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IUCN updates Red List of Threatened Species for 2012

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) released its updated Red List of Threatened Species. According to the IUCN report: 63837 species assessed 19817 species threatened with extinction,...

June 23, 2012

IBM Sequoia: Fastest Computer in the World

The US super computer Sequoia has been crowned as the fastest computer in the world. Placed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California Can make 16.32 quadrillion calculations/second...

June 23, 2012

Labeling GM Foods is Mandatory: Ministry of Consumer Affairs

The Ministry of Consumer Affairs has made it mandatory to label every package containing Genetically Modified (GM) food from January 1, 2013. The ministry published a gazette notification...

June 23, 2012

India no more in the list of 12 countries with biggest number of HNIs

India is no more enlisted in the list of top 12 countries with largest HNI population as sharp plunge in equity market in 2011 made a bad impact...

June 23, 2012

2012 World Business and Development Award to “ITC” at Rio+20

ITC Limited bagged the 2012 World Business and Development Award at the Rio+20 UN Summit at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. · The award has been conferred on ITC...

June 23, 2012

China has over 100 million BPL people

While addressing the conference at Rio de Janeiro, the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao held that China still has more than 100 million people living Below the Poverty Line...

June 23, 2012

Government rejects Fitch ratings

Lashing out at global rating agencies for reducing credit outlook of Indian banks, the government held these bodies are fully capitalized and there is nothing to worry about...

June 23, 2012

Iran, world powers unable to overcome impasse over Teheran’s nuclear programme

No breakthrough could be achieved in the Moscow round of talks between Iran and the 6 major world powers – the USA, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany,...

June 21, 2012

Sekhar Basu assumes charge as Director of BARC

Renowned scientist Sekhar Basu took the position of director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). He played pivotal role in the development of atomic reactor for India’s indigenous...

June 21, 2012

11th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas will be organized in Cochin

The 11th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas will be hosted by Cochin from 7th to 9th January in 2013.  The Prime Minister will open the annual flagship event The President...

June 21, 2012

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