Page-2 of Current Affairs - April, 2014

Will not take immediate decision on Lokpal: Centre to Supreme Court

The Central Government has communicated to the Supreme Court that it will not take any immediate decision on the appointment of chairperson and members of the Lokpal. Thus, the...

April 27, 2014

"Putnisite" – A new mineral discovered with a unique composition

Australian scientists have discovered an entirely new brittle, translucent, orthorombic crystalline structure, purple and translucent mineral “Putnisite,” in a surface outcrop at Polar Bear peninsula, Southern Lake Cowan in Western Australia. It occurs...

April 27, 2014

State Bank of India launches a Twitter Handle

State Bank of India has now launched a Twitter Handle. Earlier, SBI had launched its accounts on Facebook and Youtube. The aim is to target a huge customer...

April 24, 2014

CBI sets up 'Sport Integrity Unit' to probe frauds in Sports

In order to control ‘fixing’ in sports, the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) has established a committed ‘Sport Integrity Unit’ to investigate into cases of fraud, fixing and illegal betting in...

April 24, 2014

Portal ‘Railsaver’ to Improve Energy Efficiency in Indian Railways

Indian Railways launched a web based Electrical Energy Management System called “RAILSAVER”. [icon name=”icon-info-sign”]RAILSAVER A web based Portal developed by Centre of Railway Informatics System (CRIS). The portal...

April 23, 2014

"Sandesh Pathak"- A Software application to aid farmers

C-DAC Mumbai, IIT-Madras, IIIT Hyderabad, IIT Kharagpur, and C-DAC Thiruvananthapuram have jointly developed  the “Sandesh Pathak” software application. The application uses TTS (Text-To-Speech) software to help out farmers by reading out loud...

April 23, 2014

Asia-Pacific navies sign communication agreement at Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS)

India and 21 other countries adopted an agreement at ameliorating communication at sea to cut down the possibility of conflict amid developing friction between a progressively assertive China and...

April 23, 2014

Stem Cells possess bizarre property property of "Auxeticity", never seen before at cellular level

As per a study by the scientists from University of Cambridge, Human stem cells show a bizarre property “Auxeticity” that was never before viewed at the cellular level. Auxeticity has never...

April 23, 2014

"Kepler-186f" – First Earth-Size Planet In The 'Habitable Zone' of Another Star

Source: http://www.nasa.gov/ NASA has discovered the first Earth-size planet in the “habitable zone” of another star. The newfound planet, called “Kepler-186f”, was first spotted by NASA’s Kepler space telescope and circles...

April 23, 2014

LIC trims stake in Infosys to 3.25%; garners ₹850 cr

LIC, the biggest institutional investor in the stock market, the State-run insurer Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has reduced its stake in Infosys, the country’s second largest software...

April 23, 2014