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China successfully tests DF-5C missile with 10 nuclear warheads
China has successfully tested a new version of a DF-5C missile that can carry up to 10 nuclear warheads in January 2017. The flight test of the missile was carried using 10 multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles, (MIRVs), from the ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2017
India, Sri Lanka signs MoU to construct new multi-ethnic tri-lingual secondary school
India and Sri Lanka have signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to construct a new multi-ethnic tri-lingual secondary school in Polonnaruwa District of Sri Lanka. The MoU was signed by of India’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Taranjit Singh Sandhu and ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2017
SAARC programming committee meeting held in Kathmandu
The two-day meeting of SAARC Programming Committee was held in Kathmandu, capital of Nepal. All eight members participated in the meeting. This was the first senior level meeting of Association since postponement of 19th SAARC Summit in November 2016 after ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2017
Toxins in litchi fruit may kill children
Scientists from US and India have found that consumption of litchi fruit on an empty stomach can result in very low blood glucose level and acute encephalopathy leading to seizures and coma, and causes death in Children in many cases. ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2017
Scientists confirm existence of lost continent lies under Indian Ocean
Scientists have confirmed the existence of a “lost continent” under the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. It is left over by the break-up of the super-continent Gondwana, which started about 200 million years ago. The discovery was based on study ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2017
Government of create five special tourism zones to boost tourism: Budget 2017-18
The Union Budget 2017-18 has announced that Government will set up five Special Tourism Zones in partnership with States. These five special zones will be anchored as Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) that will be set up in partnership with the ..