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INSAT-3D and Alphasat satellites launched successfully
European space consortium Arianespace’s Ariane 5 rocket launched INSAT-3D and Alphasat satellites from the spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana, giving a boost to weather forecasting and disaster warning services. About INSAT-3D: Designed to provide meteorological observation and monitoring of land and ocean surfaces. INSAT-3D also carried the newly developed 19 ‘Channel Sounder’, the first such payload ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2013
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Bangladesh • Bhutan • Current Affairs 2013 • India-International Relations • ISRO • Maldives • Nepal • Seychelles • Sri lanka • Tanzania
IOR countries to pursue open regionalism to stimulate growth
Trade and industry ministers of Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IORARC) member nations agreed to promote trade within the grouping to encourage economic cooperation and development in the strategic Indian Ocean region. India (Gurgaon) and Mauritius co-hosted the first economic and business conference under the theme of “Deepening Economic Linkages for Balanced, Inclusive ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2013
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Australia • Bangladesh • China • Comoros • Current Affairs 2013 • Economy • Egypt • Fact Box • France • IBPS • India • India-International Relations • Indonesia • Iran • Japan • Kenya • Madagascar • Malaysia • Mauritius • Mozambique • Oman • Seychelles • Singapore • Socio-Economic • South Africa • Sri lanka • Tanzania • Thailand • UK • US • USA • Yemen
By 2028, India to become most populous nation: UN report
As per the latest report titled World Population Prospects — The 2012 Revision, released by the United Nations, India will become the most populous country in the world by 2028, surpassing China, while Nigeria will have more people than the United States by 2050. As per the Report projections: World population which is 7.2 billion ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2013
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Africa • China • Congo • Current Affairs 2013 • Ethiopia • Mali • Nigeria • Socio-Economic • Tanzania • Uganda • UN • US • USA
Tension escalate b/w Egypt and Ethiopia over Nile water diversion
Dispute b/w Egypt and Ethiopia has resurfaced over the diversion of a major Nile tributary even as Ethiopia continues construction of Africa’s biggest dam, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, on the world’s longest river. What is the issue? Background: Nile, which is also famous as the longest river on the planet, is considered to originate from Lake ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2013
Category: Places in News Current Affairs
Topics: Congo • Current Affairs 2013 • Egypt • Ethiopia • Kenya • Rwanda • Sudan • Tanzania • Uganda