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Study: Titled “Climbing behavior in extant crocodiles”

The researchers from University of Tennessee, USA studied the tree-climbing and basking behavior in reptiles, under the title, “Climbing behavior in extant crocodiles”. They noticed crocodilian species on...

February 20, 2014

Belgium became second country to allow Mercy Killing for children

The Catholic country, Belgium became the first country to allow euthanasia for terminally ill children of any age. This action of legalizing death for the children came 12...

February 20, 2014

Ms. Hillary R Clinton launched a new global review of data on women empowerment

Ms. Hillary Rodham Clinton launched a new global review of data to analyze the advancement of women and girls around the world since the mid-1990s. Objective: To promote...

February 20, 2014

Acenture study: India ranked 8th in demand for digital governance

As per new comparative study by Accenture, India ranked eighth in the list of ten countries in terms of digital governance. Singapore topped the list, followed by Norway...

February 16, 2014

NRIs set up first NaMo tea stall in Silicon valley, USA

The Indian-American professionals from many IT companies viz. Microsoft, Cisco, Apple, eBay, Oracle, etc. set up the first NaMo tea stall in Silicon valley, USA. Objective: To extend...

February 16, 2014

Solar mission: US again challenged India's solar export restrictions in WTO

On the second phase of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM), the Government of India stated that it hadn’t violated global trading norms under the World Trade...

February 16, 2014

Apple India re-launched production of iPhone 4

Apple India re-launched the production of iPhone 4 in India, Indonesia and Brazil. This is the first time that the American technology giant Apple has resumed the production...

February 9, 2014

Yahoo email account passwords stolen

Yahoo Inc. broadcasted that usernames and passwords of its email customers have stolen and used to gather personal information for those Yahoo mail users who have recently corresponded...

February 8, 2014

Bill Gates “Founder and technology advisor”; John Thompson new Chairman of Microsoft

Bill Gates assumes role of “Founder and  technology advisor” of Microsoft John Thompson appointed as the new Chairman of Microsoft Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates assumed a new role on the...

February 6, 2014

Indian-born Mr. Satya Nadella appointed as the new Microsoft CEO

Indian-born Mr. Satya Nadella (46) appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and member of the Board of Directors of the Internet giant Microsoft. Previously, he was...

February 6, 2014

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