CURRENT AFFAIRS - 2015
1. The new tiger census released by Union
Environment Minister, Prakash Javadekar on January 20, 2015, shows that India
(which has 70% of the world tiger population) has registered an increase of 30%
in country's tiger population in the past three years. Latest estimates show 2,226 tigers roamed
forest reserves in the country in 2014, up sharply from 1706 in 2010.
2. Former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee
and the late Madan Mohan Malaviya (educationist and freedom fighter) were
chosen for the Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honour, on
December 24, 2014. On December 25, 2014, the President of India announced the
Bharat Ratna award to Vajpayee. His birthday, December 25, was declared ‘Good
Governance Day’.
Recommendations for the Bharat Ratna are
made by the Prime Minister to the President, with a maximum of three awardees
being awarded per year. Bharat Ratna recipients rank seventh in the Indian
order of precedence, but are constitutionally prohibited from using the award
name as a title.
3. The 13th edition of ‘Pravasi Bharatiya
Divas’, a day to mark the contribution oi the overseas Indian community to
the development of India, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi on January 7,
2015 at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar (Gujarat). The event was held from January
7-9, 2015.
This year was significant because exactly
100 years ago, a Non Resident Indian (Mahatma Gandhi) had returned to India to
serve the people.
Chief Guest of the 13th Pravasi Bharatiya
Divas celebrations was Guyana President Donald Ramotar. The Guyana
President will also be presented with the ‘Pravasi Bharatiya Samman’, the
highest honour conferred on overseas Indians and People of the Indian origin
(PIOs).
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is celebrated on
January 9 every year to mark the contribution of Overseas Indian community in
the development of India.
The Modi government's key ‘Make in India’
programme was in the centre at Parvasi Bharatiya Divas 2015. The convention
provided a platform to overseas Indian community to engage with ‘Make in India’
programme.
The schemes related to Pravasi Bharatiya
Samman are :
(a) Persons
of Indian Origin Card.
(b) Mahatma
Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana.
Non-Resident Indians (NRI)
Person of Indian Origin (PIO)
Overseas Indian (OI) and
Expatriate Indian
4. Modi government set-up National
Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog in place of the Planning
Commission on January 1, 2015. The Prime Minister will head the new institution
tasked with the role of formulating policies and direction in the government.
The Planning Commission was set-up in
March, 1950 through a Cabinet Resolution, which the Modi government scrapped in
August, 2014.
Chairperson: Prime Minister
Vice-Chairperson: Arvind
Panagariya
5. On January 7, 2015, two gunmen forced their way into and opened fire in the Paris
headquarters of Charlie Hebdo, killing twelve including staff cartoonists
Charb, Cabu, Honore, Tignous and Wolinski, economist Bernard Maris, editors,
Elsa Cayat and Mustapha Ourrad. French President, Francois Hollande described
it as a "terrorist attack of the most extreme barbarity". The two
gunmen were identified as Said Kouachi and Cherif Kouachi, French brothers of
Algerian descent.
6. The government appointed eminent filmmaker Pahlaj
Nihalani as the Chief of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) on
January 19, 2015.
7. President Pranab Mukherjee appointed Nasim
Zaidi as the new Chief Election Commissioner on April 18, 2015. He took
over from Harishankar Brahma.
The Chief Election Commissioner and
Election Commissioners are appointed by the President of India for tenure of
six years or up to the age of 65 years. The Chief Election Commissioner can be
removed from office only through impeachment by Parliament.
8. AK Mittal has been appointed new
Chairman of Railway Board on December 31, 2014.
9. Senior IPS officer Prakash Mishra was
appointed as the Directorate General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on
December 22, 2014.
10. Amitabh Bachchan is appointed as the Brand
Ambassador for health sector in Andhra Pradesh on January 7, 2015.
11. An eminent Indian-American entrepreneur and
philanthropist Frank Islam has been presented with the prestigious
Martin Luther King Junior Award.
12. 21st Screen Awards were announced on January
15, 2015 in Mumbai. Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra won the Best Actor
for Male and Female category, respectively. Shahid won the award for 'Haider'
and Priyanka won for 'Mary Kom'. Best film award was given to film Queen, while
its director, Vikas Bahl won the Best Director Award. Hema Malini was honoured
with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
13. Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo won the
FIFA Ballon d'Or for the second year in a row and the third time in his career,
ahead of Argentinian Lionel Messi and Manuel Neuer of Germany on January 1,
2015.
