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Cloud Seeding

Cloud seeding is the attempt to modify weather by changing the amount or type of precipitation that falls from clouds. This is done, by dispersing substances into the...

January 21, 2015

What is Project Stormfury?

The United States Government attempted in 1960s and 1970s to artificially weaken the Cyclones. During this project, Cyclones were seeded with silver iodide. It was thought that the...

January 21, 2015

Dark Matter: Basics of MACHOS and WIMPS

In the 1930s, an astronomer Fritz Zwicky noticed that in one of the clusters of Galaxies, many individual galaxies were moving around so fast there must have been...

January 21, 2015

Member of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) scheme

Member of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) scheme, introduced in December 1993 is an important scheme of Government of India which empowers every Member of Parliament (MP) to...

January 21, 2015

Scope for Wealth Tax in India

In India, wealth tax is a regular stream of tax collection. The underlying principle for imposing   wealth tax as well as its continuance comes out of the socialistic...

January 21, 2015

Issue: Political Parties under RTI

Any entity under RTI act will be deemed to be a public authority if it gets ‘substantial’ funding from the state. The question of whether the political parties...

January 21, 2015

CPSE Exchange Traded Funds

Investing in shares cannot be everybody’ passion. A person who wants to invest in equity shares would need to know and analyze the market, understand the economy, sectors...

January 21, 2015

Japanese automaker Toyota tops in global vehicle sales

Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp. has topped in global vehicle sales in 2014 by selling 10.23 million vehicles, beating Volkswagen and General Motors. While, Germen automaker Volkswagen AG...

January 21, 2015

Anti-defection law: Kihoto Hollohan vs Zachillhu and Others

Kihoto Hollohan vs Zachillhu And Others commonly referred as the case where the constitution bench of the Supreme Court analyzed in detail the various provisions of the 52nd...

January 21, 2015

Climate Change Threats to Farming

Climate change refers to the long lasting and permanent changes in the weather conditions of a particular region due to various factors such as greenhouse gas emission, ozone...

January 21, 2015

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