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New Antibiotic discovered in Mexican forests

The properties of newly discovered antibiotic have specific application in agriculture greatly. It is a soil bacterium and is known as “phazolicin”. This compound was unknown previously and...

October 9, 2019

October 9: World Post Day

The World Post Day was declared by the UPU (Universal Postal Union) Congress in Tokyo, Japan. The proposal for the commemoration of the day was submitted by a...

October 9, 2019

Nobel Prize 2019: Chemistry

The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to John B Goodenough, M Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino for the development of lithium-ion batteries. These three scientists...

October 9, 2019

United Nation Cash crunch

United Nation Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns that United Nation is facing cash crunch since a decade and now on the risk of defaulting on payments of staff and...

October 9, 2019

Culiseta kishenehn and Culiseta lemniscata

  Culiseta kishenehn and Culiseta lemniscata are the two newly indentified species of mosquitoes from Eocene epoch. These species are thought  to have been lived around 46 million...

October 9, 2019

Nobel Prize 2019: Chemistry

The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to John B Goodenough, M Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino for the development of lithium-ion batteries. These three scientists...

October 9, 2019

Who is ganpatrao deshmukh?

Ganpatrao Deshmukh is a veteran politician from Maharashtra who belongs to Peasants and Workers Party. He is an MLA from Sangole constituency of Solapur, Maharashtra. He won 2014...

October 9, 2019

Rural children breastfed more: Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey

  According to the first-ever national nutrition survey conducted by the government, breastfeeding is inversely proportional to household wealth and other factors. Due to these reasons, rural children...

October 9, 2019

Nationwide NRC: Centre has to set common cut-off date

The central government is planning to decide the common cut-off date for implementing a countrywide National Register of Citizens(NRC) on the lines of the document compiled in Assam....

October 9, 2019

Indian Meteorological department collaborates with China and Pakistan for weather forecasting

In order to better gauge the impact of climate change on the Hindu Kush mountains, which includes the Himalayas, and for data-gathering, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) will...

October 9, 2019

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