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WADA and NADA: Institutional Framework around Doping

At international level, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has been established in 1999 at Lausanne, Switzerland under the “Declaration of Lausanne” to coordinate, promote and monitor the fight against...

May 19, 2016

Doping: Meaning, Various Doping Substances and Detection of Doping

In sports, use of any illegal performance enhancing drugs or methods is called doping. Use of drugs and unfair means is “unethical”, “creates health problems in athletes” and...

May 19, 2016

Hypersonic superjet technology successfully tested in Australia

A joint US-Australian military research team successfully tested a hypersonic technology in the Australian desert. In the test, scramjet attached to a rocket booster was successfully sent to...

May 19, 2016

Veteran Gujarati folk singer Diwaliben Bhil passes away

Veteran Gujarati folk singer Diwaliben Bhil passed away in Junagadh, Gujarat. She was 80. Diwaliben Bhil had given her voice to various Gujarati folk songs, film songs and...

May 19, 2016

Indian journalist Philip Abraham elected Deputy Mayor in UK

Indian journalist and Councillor Philip Abraham has been elected the Deputy Mayor of Loughton town in the United Kingdom. Councillor Carol Davis, the newly-elected mayor presented the Deputy...

May 19, 2016

Motion of Thanks in Indian Parliament

Motion of Thanks is a motion in Indian Parliament which follows the address of the President of India to the joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha...

May 19, 2016

Scientists develop world’s first Zika virus clone

Scientists from The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) have developed world’s first genetically engineered clone of the Zika virus strain. They have dubbed it as infectious complementary...

May 19, 2016

Himalayan Brown Bears sighted for first time in Kargil after 1999 War

Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) Wildlife Department for the first time has sighted group of eight Himalayan brown bears in Kargil’s Drass Sector after 1999 India-Pakistan War. The eight...

May 19, 2016

HDFC Bank launches SmartUp for startups

HDFC Bank, India’s second-largest private sector lender HDFC Bank has launched SmartUp, a dedicated solution for startups to fulfil all their banking needs. It was launched in association...

May 19, 2016

SBI seeks to take over 5 associate PSBs, Bhartiya Mahila Bank

The country’s largest lender, State Bank of India (SBI) has decided to merge its five associate public sector banks (PSBs) and the Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) with itself....

May 18, 2016

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