Scientists has named a newly discovered species of tarantula
(a big hairy spider) was named as Kankuamo Marquezi after the famed Colombian
novelist and 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The
species was discovered in large number in an isolated mountain range in
Caribbean Colombia. It was named after him as homage to the country where
it was found. It was
India was placed at 91st position in the Networked Readiness
Index (NRI) 2016 that was released by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum
(WEF) on 6 July 2016. The index was released as the part of the WEF’s Global
Information Technology Report 2016.It measures countries’ success in creating
the necessary conditions for a transition to a digitised economy and society.
Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping
Nitin Gadkari Under this initiative, lantation drive on 1500 km of National
Highways was launched at a cost of about 300 crore upees.Besides, the minister
also launched the following initiatives on this occasion.
i. Guidelines for Implementation
A modernized Soyuz capsule has successfully blasted off
into space from the Baikonur cosmodrome with a three-man crew on board. The
extended two-day flight to the ISS will give Russian scientists and engineers a
chance to test out the new space technology.In less than 10 minutes, the rocket
carrier Soyuz-FG with manned spacecraft Soyuz MS-01 reached orbit. Once in
outer space, the three-man
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s Principal Secretary Rajendra
Kumar was suspended Wednesday, by an order signed by the CM himself, said
sources in the Delhi government. According to government rules, an IAS official
who is detained in official custody for more than 48 hours is “deemed to have
been suspended”.Kumar was arrested Monday in connection with an alleged case of
corruption, and sent to
Priyanka Chopra is the Goodwill Ambassador for India.By
Christine Nayagam, Stanislas Dembinski, Surbhi Kapila and Virat Garg Posted On
: July 5, 2016 in UNICEF – the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund – has
launched the #FairStart campaign in New Delhi, today, with UNICEF Goodwill
Ambassador and Indian actress, Priyanka Chopra, and UNICEF Representative to
India, Louis Georges
Principal Secretary Irrigation Deepak Singhal has been
appointed the new Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh. A 1982 batch IAS officer,
Singal would replace Alok Ranjan, who retired on June 30, an official spokesman
said today.Singhal's appointment came after Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav
returned from vacations. Senior IAS officer Pravir Kumar was looking after the
charge of Chief Secretary after
The Syrian military has unilaterally declared a 72-hour truce
covering the whole country. The announcement was coinciding with the Eid
festival marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. However the
statement did not specify whether the ceasefire extended to military action
against jihadists such as the Islamic State group or the l-Qaeda-affiliated
Al-Nusra Front. A number of
The US has sanctioned North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for the
first time, accusing him of human rights abuses. A statement from the US
Treasury named Kim as directly responsible for violations in his country. Ten
other top North Korean officials have also been blacklisted. There has been no
response yet from the North Korean government. The measures freeze any property
the individuals have in the
Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh will inaugurate the
second anti-drug Working Group meeting of Heads of Drug Control Agencies of
BRICS countries here. The meeting is being organized by the Narcotics Control
Bureau (NCB). Besides the delegates from the member countries, the Ambassadors
of the respective countries shall also be attending the inaugural session. The
Directors General of
The existing Agreement on Trade, Commerce and Transit between
India and Bhutan was signed on 29th July 2006 for a period of ten years.
Discussions were held between both countries at New Delhi on 05-06 July 2016,
to finalise the text of the draft new Agreement on Trade, Commerce and Transit.
