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Anshu Jamshenpa from Arunachal Pradesh scales Everest for third time

Anshu Jamshenpa of Arunachal Pradesh achieved success in scaling the Mount Everest for the third time. She already keeps the record of being the only mother in the world...

May 22, 2013

Scientists produce 'world's lightest material': "Carbon aerogel"

Scientists from Zhejiang University in China have claimed to have produced an ultra-light substance, called Carbon Aerogel which has a density of 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimetre. What...

May 22, 2013

U.S. grants conditional authorization for shale gas export to India

The US Department of Energy (DoE) has given conditional authorization to Freeport Terminal in Texas for the export of domestically-produced Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) of US to countries...

May 22, 2013

Gurgaon to have India's first defence university

India’s first defence university- Indian National Defence University which will be a dedicated first-of-its-kind institution for training and research in military studies, will be established in Gurgaon close to the national capital Delhi. About Indian National...

May 22, 2013

Rigvedic Name and Modern Names of Indian Rivers

Rig-Vedic Name Modern Name Sindhu Indus Vitasta Jhelum Askini Chenab Purushni Ravi Vipas Beas Sutudri, Shutudri Satluj or Sutlej Gumal / Gomal Gomati Krumu Kurram Drishdvati Ghagghar Suwastu...

May 22, 2013

Rotavac- India’s first indigenously developed rotavirus vaccine unveiled

India has unveiled its first indigenous vaccine against rotavirus- Rotavac, the major cause of diarrhoea deaths among children. The preventive vaccine has passed all clinical trials and it will...

May 22, 2013

Year 2013 will be “Water Conservation Year-2013”

Government of India will observe Year 2013 “Water Conservation Year” as declared by the Union Cabinet. A number of mass awareness activities will be organized during Water Conservation Year 2013 with...

May 22, 2013

US researchers harvest stem cells from cloned embryos for the first time

US scientists have claimed that they have harvested stem cells from cloned human embryos created from donated eggs using technique similar to that produced Dolly the sheep in Britain....

May 22, 2013

Salked lime

Salked lime(milk of lime ) :Calcium hydroxide Limewater is the common name for a saturated solution of calcium hydroxide. Calcium hydroxide, Ca(OH)2 is sparsely soluble in water (1.5...

May 22, 2013

Red Lead

Red Lead or Minium Lead(II,IV) oxide, also called minium, red lead or triplumbic tetroxide, is a bright red or orange crystalline or amorphous pigment. Lead tetraoxide is most...

May 22, 2013

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