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Manipur Insurgency

In ancient times, Manipur was known as Meitei Kingdom. During British Era, it was under princely state of Kangleipak since 1891. Via a Manipur Merger Agreement, the princely...

December 23, 2014

Nagaland Insurgency

Nagaland can be called the epicenter of insurgency in north-eastern India.  The roots of the Naga separatism go back to the formation of Naga Club in 1918 at...

December 23, 2014

Digital Signature

A digital signature is basically a way to ensure that an electronic document is authentic. By authentic we mean to say that the receiver knows who has created...

December 23, 2014

Lok Sabha passes Regional Rural Banks (Amendment) Bill, 2014

Lok Sabha has passed the Regional Rural Banks (Amendment) Bill, 2014. It was passed by voice vote. This bill amends Regional Rural Banks Act, 1976 and aims to...

December 23, 2014

P. C. Mahalanobis

Prasantha Chandra Mahalanobis or P. C. Mahalanobis  (1893-1972) was the first Indian statistician to receive world recognition. In 1933, Mahalanobis founded the first Indian statistical journal Sankhya, along the...

December 23, 2014

Vikram Sarabhai

Dr. Vikram Sarabhai (1919-70) is known as father of Indian Space Programme.The precursor to the current ISRO, Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) was set up in...

December 23, 2014

Homi Jehangir Bhabha

The name of Homi Jehangir Bhabha (1909-1966)  is associated with Bhabha Scattering, which involves relativistic exchange scattering of electrons and Bhabha-Heitler theory, dealing with production of electron and positron...

December 23, 2014

C.V. Raman

Sir C.V. Raman (1888-1970) is known to have placed India on the world Science map. He was the first person from Asia to be awarded a Nobel Prize...

December 23, 2014

Rajasthan Government fixes minimum educational qualification for panchayats elections

Rajasthan government has decided to fix minimum educational qualification as condition for aspiring candidates in panchayats elections. In this regard, Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh has approved the Rajasthan...

December 23, 2014

Srinivasa Ramanujan

Srinivasa Ramanujan was born on 22nd December, 1887 in Erode district of Tamil Nadu. He was considered as doyen of number theory, infinite series, mathematical analysis, and making...

December 23, 2014

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