14. Prominent Chinese theoretical physicist Yu
Min has been awarded State Pre-eminent Science and Technology Award for
2014 held at Great Hall of the People in Beijing. He was awarded for his
groundbreaking The research, which led to the development of China's first
hydrogen bomb in 1967.
15. The Director of Satish Dhawan Space Centre
(SDSC), Sriharikota range (SHAR), MYS Prasad was awarded for the Vikram
Sarabhai memorial award 2015 on January 12, 2015.
16. Eminent Hindi litterateur Kamal Kishore
Goyanka has been selected for the prestigious Vyas Samman for 2014 for
his book Premchand Kee Kahaniyo Kaa Kaalkramanusar.
17. The World Future Energy Summit 2015 was held
in Abu Dhabi, UAE on January 19, 2015.
18. Hyderabad will host the World Congress on
Information Technology (WCIT) in 2018. This will be the first WCIT to be held
in India and the theme of the 2018 WCIT will be ‘Future of Entrepreneurs’.
19. Book:
(a) The Red Sari
When Life is the Price of Power by Javier Moro.
(b) Why
I Assassinated Mahatma Gandhi? by Nathuram Vinayak Godse/Gopal Vinayak Godse.
This book contains the original statement given by Nathuram Godse (Assassin of
Mahatma Gandhi). Writer is real brother of Nathuram Godse himself.
20. The year 2014 was ranked as the Earth's
hottest year since 1880 as per the two separate analyses done by National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) scientists and National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists.
21. Pope Francis has declared 17th century Indian
Priest and Missionary Joseph Vaz as Saint in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
22. Amitabh Bachchan was honoured with the Yash
Chopra Memorial Award on December 23, 2014.
23. Maithiripala Sirisena has sworn-in as
7th President of Sri
Lanka on January 10, 2015.
24. Sushaasan Express was flagged off by
the Union Ministry of Mines and Steel on December 25, 2014.
25. Union Ministry of Home Affairs set-up Mathur
Committee to examine the possibility of constitution of a Special
Investigation Team (SIT) for reinvestigation of the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases
on December 23, 2014. The committee will be headed by former Supreme Court
Judge Justice (retd.) GP Mathur.
26. The Union government launched Madan Mohan
Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching on December 25, 2014
27. India ranked 78th globally in Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI) list of 93 countries in
terms of talent competitiveness of its human capital. This GTCI list was
compiled by INSEAD Business School In partnership with Adecco and Human Capital
leadership institute of Singapore (HCLI). GTCI measures a nation's
competitiveness based on the quality of talent it can produce, attract and
retain.
28. In its World Economic Outlook report
released on January 20, 2015, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has
projected India to grow at 6.5% in 2016, overtaking China whose growth was
forecast to slow down to 6.3%.
World Economic Outlook is a survey
conducted and published by the International Monetary Fund. It is published
twice and partly updated 3 times a year.
29. Leading social networking website Twitter has
bought Indian mobile marketing start-up ZipDial on
January 20, 2015. It will be first Indian technology product startup to be bought by Twitter.
January 20, 2015. It will be first Indian technology product startup to be bought by Twitter.
30. The Union government has introduced a Rs. 900
Crore e-governance venture, Panch Deep, to automate all transactions
between the organizations and staff with regard to Staff State Insurance
Coverage Company (ESIC).
31. The team of researchers led by Gregory
Lanzaro of University of California-Davis have discovered a Hybrid Super
Mosquito in the West African country of Mali that is resistant to
insecticide-treated bed nets. The findings of this discovery were published in
the journal, ‘Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)’ on
January 6, 2015.
32. The World Health Organization released the
Global Status Report on Non-communicable diseases on January 19, 2015. As per
the report, every year, 16 million people die prematurely before the age of 70
from heart and lung diseases, stroke, cancer, and diabetes. Most of these
deaths are preventable.
33. Hyderabad-based Indian Immunological Limited
(IIIL) has launched ‘Raksha Blu’ India's first vaccine for ‘blue tongue’
disease prevalent among flocks of goats and sheep across the country.