The visiting Bhutanese delegation was led by Secretary, Ministry of Economic
Affairs, Royal
The Tri-Services Commanders' Conference of Southern Region is
an annual feature amongst the seven Commanders' of the Army, Navy and the Air
Force [Southern Command of the Indian Army, Western Naval Command, Eastern
Naval Command and Southern Naval Command of Indian Navy, South Western Air
Command and Southern Air Command of the Indian Air Force and Andaman and
Nicobar
New Delhi: The Union government on Wednesday approved four
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) proposals entailing a total investment of Rs
643.25 crore. "On the recommendations of the Foreign Investment Promotion
Board (FIPB), the government has approved three FDI proposals of Rs 223.25
crore, and one proposal involving FDI of Rs 420 crore," a statement
said.One proposal each from
New York: Analysis of fossil remains dating 50 million years
represent a new species that is a previously unknown relative of the modern-day
ostrich, researchers say. The bird fossils were found more than a decade ago,
completely intact with bones, feathers, and soft tissues in a former lake bed
in Wyoming in the US. "This is among one of the earliest well-represented
bird species after the age of
Guwahati: Nearly 90,000 people have been affected in the
latest wave of floods across seven districts in Assam. Assam State Disaster
Management Authority (ASDMA) sources said more than 88,000 people are reeling
under flood in 257 villages across Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Nagaon, Jorhat,
Golaghat, Morigaon and Biswanath districts. Currently, Brahmaputra is flowing
above the danger mark at
Guwahati: The honeymoon of people of Assam with the new
BJP-led government is virtually over with the decision of the new government to
increase rate of VAT in 127 household items and prices of LPG cylinders, Petrol
and Diesel has triggered statewide protests. The BJP and its allies which have
come to power with an overwhelming mandate after promising to trigger all round
development in the state, in
With an aim to give a major boost to Namami Gange Programme,
231 projects will be inaugurated today at various locations in Uttarakhand,
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Haryana and Delhi. Water
Resources Minister Uma Bharti made this announcement at a press conference in
the national capital yesterday. Modi Government: 'Namami Gange' programme to
commence today 1,600
Smt. Chirom Indira W/o Shri Chirom Sanjoy Singh from
Thangmeiband Lairenhanjaba Leikai, Imphal, Manipur have been selected for
National Award for the year 2015 by O/o Development Commissioner for Handlooms,
Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India for her invaluable contribution towards
the development of Handloom Sector specially for Design and Development for the
Promotion of
Scientists have discovered the first record of a fossil
facial tumour in the jaw of a 69 million-year-old dwarf duck-billed dinosaur.
An international group of researchers, including Kate Acheson from the
University of Southampton in the U.K., have documented a type of non-cancerous
facial tumour, which is found in humans, mammals and some modern reptiles, but
never before encountered in
NEW DELHI: The ethical and moral quandaries thrown up by the
question of manipulation of the human genome -- of whether a man can truly
transcend his genes -- are hotly debated, as are the unbridled prospects it
tantalisingly offers. This knotty dilemma of whether human beings should remain
bound to heredity or alter the course of future generations, interspersed with
a personal family history
NEW DELHI: Coca-Cola India is set to get its first woman CFO,
as Sarvitha Sethi, commercial finance director of its central and southern
Europe operations, will soon take over the reins from Sanjeev Kumar, VP finance
for India and South West Asia for Coca-Cola. This is being seen as part of a
recent movement by top companies to hire more women as decision makers, as
Sethi will be the only woman
BENGALURU: India is rapidly moving into the mobile app age
and is already the fourth-largest mobile app economy. The amount of time
Indians spend on apps has also increased dramatically, says mobile-app
analytics company App Annie. In total app downloads per year, only China, US,
and Brazil are ahead of India. The annual figure for India is projected to grow
by 92% to reach 7.7 billion downloads
One of the richest football clubs in the world is
turning its attentions away from the international soccer transfer market and
towards the burgeoning eSports scene instead. On Wednesday the club announced
it had signed Kieran ‘Kez' Brown, an up-and-coming gaming star. He is set to be
the first eSports person to represent Manchester City at eSports tournaments
and fan events. "It's exciting; it's
The National Anti-Doping Agency
(NADA) has signed a two-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the
Australian Anti-Doping Agency (ASADA) and World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to
bolster India’s anti-doping programme. A detailed project plan has been
established to ensure India implements a more effective anti-doping programme
that is
The Indian Railways have developed the first air-conditioned
coaches for its diesel electric multiple unit (DEMU) trains. Till now, the
existing DEMU trains consisted only of non-air conditioned coaches, an official
press release said.The first AC coach has been manufactured at Indian Railways’
Chennai-based Integral Coach Factory (ICF). Existing 8-coach DEMU trains will
have two such newly
Gravitational waves or ripples in space-time captured by
space detectors could soon be used to discover when and how some of the
universe's largest black holes were born, scientists say. Scientists led by
researchers at the Durham University in the UK ran the huge cosmological
simulations that can be used to predict the rate at which gravitational waves
caused by collisions between the monster black
R Thiruppathi Venkatasamy was on 6 July 2016 appointed as the
Accountant General of Economic and Revenue Sector Audit of Tamil Nadu with
immediate effect. His appointment was approved by the Union
Government.Venkatasamy is a 2000 batch officer of Indian Audit and Accounts
Service. Prior to this appointment, he was serving as the Senior Deputy
Accountant General in the organisation of
Arjun Kumar Thapa, a 34-year-old Havaldar in the Gorkha
Regiment, has become the first Indian to successfully scale Mt. Everest, ascend
he South Pole and finish two tours of duty at the Siachen glacier. Thapa scaled
the Everest on May 20 of this year, as part of the 30-member Indian Army
Massive Everest Expedition: 2016.In 2011, he had travelled with an eight-member
army team to reach
State Cabinet of Madhya Pradesh on 5 July 2016 gave its nod
to Madhya Pradesh Tax on Entry of Goods in Local Areas Amendment Bill, 2016.
