Page-5 of Current Affairs - October, 2017
Kilogram will get new measure set by value of Planck constant from 2019
The International Conference of heads of Metrology Institutes held in Sevres, France has decided that the measure of kilogram will no longer be pegged to cylinder. From 2019 onwards, it will be set by value of Planck constant in combination ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2017
27 October: Infantry Day
The Infantry Day in observed every year in India on 27 October to commemorate supreme sacrifices made by Indian Army’s infantry against Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in 1947. It was first infantry action by Indian Army after independence. ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2017
October 27: World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
The World Day for Audiovisual Heritage (WDAH) is observed every year on October 27 to raise of awareness of significance of and preservation risks recorded sound and audiovisual documents (films, sound and video recordings, television and radio programmes). The 2017 ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2017
Ichthyosaur fossil discovered for first time in India
Geologists for the first time have discovered 152 million-year-old fossil of Ichthyosaur, an extinct marine reptile in in Kutch desert region of Gujarat. The specimen belongs to Ophthalmosauridae family of ichthyosaurs that lived in oceans between 165 and 90 million ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2017
Start-up Sangam Initiative: Oil companies to back 30 start-ups with Rs 320-crore fund
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas launched Start-up Sangam initiative to develop new business models, marketing plans, technology and innovations in heavy oil and gas industry sector by supporting 30 start-ups. For the same, 10 oil and gas PSUs have ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2017
Global Passport Power Rank 2017: India ranks 75
India’s passport was ranked 75th among 94 countries in recently released Global Passport Power Rank 2017. India was ranked three notches better than its previous ranking. According to this index, Singapore has world’s most powerful passport, making it first Asian ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2017
Scientists develop new tool to improve monsoon forecast
Scientists from Florida State University in the US have developed new tool for objectively defining onset and demise of Indian Summer Monsoon (ISM) . The new method uses rainfall rates to mark span of ISM at any given location throughout ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2017
Muddle over GEAC’s approval for GM mustard DMH-11
It was reported earlier in May 2017 that Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) had cleared transgenic mustard, DMH-11 for commercial cultivation. However, records of that GEAC meeting which was made public now do not record any such approval. Though GEAC ..