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What is Net Neutrality? What is the significance of Net Neutrality?

January 22, 2014

Net Neutrality (or Internet neutrality) is the idea that broadband Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Verizon and others, should treat everything that flows across the Internet equally. If the principle of net neutrality is adhered to, then: ..

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US scientists ‘re-engineering’ Tulsi

January 20, 2014

At the Western Kentucky University, an Indian-American scientist Chandrakanth Emani along with his team is genetically engineering tulsi or basil to raise its pharmaceutical value. They have genetically engineered tulsi to produce eugenol, a compound in tulsi that has a ..

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Why birds fly in a ‘V’ Formation?

January 19, 2014

Scientists have unravelled the mystery behind why so many birds fly in a ‘V’ formation. The birds fly in a ‘V’ formation to:-  Conserve energy  Communicate more easily Birds fly in a characteristic V formation to position themselves in “aerodynamically ..

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India's first climate change theatre opened at Science City, Kapurthala

January 19, 2014

India’s first climate change theatre opened at Pushpa Gujral Science City in Kapurthala, Punjab. The 18-metre diameter theatre set up in a dome-shaped building with seating capacity of 125 persons. It is inaugurated by Rajya Sabha member Naresh Gujral. Objective: ..

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British engineer gives a new theory on how pyramids were built

January 16, 2014

As per a new theory, ancient Egyptians built the pyramids by piling up rubble on the inside and then attaching the large bricks on the outside later. This new theory is proposed by a British engineer, Peter James (54) at ..

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PM laid foundation stone for Haryana Nuclear Power Project (Haryana Anu Vidyut Pariyojna)

January 15, 2014

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stone for a 2,800 MW nuclear power plant near Gorakhpur village in the Fatehabad district of Haryana. The Haryana Nuclear Power (or Haryana Anu Vidyut Pariyojna) Project (HNPP) will have four indigenously developed ..

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India's first indigenously developed stratospheric balloon penetrates into mesosphere

January 13, 2014

For the first time in India, an indigenously developed stratospheric balloon penetrated into the Mesosphere. It is developed at the Balloon Facility, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Hyderabad under the High Altitude Balloon Development Project (HAA). Till yet, only balloons ..

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New blood test could be used to predict if a patient will have a heart attack

January 13, 2014

Scientists have developed a new and simple blood test that can be used to predict whether a patient is about to have a heart attack by testing for Circulating Endothelial Cells (CECs). They found that the presence of CECs in ..

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RBI chooses CCIL to issue Unique Identity Codes in Financial Transactions

January 11, 2014

The RBI has chosen the Clearing Corporation of India Ltd. (CCIL) to act as a Local Operating Unit (LOU) for issuing internationally compatible Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) in India. What is Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)? The LEI is a 20-character ..

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Global Warming: Gangotri glacier is shrinking

January 11, 2014

As per report titled, ‘Estimation of retreat rate of Gangotri glacier’, the Gangotri glacier is receding like other glaciers in the Himalayas and its volume and size is shrinking between Gaumukh and Bhojbasa. The appraisal of retreat measured by using ..

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