34. According to trends in Global Carbon Dioxide
emissions, a record of 35.3 billion tones (Gt) Carbon Dioxide, which is 0.7 Gt
higher than last year, was released in 2014.
35. World's smallest Goanna lizard species
was discovered in Australia. The new species has been named Dampier Peninsula
Goanna while its scientific name is Varanus sparnus. The goanna lizard
weighs barely 16 grams.
36. Poland won its first Hopman Cup title,
beating the USA on January 10, 2015.
37. Andy Murray won the ATP World Tennis
Championship at Zayed Sports City in Abu Dhabi on January 4, 2015. He won the title
after the world number one Novak DJokovic withdrew from the final match citing
illness.
38. Australia won the Border-Gavaskar trophy
2014-15 played against India by 2-0. It was the four match test series.
The Border-Gavaskar Trophy is a Test
cricket series, played between India and Australia.
39. Australian cricketer Brett Lee announced his
retirement from all forms of cricket after a 20-year career on January 14,
2015.
40. Three-day Flamingo
Festival had concluded on January 12, 2015 at the famous brackish water of
Lake Pulicat in Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary located at Nellore district of Andhra
Pradesh. It will be hosted in Doravari Satram mandal, in Nellore district.
The festival provides a unique
opportunity for people, particularly ornithologists, environmentalists, bird
watchers, forest and tourism officials to study the biodiversity of Pulicat and
Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary.
41. Diplomatic community was formalised by
VIENNA convention. It protects diplomats from prosecution under host country’s
laws useful during conflicts or tense situations. Home country can waive if
diplomat has been involved in serious crime unconnected to work. But almost no
country does so.
42. Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill is pending
in Parliament. Constitution Amendment is required to pass it. It will not be
possible to roll out GST before 2017?
43. Ganga Devi (1928-1991) is one of the
most acclaimed Mithila artists of the 20th century. Her painting a
kohbar ghar has been seen in a room of the Crafts Museum in New Delhi in the
1980s. The walls of the room had been “painted from top to bottom by Ganga Devi
over a period of 3 to 4 months” despite suffering from cancer. It was in late
1980s. She was detected with cancer and the doctors suggested that she should
not be allowed to go back to Mithila as she needed regular chemotherapy. So she
was given some space at the Crafts Museum to stay and get herself treated.
Since she was in acute pain those days, she wanted to draw and also given her a
room to paint. Almost all the four walls of that room were painted by her from
the floor to the ceiling. The date of completion of the work as signed by her
on it was 1.1. 1990.
44. River Godavari was formally connected with
river Krishna in Andhra Pradesh in 1st river linkage on
September 16, 2015. The Pattiseema lift irrigation project will link the two rivers. The next river to be linked Ken (M.P.) and Betwa (U.P.) in December 2015.
September 16, 2015. The Pattiseema lift irrigation project will link the two rivers. The next river to be linked Ken (M.P.) and Betwa (U.P.) in December 2015.
The goal is to interlink major rivers to
eventually form a national water grid.
45. Gir National Park in Junagadh district of
Gujarat (India’s only Lion’s Sanctuary) celebrates of its establishment as a
sanctuary on september 18, 2015. It was notified as a sanctuary on September
18, 1965 with 174 lions. Now it has 523 lions.
46. Indian Institute of Horticulture Research
(ICAR) is stituated at Hessaraghatta Lake Post, Bengaluru, Karnataka.
47. Mullah Mansour, a kin of dead Mullah Umar, is
appointed as new Taliban Chief in Afghanistan. Mullah Umar died in
Pakistan.
48. A joint WHO-UNICEF report states that deaths
due to Malaria have plunged by 60% since 2000 and the numbers of malaria cases
have also dipped by 37% in 15 years. This means that the Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs) target about malaria to halt and begin to reverse incidences by
2015 have been met conveniently.
49. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) is the most
outstanding player of football in the world. He is again declared FIFA best
player of the game by FIFA for the year 2014. Land Messi (Argentina) the
next best player. Both play for Real Madria and Barcelona (Clubs in Spain)
respectively.
50. Jagmohan Dalmiya was the Chairman of
BCCI and Anurag Thakur is its Secretary. Jagmohan Dalmiya died of heart attack
on September 20, 2015.
