KAKADU, an exercise that strengthens mutual confidence among regional navies, is the premier multilateral regional maritime engagement exercise hosted by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and supported by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) that is held biennially in Darwin and the Northern Australian Exercise Areas (NAXA). KAKADU 2018, the 14th e...
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The Right Livelihood Award – The Alternative Nobel
The Right Livelihood Award - The Alternative Nobel
Three jailed Saudi human rights defenders have been named winners of “The Right Livelihood Award”, known as the “Alternative Nobel” award, along with two Latin American anti-corruption crusaders, a farmer, and an agricultural scientist on Mon...
Swachhata Hi Seva Campaign Launched
'Swachhata Hi Seva' campaign that aims at generating greater public participation towards Swachhta was launched by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi on Saturday September 15, in the run up to the 4th anniversary of the Swachh Bharat Mission on the 2nd of October 2018, which will also mark the commencement of the 150th year celebr...
Pluto should be a Planet – Recent Study
Pluto should be a planet again, researchers including Philips Metzger, a planetary scientist at the University of Central Florida’s Space Institute, in a new study published online in the journal Icarus on Wednesday September 5, 2018, argue that the definition of a planet should be based on its intrinsic properties as opposed to properties that can change, s...
NTA JEE Main 2019 to give Two Chances in the Same Year
Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main, the qualifying examination for admission to B.E. / B. Tech. & B. Arch. / B. Planning Courses in NITs, IIITs, and other CFTIs, will be conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) from 2019 onwards and is now NTA JEE Main. This Examination was being conducted by the Central Board of S...
Nobel Prize for Medicine 2018 for work on Cancer Therapy
Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 2018 has been won by two immunologists James P Allison of the MD Anderson Cancer Centre, USA, and Tasuku Honjo from the Kyoto University, Japan, who discovered how to harness the body’s immune system to fight cancer.
The duo will share the nine million Swedish kronor (£775,000) prize, announced by Professor Thomas Perlma...
India Ranks 158th in Human Capital Score
India Ranks 158th in Human Capital Score
“Measuring human capital: a systematic analysis of 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016”, an unprecedented scientific study conducted by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the request of the World Bank and published on 24 September 2018 in journal The Lancet, find...
ASHA & Anganwadi Workers Interact with & Meet Prime Minister
ASHA & Anganwadi Workers Interact with & Meet Prime Minister
Team of 3 As: ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) workers, Anganwadi workers and ANMs (Auxiliary Nurse Midwife), from across the country had an opportunity to interact with Prime Minister through video conferencing on September 11, 201...
India & Cyprus MoUs on Combating Money Laundering & Environment Cooperation
“Youth, Technology and Ideas: Shaping the Contours of the 21st Century” was the theme of address delivered by President of India Ram Nath Kovind at University of Cyprus September 4, 2018, where he said that pursuit of excellence should inspire minds of future generations.
India and Cyprus also signed two MoUs on ...
India upholds Net Neutrality whereas US repeals Network Neutrality
Net Neutrality, which means that telecom and Internet service providers must treat all data on the Internet equally, and not discriminate or charge differently by user, content, site, platform, or application; has been approved by the Telecom Commission (TC): the highest decision-making body in the Department of Telecom, on Wednesday July 11, 2018Continue Reading...