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Scientist develop ingestible 3D-printed snake-like robot

Scientists have developed a tiny, ingestible 3D-printed snake-like robot called SAW (single actuator wave-like robot), that can navigate through the small intestines. The snake-like tiny robot was made...

March 30, 2017

Sima Kamil becomes first woman to lead a major Pakistani bank

Sima Kamil became the first woman in Pakistan to head a major commercial bank after she was appointed as the new president and chief executive officer (CEO) of...

March 30, 2017

Ravichandran Ashwin awarded Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy

Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin was awarded Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Cricketer of the Year 2016 as well as the ICC Test Cricketer of the Year...

March 30, 2017

India and Proposed Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) in Services

The Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) for smooth cross-border movement of Goods, is already in force since 22 February 2017 as it got ratified by 2/3rd of WTO membership....

March 30, 2017

Unicorn, Decacorn and Hectocorn Companies

In the world of business, the term ‘unicorn’ denotes a private company, many times a start-up with a stock valuation of over $1 billion. The term unicorn is...

March 30, 2017

Carrie Lam becomes first woman Chief Executive of Hong Kong

Carrie Lam is set to become the first woman Chief Executive (CE) of the Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China. She will succeed Leung Chun-ying on...

March 30, 2017

Truecaller partners with ICICI Bank for UPI-based mobile payment

Truecaller partners with ICICI Bank to launch its new Unified Payments Interface (UPI)-based mobile payment service “Truecaller Pay”. It will allow users of the app to instantly create...

March 30, 2017

Turkey's runner Elvan Abeylegesse stripped of 1 world silver, 2 Olympic silver medals

Ethiopian-born Turkish middle and long-distance runner Elvan Abeylegesse (34) was stripped of two Olympic silver medals and one world silver after a re-analysis of an in-competition doping test...

March 30, 2017

ISKCON'S Govardhan Eco Village wins Water Award

The Govardhan Eco Village of International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) at Wada taluka in Maharashtra has received an award in the “Best Water NGO-Water Education” category instituted...

March 30, 2017

Kanha tiger reserve becomes first in India get official mascot

Kanha in Madhya Pradesh became first tiger reserve in India to officially introduce a mascot named Bhoorsingh the Barasingha, to create a better connect with its visitors, especially...

March 30, 2017

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