51. SAFF Cup will be played in Pakistan later
this year, i.e., 2015.
52. According to some Ayurvedic doctors, Papaya
leaves (juice) and goat milk reduce the severity of the dreaded dengue disease
- raging in many parts of the country particularly in Delhi.
53. Arun Goel is the new Vice-chairman of
Delhi Development Authority (DDA).
54. IPDS stands for Integrated Power Development
Scheme under the Ministery of Power, Govt. of India.
55. According to a recent report published in
London, Delhi air will be world’s deadliest in 10 years followed by Mumbai and
Kolkata. Report says by 2025, nearly 32,000 people will die in Delhi solely due
to inhaling polluted air.
56. Incredible India is the caption
(Motto) of Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India.
57. Pansare, Dabholkar and Kalburgi, three
famous rationalists, were killed in 2013-15, allegedly by right wing
fundamentalists. Citing the lynching of Mohammad Akhlaq and the murders of
rationalists Narendra Dabholkar, Govind
Pansare and M M Kaburgi, the group voiced concern over the rising
intolerance in the country. “People are being murdered for their beliefs and
opinions. There has been no official condemnation of these groups (by the
government) and we question this silence,” said eminent documentary filmmaker
Anand Patwardhan on Wednesday while returning his National Award along with 9
others, including Dibakar Banerjee, Nishtha Jain, Anand Patwardhan and Rakesh
Sharma.
58. Poultry and Meat producing animals are being
pumped with antibiotics to fatten them up, seriously threatening human beings,
according to the State of the World Antibiotics report 2015 released on
September 17, 2015 in London.
59. The Dictionary of Obsecure Sorrows a
website acts as a ‘Compendium of invented words’ by John Koenig a graphic
designer, editor and voice performer. Each word on TDOOS, Koenig says, “aims to
fill a hole in the language, to give a name to emotions we all might
experiences hut do not yet have a word for a delightful website for
etymologists and wordsmiths”.
60. OROP : Stands for One Rank One Pension
for ex-servicemen, now accepted by Govt. of India.
61. India is the world’s antibiotic - popping
capital recording the highest number of such pills consumed annually 13 billion
against 10 billion in China and 7 billion in the USA, according to a recently
published State of the World Antibiotics report.
62. CDDEP : Stands for Centre for Disease
Dynamics, Economics and Policy based in Washington (USA).
63. The Union Government and the key Naga faction NSCN - (1M) on
August 3, 2015 signed a peace accord aimed at ending India’s longest running
insurgency, caping protracted peace tasks that began in 1997.
64. ISRO inks deals to launch 9 VS Satellites.
65. Salma Multipurpose Dam, a goodwill project
executed by the Indian Government in Afghanistan, is projected to be
constructed on Harirud river in 2016 across the river in the Herat Province of
Afghanistan.
66. PM Narendra Modi visited UAE on 16-17 August,
2015 for close partnership between UAE and India to counter. Terrorism and to
promote mutual cooperation between the two countries. Modi visited the world
famous Sheikh Zyad mosque in UAE.
67. Cochin to be first port operating on Solar
power.
68. Women to vote for the first time in national
elections in Saudi Arabia.
69. China starts construction of Asia’s
largest suspension bridge over Longjiang river in Yunnan province.
70. Ram Nath Kovind was appointed as the
new governor of poll-bound Bihar where election to Legistative Assembly to be
held in October - November, 2015.
71. Wes Craven, a mster of Cinematic horror, died
on August 30, 2015. He directed the famous Nightmare on Elim street.
72. Suhasini Haider, an editor of the Hindu
newspaper, was honoured will the Prem Bhatia Memorial Award for the Best
Political reporting in 2015.
73. Noted Mathematician Amalendu Krishna of the
TIFR, Mumbai is honoured with the Ramanujan Prize for 2015.
74. 25% of Indians may die of life style diseases
before they are 70, ascending to confederations of Indian Industry Academia published
on August 13, 2015.
75. China sets up world’s largest mosquito
factory in Guangzhou province to tackle dengue fever by releasing one million
sterilised mosquitoes everyweek in a bid to dilute their population with
insects that do not carry the disease.
76. Three years old boy, a child prodigy, becomes
Mayor of US town in Minnesota.
