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India is non-committal on market economy status for China
India is not inclined to automatically grant the coveted ‘Market Economy Status’ (MES) to China under World Trade Organisation (WTO) norms in December 2016. The main reason India is reluctant to grant MES to China is that it will severely ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2016
International Conference on Brucellosis 2016 inaugurated in New Delhi
The International Conference on Brucellosis 2016 and the 69th meeting of the International Society on Brucellosis was inaugurated in New Delhi. The three day conference has been organised by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) in collaboration with Indian Council for ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2016
Scientists produce faster-growing crops by improving photosynthesis
Scientists have improved the photosynthesis process in the plants to produce faster-growing crops. The breakthrough was published in the journal Science. They had used genetic modification technology to improve photosynthesis in the plants. This modification increased amount of sunlight energy ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2016
Iran becomes India's top crude oil supplier
Iran for the first time ever has surpassed Saudi Arabia to become India’s top crude oil supplier. It was revealed by ship tracking data and a report compiled by Thomson Reuters Oil Research and Forecasts. Earlier, Iran used to be ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2016
Jammu and Kashmir Government launches Jhelum-Tawi Flood Recovery Project
Jammu and Kashmir Government has launched Jhelum-Tawi flood recovery project to give push to the reconstruction and rehabilitation of infrastructure post-2014 floods in the state. The project which is funded World Bank was formally launched Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti in ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2016
China's Sunway Taihulight wins fastest supercomputer title
China’s ‘Sunway Taihulight’ has won the fastest supercomputer title in the recently released 48th edition of Top500 list of supercomputers. With this, Chinese supercomputer has retained the top spot in the list of the world’s fastest supercomputers for the eighth ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2016
Supreme Court refuses to lift ban on Jallikattu
The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea filed by Tamil Nadu to review a 2014 apex court judgment banning Jallikattu. The apex court questioned the need to “tame” a domestic animal like the bull and further held that Jallikattu has ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2016
SC orders to constitute nodal agency to crack down sex selection ads
The Supreme Court ordered search engines Google, Yahoo and Microsoft’s Bing to immediately stop displaying advertisements relating to pre-natal sex determination tests. It also directed the Union government to constitute a nodal agency to monitor and trigger search engines to ..