2827
October 29 : International Internet Day 2017
The Internet Day celebration in its first edition took place on October 25, 2005.Internet Day aims to show the possibilities offered by new technologies to improve the standard of living of peoples and their citizens by giving them more understanding of technology and its functions.
Tue, 31 Oct, 2017
2826
India tops list of new TB cases in 2016: WHO
India topped the list of seven countries, accounting for 64 per cent of the 10.4 million new tuberculosis (TB) cases worldwide in 2016, according to a new report by the World Health Organisation.
Tue, 31 Oct, 2017
2825
Kilogram will get a new measure from 2019
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In 2019, the kilogram will get more accurate. For 125 years, a salt-shaker-sized cylinder housed at the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM), Paris and weighing exactly a kilogram served as the definition of the measure.
Tue, 31 Oct, 2017
2824
New AI system to evaluate brain maturity in preterm infants
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Researchers at University of Helsinki a in Finland developed a software based on machine learning, which can independently interpret EEG signals from a premature infant and generate an estimate of the brain’s functional maturity.
Tue, 31 Oct, 2017
2823
IIT Bombay makes analog device that mimics neurons
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This silicon neuron is an analog device that mimics the biological neuron in that it fires a spiky signal when it detects simultaneously occurring inputs from outside.
Tue, 31 Oct, 2017
2822
Portable ultrasound device can spot cancer
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This machine can help detect cancer easily at home.The machine called Butterfly IQ is a pocket-sized ultrasound device, which is the size and shape of an electric razor.
Tue, 31 Oct, 2017
2821
IIT Madras develops extremely water-repellent coating
Nanocellulose-based liquid dispersion that renders the coated surface extremely water repellent — superhydrophobic with water contact angle more than 160 degrees — has been developed by a team of researchers led by Prof. T. Pradeep from the Department of Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras.
Tue, 31 Oct, 2017
2820
Concentration of CO2 in atmosphere hits record high: UN
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The concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere has hit a new high, the UN said , warning that drastic action is needed to achieve targets set by the Paris climate agreement.
Tue, 31 Oct, 2017
2819
First zero-emission hydrogen-powered tram launched in China
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It has three carriages with 66 seats and can run for 40 kilometers at a maximum speed of 70 kilometers per hour consuming 12 kilograms of hydrogen. It can be refueled in just 15 minutes.
Tue, 31 Oct, 2017
2818
World's fastest, shortest laser pulse created
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Scientists have successfully created the worlds shortest X-ray laser pulse with a duration of just 43 attoseconds, an advance that will allow us to observe electrons in slow motion.
Tue, 31 Oct, 2017
2817
India's 1st wheat shipment to Afghanistan via Chabahar port
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India sent its first consignment of wheat to Afghanistan through the Chabahar port in Iran, seen as a “landmark” move to operationalise the new strategic transit route, bypassing Pakistan.
Tue, 31 Oct, 2017
2816
October 27 : Infantry Day
Infantry Day is celebrated on 27 Oct 2017 since on this momentous day in 1947 the first contingent of infantary landed at Srinagar Airfield and fought a courageous battle to save Kashmir Valley from intruders.
Tue, 31 Oct, 2017
2815
Four Asian vulture species now on highest protection list
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Several species of vultures, including four that have India on their migratory routes, were awarded the highest protection by the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals.
Tue, 31 Oct, 2017
2814
OPV Vikram : First defence vessel built in private shipyard
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First Offshore Patrol Vessel, ICG Vikram a 100% in-house design made by an Indian private sector for Indian Coast Guard and L&T the manufacturer gave the world the first look with pride and in record time.
Tue, 31 Oct, 2017
2813
Scientists link new virus to kala-azar
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Researchers have stumbled upon tantalizing evidence of an unknown virus that may be responsible for the persistence of kala-azar or visceral leishmaniasis, a parasite infection that has sickened thousands of Indians for over a century.
Tue, 31 Oct, 2017
2812
RNA editing tool to help combat genetic disease
Scientists have created a new gene editing tool that tweaks the individual RNA ‘letters’ in human cells without making changes to the entire genome, paving the way for therapies that can reverse mutations.The tool was developed by scientists from The Broad Institute and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Tue, 31 Oct, 2017
2811
October 27: World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
The World Day for Audiovisual Heritage takes place every 27 October. This commemorative day was chosen by UNESCO in 2005 to raise of awareness of the significance of and preservation risks recorded sound and audiovisual documents.
Tue, 31 Oct, 2017
2810
Global Passport Power Rank 2017: India ranks 75
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The Passport Index's Global Passport Power Rank 2017 has ranked India at a lowly 75th position. Singapore, for the first time, has topped the Index.
