikkim Declaration’ that will highlight key concerns of the Himalayan region will conclude the summit. Following the Summit,...

May 26, 2012

National Instructional Media Institute inaugurated at Chennai

About National Instructional Media Institute (NIMI): It is an Indo-German project established in 1986 by the Government of India under the Ministry of Labour in collaboration with Deutsche...

May 26, 2012

IVFRT Central Processing Office inaugurated in New Delhi

IVFRT: Immigration, Visa and Foreigners Registration & Tracking What will be its core functions? The IVFRT will hold importance in immigration related matters. The office will Help in...

May 26, 2012

Indian-Americans clinch top 4 positions in 2012 National Geographic Bee in US

Indian-American students made a podium finish by sweeping top four positions in the renowned National Geographic Bee in United States. This year’s competition was different as US President...

May 26, 2012

Kerala bans gutka, pan masala products

Kerala bans gutka, pan masala products. The ban on gutka and pan masala containing tobacco and nicotine is imposed under the provisions of Food Safety and Standards Regulation...

May 26, 2012

Dragon joins ISS

What is Dragon? Dragon is an unmanned Cargo capsule of The SpaceX company. In 2010 it became the first commercially-built and operated spacecraft to be recovered successfully from...

May 26, 2012

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