Page-4 of Current Affairs - January, 2012
India inks agreement with EAG to counter terrorist financing
India signed an agreement with the Eurasian Group (EAG) to inter-alia enhance cooperation in the areas of money laundering and terrorist financing. The Cabinet had approved the agreement earlier this month. A six-member Indian delegation led by Dr Mathew attended ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012
Russia launches last Glonass-M satellite
Russia launched Soyuz carrier rocket with a Glonass-M navigation satellite on board from the Plesetsk Space Center. The launch of the Glonass, which will augment a group of 27 similar satellites already in orbit. This was the 5th and the ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012
Mars500
An isolation experiment in Russia simulated a 520-day human mission to Mars. Six volunteers were locked away in windowless cells in June 2010. The $15-million Mars500 experiment, which ended on Nov. 4, was the first full-duration simulation of a human ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012
MSL Mission and Curiosity Rover
Recently NASA has launched the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) with the aim to land and operate a rover named Curiosity on the surface of Mars. Curiosity rover is scheduled to land on Mars at Gale Crater on August 6, 2012. ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012
World’s lightest material: Metallic microlattice
Metallic microlattice is a metal developed by a team of researchers from University of California at Irvine, HRL Laboratories and the California Institute of Technology. As shown in the picture, the Metallic microlattice is resting on a dandelion fluff without ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012
New KG5 Drug for treatment of Cancer
Recently, the scientists have developed a new cancer drug that kills aggressive and deadly tumours by altering the structure of the cancer growth protein. The scientists, led by David A. Cheresh, PhD, professor of pathology and associate director for translational ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012
Meghalaya: ”Bank on Wheels” launched
The State Bank of India introduced Bank on Wheels in Meghalaya to provide banking facilities to its customers and especially to 4,500 unbanked villages in the state. The programme is part of financial inclusion plans of the Central Government and ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012
Kerala:’Mattu Gulla’ -Brinjal gets GI certificate
The local variety of brinjal, popularly known as “Mattu Gulla” was awarded the GI certificate by the Geographical Indication Registry (GIR) of the Union Government, in Chennai. The Certificate GI Number-100 and Certificate number-158 was presented to the Mattu Gulla ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012
Meghalaya govt orders probe ‘blue’ water
The Meghalaya Government ordered a magisterial inquiry into the recent unusual phenomenon of water in River Lukha turning blue and death of thousands of fishes. The Lukha river originates from the Nongkhlieh Elaka and flows along the Narpuh reserve forest ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012
Oldest Malayalam Newspaper Deepika to celebrate 125th anniversary
Kerala: Deepika to celebrate 125th anniversary The oldest Malayalam newspaper “Deepika” celebrated its 125th anniversary in Kerala. Established in 1887, the daily, with more than 20,000 share holders has editions from Kottayam, Kannur, Kozhikode, Thrissur, Kochi and Thiruvanthapuram and an ..