India rejects Snowden's request seeking political asylum

India turned down USA whistleblower Edward Snowden’s request seeking political asylum. The Indian Embassy in Moscow had received a communication containing a request for asylum. Earlier, Snowden, currently sheltered in the transit zone of Moscow airport, has sought asylum in 20 countries, ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2013

Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News

Graphene could be used for high-efficiency digital storage

Recently, researchers from Spain have shown how graphene could facilitate the formation of a magnetic field under certain conditions. What did the scientists do? Researchers created a system composed of ruthenium-graphene sheet- tetracyano- p -quinodimethane (TCNQ). Here graphene is sandwiched b/w the layers ruthenium ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2013

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Scientists from Spain predict that the World's population to stop growing in 2050

As per the  Journal ’Simulation’, scientists from  Spain, the world population will stop growing and stabilize by 2050. Scientists from the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) and the CEU-San Pablo University, both from Spain developed a Mathematical model to confirm this. This is in ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2013

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Czech Republic beat Spain in Davis Cup 2012 finals

The Czech Republic defeated Spain 3-2 in the 2012 Davis Cup Finals. This is the country’s second Davis Cup title and first since 1980, when it was Czechoslovakia. The Czech Republic victory in this 100th edition of the Davis Cup ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2012

Category: Sports Current Affairs