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ISRO gears up for GSLV mission

After the jubilant launch of the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), India’s space research organization ISRO is preparing for flight-testing of GSLV with indigenous cryogenic engine. The launch is scheduled for...

November 12, 2013    Science & Technology

PM not to attend CHOGM; Salman Khurshid to represent India

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has given up to the opposition’s pressure against his participation in the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) to be held in Sri Lanka....

November 12, 2013    Places in News Current Affairs

Use of licensed software can add $739 billion to India's GDP: Study

As per Global Intellectual Property Centre (GIPC), the use of licenced software can help to boost India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by $739 billion. As per GIPC: The music industry alone faced...

November 12, 2013

Supreme Court restores 9,000 trials in CBI courts

The Supreme Court held the order of the Gauhati High Court, which had questioned the legality of the formation of CBI, as erroneous and contrary to the express...

November 12, 2013    Legal & Constitution Current Affairs

India’s economy likely to become 3rd largest by 2030: Study

As per a report by Standard Chartered, Indian economy is likely to become the third largest economy by 2030 behind China and the USA. The report says that the world is...

November 12, 2013

Gariela Isler of Venezuela crowned Miss Universe

Gabriela Isler(25) of Venezuela has been crowned Miss Universe 2013 at a grand finale held in Moscow, Russia. Year 2012 winner Olivia Culpo of the United States placed a...

November 12, 2013    Places in News Current Affairs

Laser Space Communication Systems to play instrumental role in future missions: NASA

The US space agency NASA is doing intensive research to develop laser-based space communications systems which will play a major role in ensuring rapid and accurate transmission of information from...

November 10, 2013    Science & Technology

JNCASR is the institution with the ‘highest impact’: Science Citation Index

Bangalore based Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), which is celebrating its silver jubilee, has been recognized as the institution with the “highest impact” in nano science and technology,...

November 10, 2013    Science & Technology

NGT issues notice to Ministry of Environment on idol immersion

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued a notice to the Ministry of Environment & Forest and Ministry of Water Resources regarding immersions of idols in rivers and water bodies...

November 10, 2013    Legal & Constitution Current Affairs

U.S. food authority to ban trans fat

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has decided to ban the heart-clogging trans fats. As per FDA, although manufacturers already have eliminated many trans fats, the average American still...

November 10, 2013    Science & Technology

Uttarakhand to get $450 million loan from World Bank and ADB

A loan of 450 million has been approved by the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank for post-disaster reconstruction and rehabilitation in Uttarakhand. The WB and the ADB...

November 10, 2013    India Nation & States Current Affairs

SFC test-fires Agni-1 successfully

India’s Strategic Forces Command successfully test-fired nuclear weapons-capable, surface-to-surface Agni-1 missile for its full range of 700 km from Wheeler Island, off the Odisha coast. The single-stage, solid-fuelled...

November 10, 2013    Science & Technology