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Second Supermoon of 2014 will be visible on Jan 31, 2014

January 31, 2014

The second of the five supermoons of 2014 would be visible on Friday around 3.30 p.m. January 1, 2014 was the year’s first supermoon and January 31, 2014 will be the second. January is the only month with two supermoons ..

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Google doodle 'Daredevil motorcyclists-The Tornadoes' celebrates India's 65th Republic Day

January 26, 2014

India’s 65th Republic Day celebrated on January 26, 2014 is being marked with a Google doodle portraying “Janbaz (Daredevil) motorcyclists”. The Daredevil motorcyclists representing a unit of the armed forces, are seen carrying the doodle which has been painted in the ..

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NRI scientist AJ Paulraj wins Tech ‘Nobel’- 2014 Marconi Prize

January 25, 2014

The Indian-born scientist and Professor (Emeritus) at StanfordUniversity, Mr. Arogyaswami Joseph Paulraj (69), won the prestigious Marconi Society Prize 2014 for developing the theory and applications of Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) antennas. His idea for using multiple antennas at ..

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India successfully test fired long range nuke-capable Agni-IV missile

January 23, 2014

India successfully test fired a nuclear-capable Agni-IV strategic missile from the Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast near Dhamra in Bhadrak district, about 200 km from state capital Bhubaneswar. About nuke-capable Agni-IV missile Type: Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (surface-to-surface missile) ..

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What is Net Neutrality? What is the significance of Net Neutrality?

January 22, 2014

Net Neutrality (or Internet neutrality) is the idea that broadband Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Verizon and others, should treat everything that flows across the Internet equally. If the principle of net neutrality is adhered to, then: ..

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US scientists ‘re-engineering’ Tulsi

January 20, 2014

At the Western Kentucky University, an Indian-American scientist Chandrakanth Emani along with his team is genetically engineering tulsi or basil to raise its pharmaceutical value. They have genetically engineered tulsi to produce eugenol, a compound in tulsi that has a ..

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Why birds fly in a ‘V’ Formation?

January 19, 2014

Scientists have unravelled the mystery behind why so many birds fly in a ‘V’ formation. The birds fly in a ‘V’ formation to:-  Conserve energy  Communicate more easily Birds fly in a characteristic V formation to position themselves in “aerodynamically ..

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India's first climate change theatre opened at Science City, Kapurthala

January 19, 2014

India’s first climate change theatre opened at Pushpa Gujral Science City in Kapurthala, Punjab. The 18-metre diameter theatre set up in a dome-shaped building with seating capacity of 125 persons. It is inaugurated by Rajya Sabha member Naresh Gujral. Objective: ..

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British engineer gives a new theory on how pyramids were built

January 16, 2014

As per a new theory, ancient Egyptians built the pyramids by piling up rubble on the inside and then attaching the large bricks on the outside later. This new theory is proposed by a British engineer, Peter James (54) at ..

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PM laid foundation stone for Haryana Nuclear Power Project (Haryana Anu Vidyut Pariyojna)

January 15, 2014

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stone for a 2,800 MW nuclear power plant near Gorakhpur village in the Fatehabad district of Haryana. The Haryana Nuclear Power (or Haryana Anu Vidyut Pariyojna) Project (HNPP) will have four indigenously developed ..

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