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Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry signs agreement with German firm GIZ for technical cooperation in transport projects

The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry (MoHUA ) has signed an agreement with German firm GIZ for technical cooperation in the implementation of transport projects in Coimbatore,...

December 10, 2017

What is a Bullish Trend?

A financial market trend defines the direction in which the market is expected to move over time. A trend is said to be bullish if there is an...

December 9, 2017

What is the meaning of Buffer Overflow?

Buffer Overflow refers to the situation when more data is stored by a program in temporary storage than its capacity. This can have many repercussions as usage outside...

December 9, 2017

India declared free from Trachoma bacterial infection of eye

India was declared free from infective Trachoma, a contagious bacterial infection of the eye. The infection causes inflamed granulation on the inner surface of the lids. It was...

December 9, 2017

Issues around Section 497 of IPC and Recent PIL in Supreme Court

On December 8, 2017, the Supreme Court has agreed to admit a PIL that challenged the constitutional validity of section 497 of the Indian Penal Code. The PIL...

December 9, 2017

Excitonium: Scientists discover new form of matter

Researchers at the University of Illinois have announced discovery of new form of matter called excitonium. The existence of this strange and mysterious type of matter was theorized...

December 9, 2017

MSME Sambandh: Public Procurement Portal for MSMEs launched

The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) launched Public Procurement Portal ‘MSME Sambandh’ for Public Procurement Portal for MSMEs. The objective of the portal is to...

December 9, 2017

Bodhi Parva: BIMSTEC Festival of Buddhist Heritage held in New Delhi

India hosted “Bodhi Parva: BIMSTEC Festival of Buddhist Heritage” at New Delhi as part of celebrations of 20th Anniversary of BIMSTEC. The Festival was inaugurated by Minister of...

December 9, 2017

India’s first mobile food testing lab unveiled in Goa

India’s ‘first’ mobile food testing laboratory enabling on-the-spot food safety tests was launched in Goa. It was launched by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. Key Facts This is the...

December 9, 2017

Hindi writer Mamta Kalia chosen for Vyas Samman 2017

Renowned Hindi scholar and writer Mamta Kalia (77) was chosen for Vyas Samman 2017 for her novel “Dukkham Sukkham”. She was selected by selection committee headed by author...

December 9, 2017

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