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Fact Box: National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP)

Govt. launched a 6-year aspirational agricultural research programme, the National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP). To fulfill the Govt of India’s objectives as expressed in India’s National Policy on...

April 26, 2013 India Nation & States Current Affairs

Fact Box: Google Glass

Google has begin shipping its “Google Glass” to its first users outside the company Google Glass the “wearable computing” devices have been shipped to the first users outside...

April 18, 2013

Fact Box: K. Kasturirangan High-Level Working Group

K. Kasturirangan-led 10-member panel High-Level Working Group (HLWG) Presented its report on Western Ghats to MoEF (Ministry of Environment and Forests) K. Kasturirangan-led 10-member panel High-Level Working Group...

April 18, 2013 Awards, Honours & Persons in News

Fact Box: ‘Pig 26’

Scientists who created Dolly (the cloned sheep) bring GM food a step closer by producing a pig that is immune to disease The piglet, known as ’Pig 26′...

April 17, 2013 Science & Technology

Fact Box: "SNOW LION" Flag of Tibet

China allows the showcase of banned Tibetan “snow lion” flag in film “Rockstar” screened in China Surprisingly, Chinese censors have permitted the blackballed Tibetan “Snow Lion” flag which...

April 17, 2013 Awards, Honours & Persons in News

Fact Box: BRAIN initiative

USA reveals US$100m research initiative “BRAIN” to understand the human brain Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Funding of an initial $100 million from the president’s fiscal 2014...

April 9, 2013 Science & Technology

Fact Box: Caratometer ( Karatmeter )

Corporation Bank to use ‘caratometers’ in order to check purity of Gold pledged Corporation Bank planning to use ‘cartometers’ in order to check the purity of Gold pledged....

April 6, 2013

Fact box : International Investment Position (IIP)

India’s International Financial Liabilities increased by US $10.5 bn As per RBI: India’s international financial liabilities rose by 10.5 billion to 723.9 billion in the 3rd quarter of...

April 5, 2013 International / World Current Affairs

Fact Box: CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species)

CITES concludes, eight nations escape sanctions The 16th meeting of the Conference of Parties to CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species), concluded in Bangkok, Thailand, after...

March 17, 2013 International / World Current Affairs

Fact Box: Fire Ice – (Methane hydrate / Methane clathrate)

Japan unfolds the mystery of ‘Fire ice’ Japan has successfully developed new technology for extracting methane gas from a previously untapped off-shore fossil fuel resource that has been...

March 17, 2013 Science & Technology

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