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Gold nanoparticles to aid efficient drug delivery and diagnostics

Scientists from Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad, have synthesized eco-friendly gold nanoparticles using bio-resources which could be used as carriers for delivering anti-cancer drugs and also...

May 27, 2013    Science & Technology

Yoga University inaugurated in Gujarat

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a yoga university named Lakulish Yoga University in Ahmedabad. It is a private university up by Life Mission Trust, which already runs...

May 27, 2013    Places in News Current Affairs

India-made goods to be duty-free at airports

The Finance Ministry has notified that Duty-Free-Shops (DFSs) at airports in India will be allowed to sell goods manufactured in India without paying any duty. Objective: To promote...

May 27, 2013

Strategic IAF airbase at Thanjavur ready to serve nation

Indian Air Force (IAF) will dedicate a newly upgraded Air Force Station in Thanjavur Tamil Nadu to the nation on May 27, 2013. Earlier, the airbase was a...

May 27, 2013    Places in News Current Affairs

China ink MoU with Pak to build transport corridor passing through PoK

Chinese PM Li Keqiang, who recently concluded his India visit followed by two-day visit to Pakistan, signed an MoU with Pakistan which aims at formulating long term plan...

May 27, 2013    Places in News Current Affairs

Rajiv Gandhi Panchayat Sashaktikaran Abhiyan

Rajiv Gandhi Panchayat Sashaktikaran Abhiyan (RGPSA) in 2013-14 has subsumed the four erstwhile schemes of RGSY, e Panchayat, PEAIS, PMEYSA. The objectives of this scheme are as follows:...

May 26, 2013

Grants-in-aid to Maulana Azad Education Foundation

Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAEF) is a voluntary, non-political, non-profit making, social service organization established to promote education among the educationally backward minorities. Interest on the investment of...

May 26, 2013

Prime Ministers 15 Point Programme

The objective of Prime Ministers 15 Point Programme is to enhance opportunities for education and ensuring an equitable share for minorities in economic activities and employment, through existing...

May 26, 2013

Mahila Samakhya Programme

The Mahila Samakhya Programme (MSP) is a pioneering initiative launched by the Government of India to promote women’s empowerment through education. Rooted in the belief that education is...

May 26, 2013

Pulse Polio Immunization

Pulse Polio Immunization (PPI) is a public health campaign launched by the Government of India with the aim of eradicating poliomyelitis (polio) through mass immunisation. Introduced in 1995,...

May 26, 2013

National AIDS Control Programme

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is retrovirus. It is also known as human T-lymphotropic virus-III (HTLV-III), lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV), and AIDS-associated retrovirus (ARV). Transmission involves anal, vaginal or oral...

May 26, 2013

National Iodine Deficiency Disorder Control Programme

Iodine is an essential micronutrient with an average daily requirement of 100 -150 micro grams for normal human growth and development. Deficiency of Iodine can cause physical and...

May 26, 2013

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