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Stable form of Plutonium discovered accidentally

Scientists led by Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf have found new compound of Plutonium unexpectedly in France. The team was actually trying to create plutonium dioxide nano particles using...

October 23, 2019

Deepika Padukone, P. V. Sindhu named ambassadors for ‘Bharat Ki Laxmi’

Actor Deepika Padukone and shuttler PV Sindhu has been named as the ambassadors for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new initiative called ‘Bharat Ki Laxmi’ movement. What is Bharat...

October 23, 2019

IAF test fires 300 km range BrahMos surface-to-surface missiles

Indian Air Force (IAF) has carried out successful firing of two BrahMos surface-to-surface missiles from a mobile platform at Trak Island in Andaman Nicobar group of islands. The...

October 23, 2019

Ministry of Jal Shakti inaugurats International Workshop on Environment Flows at Delhi

Union Minister for Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has recently  inaugurated the International Workshop on Environment Flows at Delhi. He also formally released the first version of the...

October 23, 2019

Indian Army decides to conduct exercise codenamed ‘Sindhu Sudarshan’

The Indian Army has decided to conduct exercise codenamed ‘Sindhu Sudarshan’ in the deserts of Rajasthan from Nov 29 to Dec 4. The purpose of the exercise is...

October 23, 2019

K Vijay Raghavan committee to resolve MeitY and NITI fight over Artificial Intelligence (AI)

The Government of India (GoI) has formed a committee to resolve differences between the NITI Aayog and the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) over who will implement...

October 23, 2019

Pankaj Kumar appointed as new CEO of UIDAI

Pankaj Kumar, a 1987-batch IAS officer, has been appointed as the new CEO of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). The UIDAI is a statutory authority under...

October 23, 2019

PV Sindhu named as ambassador for PM Modi’s ‘Bharat Ki Laxmi’ initiative

Actor Deepika Padukone and shuttler PV Sindhu has been named the ambassadors for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new initiative called ‘Bharat Ki Laxmi’ movement.  The aim of the...

October 23, 2019

Venkaiah Naidu leads Indian delegation at 18th Summit of Heads of State and Government of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)

Vice President, M. Venkaiah Naidu is leading the Indian delegation at the 18th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) at Baku, Azerbaijan...

October 23, 2019

because thousands of Rohingya living in Bangladesh refugee camps agree to move to an island in Bay of Bengal

The Bhashan Char is an uninhabited island around 30km east of Hatiya Island in the South East Bangladesh. The island was formed about two decades ago on the...

October 23, 2019

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