The Bill seeks to levy 6 percent entry tax on goods brought to local areas for
consumption after purchase under e-commerce. The step has taken in the wake of
losses to the state exchequer due to the online shopping. It made toilet in
home mandatory for
Yeldi Softcom, a payment srervices company, announced that it
has received semi-closed wallet licence today from the Reserve Bank of India
(RBI). The licence opens up a new league of possibilities in terms of the
products that could be launched by Yeldi Softcom to bring in further avenues to
carry out cashless transactions. The acquisition of the licence will enable
Yeldi to target a larger audience to
Banks can no longer complain that policy transmission is
getting hampered due to liquidity tightness. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
has honoured its promise of keeping the banking sector liquidity in a “neutral”
zone, or no-deficit, no-surplus mode and this should now force banks to cut
rates. In March, the banking sector liquidity deficit touched the Rs
2-lakh-crore mark, as the government kept its cash
Rajasthan has become the first state in the country to
introduce minimum wages for part time workers. In this regard, the Labour
Department has issued a notification. With this, part time workers in the state
now come under the Minimum Wages Act 1948. As per the new rule, it is now
mandatory for employer to pay 50% of the prescribed a day minimum wage to a
person who works for less than four
China inducted its largest indigenously-built transport
aircraft named as Y-20, marking a crucial step in its Air Force history for
improving its strategic power projection capability. It is also considered as a
breakthrough for Chinese defence sector especially in military aviation
technology which will allow the world’s largest force to transport cargo and
troops over long distances in diverse weather conditions.
MUMBAI: Filmmaker Raam Reddy's acclaimed Kannada film
"Thithi" has bagged the top awards at the ongoing 19th Shanghai
International Film Festival and the filmmaker says the response from the
Chinese audience for the film has been "overwhelming".
"Thithi" won the Best Film and Best Script Writers in the Asia New
Talent Awards at the festival in Shanghai. Other films nominated in the Best
RAIPUR: A 22-year-old geek from Maoist-hit Bastar has
developed a mini super-computer with speed and efficiency that can match an
assembly of 32 computers. Engineering graduate Saad Memon developed the
computer with Rs 5 lakh financial aid from a Pune-based engineering college,
where he studied. He has also filed two patent rights for his super-computer's
software - human brain simulation.
Nagpur: HCG-NCHRI Nagpur Center and top 10 Cancer
organizations like Indian Association of Surgical Oncology (IASO), Association
of Radiation Oncologist Of India (AROI), Indian Society of Medical &
Pediatric Oncology (ISMPO),Indian Co-operative Oncology Network (ICON),
Association of Breast Surgeons of India (ABSI), Indian Cancer Society (ICS),
Vidarbha Association of Pathologists
The Karnataka government is all set to launch a new start-up
policy.Addressing a gathering of start-ups at the Global Mobile App Summit and
Awards, Priyank Kharge, Karnataka Minister for IT, said the State government is
working on a new start-up policy. “We are coming up with a start-up booster kit
where start-ups can register with the Karnataka Biotechnology and Information
Technology
Zee Learn, education branch of Essel Group, on 6 July 2016
appointed Debshankar Mukhopadhyay as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).Essel Group
is among India’s most prominent business houses with a diverse portfolio of
assets in media, packaging, entertainment, education etc. Debshankar
ukhopadhyay holds over 20 years of experience in educational and financial
sectors across South Asia. Prior to
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) on 6 July 2016 designated top officials of the North Korean
regime along with Kim Jong-Un and for their ties to North Korea’s notorious
abuses of human rights. This is the first time that US has sanctioned North
Korean leader over human rights abuses. The designated ones include ten other
individuals, and five
The government has constituted a four-member committee to
examine the desirability and feasibility of having a new financial year. The
committee, headed by former Chief Economic Adviser Shankar Acharya, will look
into the impact of having a new financial year in relation to effect of
different agricultural crop periods, taxation systems and procedures and impact
on businesses. Former Cabinet
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