Meghalaya became first state in country to operationalize The Meghalaya Community Participation and Public Services Social Audit Act, 2017, a law that makes social audit of government programmes and schemes a part of government practice. It was launched by Chief Minister Mukul Sangma at a national convention in Shillong. KeyContinue Reading
Best Colleges in Karnataka There are various engineering and MBA colleges in Karnataka which are available for the students who wish to join such prestigious universities for learning the practical as well as other aspects in their fields. National Institute of Engineering (NIE) It is one of the oldest andContinue Reading
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched ‘LaQshya’ Initiative and mHealth: Safe Delivery Application on the occasion of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day. Moreover, Operational Guidelines for Obstetric High Dependency Units and Intensive Care Units were also released. UHC Day is observed every year on 12 December toContinue Reading
SEOUL/WASHINGTON – South Korea’s military carried out a missile drill on Monday in response to North Korea’s sixth nuclear test, while global markets reacted to the sharp escalation in tensions between Pyongyang and the United States. The United Nations Security Council was set to meet later on Monday to discussContinue Reading
Telecom giant Verizon has acquired Yahoo’s core business for $4.48bn (£3.51m), thus ending Yahoo’s two-decade long run as an independent company. Verizon is the No.1 wireless operator in the US. Salient Highlights Verizon will combine Yahoo with AOL which was bought by it two years ago to establish a ventureContinue Reading
A Horse Walks Into a Bar, his novel about a standup comedian’s public breakdown, scoops £50,000 prize to be shared with translator Jessica Cohen London: David Grossman’s “ambitious high-wire act of a novel”, A Horse Walks into a Bar, set around a standup comic’s rambling and confessional routine in anContinue Reading
The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission is a joint project between NASA and ISRO to co-develop and launch a dual frequency synthetic aperture radar satellite. The satellite will be the first radar imaging satellite to use dual frequency and it is planned to be used for remote sensing toContinue Reading
Gold Au Atomic Number 79 Atomic Mass 196.966569 Atomic radius 0.134 Ionization energy 889 Electronic config 2,8,18,32,18,1 Principal Valency +2 Density g/cm3 19.32 Melting point oC 1064.18 Boiling point oC 2856 Type of Element Metal Electronegativity 2.4 Appearance Yellow solid Block d-block Period 6 Group 11 No of Isotopes 37Continue Reading
NASA has named a new bacteria discovered on the filters of the International Space Station, ISS, as Solibacillus kalamii to honour the late president Dr A P J Abdul Kalam. The genus is Solibacillus and the species name is kalamii. Researchers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory has found that theContinue Reading
New Delhi : Government has formally launched Bharat Stage-IV (BS-IV) grade transportation fuel across the country to keep carbon emission in check. The launch came days after the Supreme Court banned sale and registration of BS-III vehicles from 1 April, 2017. It sets target of ushering in BS-VI fuel byContinue Reading
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