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Minority

Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists and Zoroastrians (Parsis) and Jains have been notified as minority communities under Section 2 (c) of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992. Jains...

September 28, 2014

What is difference between Diffusion method and Centrifuge Method of Uranium Enrichment?

Uranium is found naturally in a variety of forms. The atoms of the element 92 protons but they can have varying numbers of neutrons, creating different isotopes with...

September 28, 2014

M23 Movement

M23 Movement refers to the March 23 Movement, which is a rebel military group based in eastern areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), mainly operating in...

September 28, 2014

What is the Heritage importance of Timbuktu?

In  June 2012, the armed fighters of Mail’s al Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine Islamist group have destroyed mausoleums of saints in the ancient trading city of Timbuktu, classified as a UNESCO...

September 28, 2014

Church of the Nativity

Church of the Nativity is a church in the Palestinian town of Bethlehem. In the last week of June 2012, the UNESCO’s World Heritage committee has approved a Palestinian...

September 28, 2014

Switchblade

In 2012, the US Soldiers in Afghanistan have been issued with a new class of lightweight unmanned drone known as Switchblade, which can be carried in a backpack and used...

September 28, 2014

AST3-1

AST3-1 is China’s first domestically produced automatic unmanned telescope, capable of conducting surveys of supernovae and other extrasolar bodies. It was launched in 2012.

September 28, 2014

What is the Plastic Eating Fungi?

Plastic such as Polyurethane seems that it can not interact with the earth’s normal processes of breaking down and recycling material. Now In 2012 , the scientists have...

September 28, 2014

What is Otzi, the Iceman?

In 1991, two German tourists were hiking in the Otzal Alps, on the Italian side of the border between Italy and Austria, when they happened upon what appeared...

September 28, 2014

Truvada

Truvada / Tenofovir is the first drug shown to prevent HIV infection has won the endorsement of a panel of US federal advisers, clearing the way for a landmark approval...

September 28, 2014

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