Meghalaya launches India’s first social audit law
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 More...
GKTODAY-Education-Special-Best Colleges in Karnataka
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 More...
LaQshya-A Labour Room Quality Improvement Initiative Health Ministry
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 More...
South Korea conducts missile drill after North Korea nuclear test rattles globe
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 More...
Telecom giant Verizon has acquired Yahoo
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 More...
Israeli author David Grossman wins Man Booker 2017 International prize
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 More...
What is NISAR?
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 More...
Gold -All about Gold and its atomic Characterstics
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 More...
Solibacillus Kalamii-NASA Honouring Dr.A.P.J Abdul Kalam
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 More...
Supreme Court Orders Bharat Stage-IV Compulsory for new vehicles
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 More...