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India and Palestine Inks 5 Agreements

India and Palestine has signed five agreements during the 4 day visit of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to India. This is Abbas’s fifth visit to India and the third state visit after his earlier visits...

May 16, 2017

National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRIP)

The National Automotive Testing and R & D Infrastructure Project is one of the remarkable initiatives of the Government of India in the automotive sector. The aim of...

May 16, 2017

NIKSHAY Application

NIKSHAY has been launched by the Government of India with the intention of creating a tuberculosis free nation. To keep a track of the TB patients across the country, the...

May 16, 2017

Yettinahole Project

Yettinahole project is based on the report submitted by committee headed by Dr. G. S. Paramashivaiah. This project involves construction of eight small dams, two on Yettinahole, two...

May 16, 2017

YAWS Disease

Yaws is a tropical infection of the skin, bones and joints caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum pertenue. The disease begins with a round, hard swelling of...

May 16, 2017

X-Ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL)

The European X-ray free electron laser is an X-ray research laser facility currently in commissioning. The first laser pulses were produced in May 2017, the facility is scheduled...

May 16, 2017

World Giving Index

The World Giving Index is a leading study conducted by Charities Aid Foundation which is an international non-profit organization promoting effective giving and philanthropy. The study provides a...

May 16, 2017

PFRDA-CRISIL Report: India Ageing Gradually with Every 5th Person to be in 60s by 2050

As per the PFRDA-CRISIL report titled, Financial security for India’s elderly – The imperatives, India will begin ageing gradually and transform from ‘young’ to a ‘greying’ with every 5th Indian to be in...

May 16, 2017

Anti-Infiltration Obstacle System

The recent attacks at Uri and Pathankot by the infiltrators have reflected the porous borders of the country. In the wake of these attacks, the government has decided...

May 16, 2017

Goldman Environmental Prize

The Goldman Environmental Prize is a prize awarded annually to grassroots environmental activists, one from each of the world’s six geographic regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands and Island...

May 16, 2017

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