US becomes world's largest oil producer, surpasses Saudi Arabia: BP Report

As per recently released report by British Petroleum (BP) Energy Company, United States (US) became the world’s largest oil producer in 2014 surpassing Saudi Arabia. It was reveled in BP Energy Company report tilled Statistical Review of World Energy. Key ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2015

US opens probe against Indian IT giants TCS, Infosys for H1B visa violations

United States (US) government has opened an investigation against two of the biggest Indian Information Technology (IT) outsourcing companies for possible violations of H1-B visa rules.  The two IT giants are Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Infosys. The investigation is ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2015

US Policy on sale of drone – Recent changes and their implications

The American government’s policy initially was against export both armed and unarmed drones. The notable exceptions to this policy was UK, which is the only country to which USA sold armed drones, and France and Italy, to which USA sold ..

Doctors from Texas State of US successfully perform world's first skull-scalp transplant

Doctors from Texas State of United States have done the world’s first partial skull and scalp transplant from a human donor. This rare medical feat which opens new frontier in transplant surgery was achieved by team of Doctors from Houston ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2015

US removes Cuba from list of State Sponsor of Terrorism

United States (US) in a landmark decision has removed Cuba from its list of State Sponsor of Terrorism. In this regard US secretary of state John Kerry has signed an order removing Cuba from the terrorism blacklist. This decision will pave ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2015

90 % of global chemical weapons stockpile destroyed: OPCW

Nobel peace prize winning organisation OPCW (Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons) has achieved major milestone of destroying 90 per cent of the global chemical weapons stockpile. OPCW has mentioned that around 65,000 metric tonnes of declared chemical weapons, ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2015

Documentary photographer Mary Ellen Mark passes away

Influential documentary photographer Mary Ellen Mark passed away in Manhattan, New York. She was 75 She was best-known for her humanist work and was one of the premier documentary photographers of her generation. In her career she had photographed people ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2015

Tanishq Abraham, 11-year-old Indian-American creates record by graduating from California College

Tanishq Abraham, 11-year-old Indian-American child prodigy created a record by graduating from California College with three associate degrees in science, maths and foreign language studies. He is native of Sacramento, California and youngest to graduate from the American River College ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2015