77. ‘The Devourers’ a book is written by
Indra Das - Knowledgeable strategy is written by Parag Kulkarni.
78. Kumar Sangakkara bids adieu to International
Cricket in the second test against India on August 24, 2015 at the P. Sara oval
stadium Colombo. He is the fifth biggest cover his tests after S.Tendulkar,
R.Pounting, J.Kallis, Rahul Dravid.
79. Deepak Joshi becomes International
outdoor Hockey Umpire in 2015.
80. Britain’s Andy Murray clinched the Montreal’s
masters single crown and Swiss Belinda Bencic won the single crown in women
category Montreal masters also known as the Rogers Cup-2015.
81. Roger Federer and Serena Williams were
eliminate single titles in 2015.
82. BWI world Badminton Championship is won by Carolina Marin of Spain defeating Saina
Nehwal of India in Jakarta. Men’s Singles title is won by Chen Long of China in
August, 2015.
83. Jason Day of Australia captured the coveted
Wanamaker Golf Trophy (USA) in 2015.
84. Sebestian Coe of Britain is new President of
International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
85. Pankaj Advani won World Red Snooker
Championship 2015 in Karachi.
86. Lewis Hamilton won the Belgian Grand Prix in 2015.
87. U
Mumba won the championship of the Pro-kabaddi League 2015 defeating
Bengaluru Bulls.
88. Ashwani Lohani is new chief of Air India.
89. Anupam
Kher has been appointed the ambassador of UN He For She Campaign.
90. Amitabh Bachchan is the Tiger Ambassador of
Maharashtra.
91. India successfully launched a new
communication satellite GSAT-6. It is the 25th geostationary communication
satellite of India by ISRO and 12th in the GSAT series. It was launched on
August 27, 2015.
92. The new CEO of google is Sundar Pichai.
93. Ranil Wickremesinghe of UNP is the new Prime
Minister of Sri Lanka. The present President of Sri Lanka is Maithripala
Sirisena.
94. Bollywood movie Phantom is banned in
Pakistan.
95. Noted Indian agricultural scientist Modadugu
Vijay Gupta and Ante Tong, the President of Kiribati Islands were honoured with
the first SUNHAK PEACE PRIZE on August 28, 2015 in Seoul - it is also compared
with Nobel Peace prize in South Korea.
96. According to world famous medical journal
LANCET published from London, working over 8 hrs. a day raises stroke risk by
33%.
97. Beijing wins the 2022 winter Olympics Hosting
Rights.
98. Joshna Chinappa of India won victoria open
squark championship in Melbourne in 2015.
99. Religion based Census figures of 2011 are
released by Government of India. They are as under :
Hindu - 79.8 %
Muslims - 14.2 %
Christian - 2.3 %
Sikh - 1.7 %
Buddhist - 0.7 %
Jain - 0.4 %
Other Religions & Persuasions - 0.7
%
Religion Not Stated - 0.2 %
Total population 121.09 crores.
Topmost 5 populated Countries : China,
India, USA, Indonesia, Brazil.
Top 5 least populated Countries : Tuvalu,
Nauru, Palau, San, Marino, Monaco
100. Kazakhstan is WTO 162nd member country.
101. India ranks 4th in Global Confidence survey
according to KPMG. The top three countries are China, Span and Italy.
102. NCD stands for Non-Communicable Diseases -
Cardiovascular diseases like heart attacks and Strokes, Cancers, Chronic
respiratory diseases, Diabetes.
103. India joins Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
(SCO). Sumit was held at Ufa (Russia) on July 9-10, 2015. P.M. Narendra Modi
led the Indian delegation.
104. Former President APJ Abdul Kalam passed away
after he collapsed during a lecture of the 11M-shillong on July 27, 2015. An
eminent Scientist and prolific writer, he is known as ‘The missile man’ of
India.
105. Conakry, the capital of the Republic of Guinea
was named as the World Book capital for 2017 by UNESCO in July, 2015.
106. Nobel Prize winner PETER HIGGS has joined the
ranks of Charles Darwin and Albert Eistein by winning the world’s
oldest scientific prize, the Royal Society’s Copley Medal. In July for his
pioneering work on the theory of the Higgs Boson, which was discovered in 2012.
107. World Car Free Day is observed on September 22
in order to fight traffic congestion and air pollution.
