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Green Rust

Green Rust or Fougerite was discovered in the decade of 2010s. The term if used for highly reactive iron mineral, having a positive layer charge. It possess blue-green to bluish-gray colour....

September 28, 2014

G.K.Pillai appointed Tata International chairman

Former Home Secretary G.K.Pillai has been named the Chairman of Tata International Ltd., which is the global trading and distribution arm of the Tata group of enterprises. Mr.Pillai...

September 27, 2014

Pak test fires Hatf IX

Pakistan conducted a successful test fire of its surface to surface missile Hatf IX (Nasr).  The missile was tested with four successive launches from a multi tube launcher....

September 27, 2014

List of 2014 Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award Winners

The winners of the 2014 edition of the annual Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award were announced by CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) at its 72nd Foundation Day celebrations on...

September 27, 2014

Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar

Sir Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar (1894-1954) was the Founder -Director of CSIR and first Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC). Bhatnagar is known as Father of Indian Research...

September 27, 2014

Standard and Poor's raises India's credit outlook to stable from negative

The global rating agency S&P has raised India’s sovereign rating outlook to stable from the earlier negative. The rating improvement makes India a more viable and safer investment...

September 27, 2014

Fatah and Hamas agree on unity government in Gaza

Rival Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas have agreed to a unified government in Gaza that is set to assume power immediately. The government will be headed by Mahmoud...

September 27, 2014

Jnanpith Award

The Jnanpith Award, instituted on May 22, 1961, is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the...

September 27, 2014

Vyas Samman

Vyas Samman (व्यास सम्मान) is for Hindi Writers. Since 1991, this award is annually conferred by the K.K. Birla Foundation on a Hindi Writer. The work in Hindi...

September 27, 2014

Sahitya Akademi Award

Sahitya Akademi Award (साहित्य अकादमी पुरस्कार) is conferred on writers of outstanding works in one of the following twenty-four major Indian languages. Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, English, Gujarati,...

September 27, 2014

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