Satellite radio is a specialised broadcasting service in which digital audio signals are transmitted from orbiting satellites to receivers on the ground. Defined by the International Telecommunication Union...
A satrap was the provincial governor in the administrative systems of the Median kingdom, the Achaemenid Empire and several of its political successors, including the Hellenistic dynasties and...
A scar is an area of fibrous tissue that replaces normal skin or other biological structures following injury. Scarring represents the final phase of the body’s wound-repair mechanism,...
A science museum is an institution dedicated primarily to the display, interpretation and communication of scientific knowledge. Earlier museums of this type often featured static exhibits associated with...
A science-fiction fanzine is an amateur or semi-professional periodical created by members of science-fiction fandom, produced from the 1930s to the present. As one of the earliest and...
The Sea of Azov is a shallow inland sea of Eastern Europe connected to the Black Sea by the narrow Strait of Kerch. Sometimes described as the northern...
The Sea of Galilee, also known as Lake Tiberias, Gennesaret Lake or Kinneret, is a freshwater lake situated in northern Israel. It is the lowest freshwater lake on...
India has been ranked 39th among the 138 countries in the 2016-17 Global Competitiveness Index (GCI). The index was released as part of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF)...
The World Rabies Day is observed on 28 September across the world to raise awareness about the rabies disease and its preventable measures. Observance of the day seeks...
India will not take part in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit in Islamabad (Pakistan) to be held in November 2016. This decision was taken...
Jim Yong Kim has been re-appointed as President of World Bank for a second five-year term beginning 1 July 2017. He was unanimously chosen by the Executive Directors...
India and China have hold the first High Level Dialogue on Counter-terrorism and Security held in Beijing, capital city of China. The meeting was co-chaired by R N...
