Huge Lava Lake Spotted on Jupiter's Moon Io

Huge Lava Lake was spotted on Jupiter’s Moon Io by an extremely powerful telescope on Earth named Large Binocular telescope Interferometer (LBTI). LBTI located on Mount Graham in Arizona, United States had taken highest resolution ground-based images of Io. This ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2015

NASA's 10-Engine Electric Plane named GL-10 Completes Flight Test

NASA successfully tested a 10-Engine Electric Plane named Greased Lightning-10 (GL-10) that that can take off and land like a helicopter and fly efficiently like an aircraft. During several test flights, remotely piloted GL-10 prototype successfully transitioned from hover to ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2015

French parliament enacts new surveillance law

The French Parliament has approved a surveillance law that strengthens the intelligence services of the country to prevent terrorist attacks. This law was adopted in the French Parliament by 438 votes to 86. This law was drafted by French Government ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2015

Charlie Hebdo awarded 2015 PEN Freedom of Expression Courage award

The French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo was presented a Freedom of Expression Courage award from the PEN American Center. Editor-in-chief Gerard Biard and critic-essayist of Charlie Hebdo, Jean-Baptiste Thoret accepted the award at a function held at the American Museum ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2015

Lok Sabha passes Goods and Services Tax Bill

Lok Sabha has passed the Goods and Services Tax Bill, 2014 which is also known as Constitution (122nd Amendment) Bill. The Bill seeks to amend the Constitution in order to introduce the goods and services tax (GST). Consequently, the bill ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2015

Delhi High Court (Amendment) Bill, 2014 passed in Rajya Sabha

Rajya Sabha on 6 May 2015 passed the Delhi High Court (Amendment) Bill, 2014. The Bill was introduced in the house by Union Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda. The Bill seeks to amend the Delhi High Court Act, 1966. ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2015

Maharashtra Government lowers natural calamity-hit crop loss percentage to 33% for compensation aid

Maharashtra government has decided to bring down the crop loss percentage to 33 per cent from existing 50 per cent. The crop loss percentage is crucial in awarding compensation to farmers whose crop is hit by natural calamities. Decision in ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2015

Akash missile inducted in Indian Army

Indian Army inducted the first regiment of the indigenously-developed surface-to-air Akash missile system. Each regiment of Akash missile in the Indian Army consists of six launchers with each launcher having three missiles. Indian Army had placed orders for two regiments ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2015