108. India remains the top supplier of experienced
doctors to OECD countries - 34 countries followed by Chinese. According to a
recant report, 86, 686 Indian expatriate doctors worked in OECD, which include
the US and EU bloc, during 2010 - up from 56,000 in 2000. The US employs 60% of
expert Indian doctors followed by UK. Phillippines provided the most number of
nurses at 2.21 lakh followed by India 70,471.
109. New York Yanikees Baseball icon Yogi Berra
died in september, 2015. He was 90.
110. Debutant Chaitanya Tamhane's National
award-winning Marathi film "Court", a poignant commentary on India's
judicial system, has been selected to officially represent the country in the
Best Foreign Film category at the 88th Oscars next year.
111. At least 717 piligrims were killed on September
24, 2015 in a stampede in Mina, a few kilometres east of the holy city of Mecca
(Saudi Arabia), in the worst disaster to strike the annual Haj pilgrimage in 25
years.
112. ICAR - Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley
Research is located at Karnal (Haryana).
113. The Central Head Quarters of Geological survey
of India is located in Kolkata (West Bengal).
114. Nepal promulgated its latest constitution,
seventh in its stumbling march towards “Sampoorna Loktantra” on September 20,
2015 nine years after people power ousted an entrenched monarchy - declaring
Nepal Secular Democratic Republic instead of a Hindu Rashtra- the only country
of the world having declared itself a Hindu Rashtra officially till now but cow
is still official animal of Nepal.
115. 42nd Edition of the World Bridge Championship
begins on September 26 in Chennai.
116. According to the latest World Bank Report,
Delhi’s air is worst among 381 cities in South Asian region followed by Karachi
(Pakistan). In India second most air polluted city, according to this report is
Patna followed by Gwalior and Raipur.
117. Sourav Ganguly, former Indian Captain will
succeed Jagmohan Dalmiya (now dead) at the helm of Cricket Association Bengal
(CAB).
118. The four czars of Information Technology in
Silicon Valley, USA are
Facebook CEO: Mark Zuckerberg
Apple CEO: Tim Cook
Google CEO: Sundar Pichai
Microsoft CEO: Satya Nadella
119. Anmol Swami from Meerut who lives in
Gandhinagay colony, received the title 'Meerut's
Google Boy' last year in 2014 by
a city-based school as at the age of 3, he remembered the name of the capitals
of almost all the countries in the world.
Kautilya
Pandit is a child prodigy from a Kohand village of Karnal district in the
Indian state of Haryana. He was born on 24 December 2007, in Kohand village of
Karnal district, siraha, India. Kautilya Pandit, aged about 6 years, (as of
2014) displays good memory power regarding current affairs, general knowledge
and geographical statistics. A series of T.V. shows displaying the memory power
of Kautilya Pandit have made him known as "wonder
kid" in Haryana and surrounding states and made him popular. He is
also nicknamed "Google boy".
120. Ravindra Jain (28 Feb. 1944 - 09 Oct.
2015) was an Indian music composer and lyricist. He won the Filmfare Best Music
Director Award in 1985. He was a well respected figure, and considered a role
model for many people, as he overcame his disability of blindness. He died on
9th October, 2015 in Mumbai's Lilawati hospital after prolonged illnesses.
121 Deepika
Padukone launched her foundation 'The Live Love Laugh'; a
not-for-profit organisation dedicated to addressing the issue of mental health
in India on World Mental Health Day in 10 October, 2015. The foundation's logo
is based on the idea of hope and freedom.
122. PARAM
Yuva-II: 44th most energy efficient supercomputer in the world.
123. AV
Magnivisualizer: Indigenous Device to Detect Cervical Cancer.
124. Fuel
Cell is a device that converts chemical energy to electrical energy.
125. European Space Agency launches GAIA to Map Milky Way.
126. The
world's oldest bible is among 200 objects tracing Egypt's religious
evolution in an exhibition at London's British Museum, which opens Friday and
spans the 1,200 years since Cleopatra's death.
127. A man hailing from Odisha performing amazing
job of breaking green coconuts with elbow. The person named Keshab Swain has
smashed 92 green coconuts within a minute by means of his elbow. This amazing
feat has got his name registered in the Guinness World Records book.
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