Tue, 31 Oct, 2017
2809
Scientists develop new tool to improve monsoon forecast
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The researchers from Florida State University in the U.S. developed a method that uses rainfall rates to mark the span of the Indian Summer Monsoon (ISM) at any given location throughout the affected region.
Tue, 31 Oct, 2017
2808
First Meeting of BIMSTEC Task Force on Traditional Medicine
The first-ever meeting of BIMSTEC Task Force on Traditional Medicine (BITFM) was held at Parvasi Bhartiya Kendra in New Delhi. It was organized by Union Ministry of AYUSH.
Tue, 31 Oct, 2017
2806
World's oldest maritime astrolabe found in shipwreck
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.Astrolabes are comparatively rare, and while others have been cataloged, this is the earliest find by several decades. The astrolabe was recovered from a Portuguese explorer which sank during a storm in the Indian Ocean in 1503
Wed, 25 Oct, 2017
2805
Jurassic era lizard fossil discovered for 1st time in India
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A team of Indian researchers found the fossil of ichthyosaur prowled the deep, dark waters more than 150 million years ago. The fossil is believed to be the first Jurassic ichthyosaur found in India, from the Kutch area.
Wed, 25 Oct, 2017
2804
CSIR scientists develop organic near infrared filter
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Organic near infrared filter developed by scientists can also have applications in security and forensics such as identifying blood stains on a dark fabric, which would otherwise remain invisible to the naked eye.
Wed, 25 Oct, 2017
2803
Mystery hole the size of West Bengal found in Antarctica
A team comprised of scientists from the University of Toronto and the Southern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observations and Modeling (SOCCOM) project found the hole during one of the monitoring exercises with the help of satellite technology.
Wed, 25 Oct, 2017
2802
Paul Weitz: First commander of the space shuttle Challenger.
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Paul Joseph Weitz (July 25, 1932 – October 22, 2017) was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, who flew into space twice.
Wed, 25 Oct, 2017
2801
Stephen Hawking's PhD thesis goes online, crashes website.
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Stephen Hawking's PhD thesis "Properties of Expanding Universes", has caused the University of Cambridge's website to crash after being made freely available to the general public for the first time.
Wed, 25 Oct, 2017
2800
Insect population decreased by 75% in the last 20 years
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The researchers discovered an average decline of 76 per cent in the total insect mass. In the middle of summer, when insect numbers peak, the decline was even more severe at 82 per cent
Wed, 25 Oct, 2017
2799
Peru approves medicinal use of marijuana
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The Peruvian Congress has approved a bill that authorises the medicinal and therapeutic use of cannabis and its derivatives in the country
Wed, 25 Oct, 2017
2798
Cave found on moon could one day house humans!
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Japan's space agency has unearthed a space cave on the moon and it is huge! The 50 kilometre long and 100 metre wide cave is believed to be a lava tube created by volcanic activity which took place about 3.5 billion years ago.
Wed, 25 Oct, 2017
2797
October 24 : World Polio Day
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World Polio Day (24 October) was established by Rotary International to commemorate the birth of Jonas Salk, who led the first team to develop a vaccine against poliomyelitis.
Wed, 25 Oct, 2017
2796
Geoffrey Chaucer : The father of English literature
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Geoffrey Chaucer ( c. 1343 – 25 October 1400), known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages. He was the first poet to be buried in Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey.
Wed, 25 Oct, 2017
2795
South Asia’s first Ro-Ro ferry service launched in Gujarat
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated first phase of Ro-Ro ferry service between Ghogha in Bhavnagar district and Dahej in Bharuch district in the Gulf of Cambay, Gujarat. It is South Asia’s first world class Ro-Ro ferry service.
Wed, 25 Oct, 2017
2794
India’s 1st Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra inaugurated.
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The main aim behind the move is to bring momentum in skilling through collaborative efforts.The Centre is emphasizing on the commitment of the Union Government to support skilling in smart cities.
Wed, 25 Oct, 2017
2793
October 24 : United Nations Day
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United Nations Day is devoted to making known to people of the world the aims and achievements of the United Nations Organization. United Nations Day is part of United Nations Week, which runs from 20 to 26 October.
Wed, 25 Oct, 2017
2792
Only 6 per cent of Nobel Prize winners are female
There have been 881 Nobel Prize winners from the time that the first one was given out in 1901. Shockingly enough, less than 50 of them have been women. Moreover, in some fields of expertise, the dry spell has been carrying on for decades altogether.
Wed, 25 Oct, 2017
2791
More species of snakehead fish found
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A global collaborative initiative involving as many as 10 scientific institutions has barcoded these freshwater fish varieties, which got their name from their unique snakelike snout.
Wed, 25 Oct, 2017
2790
IIT H : Researchers use jamun seeds for water purification
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Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad have used activated jamun seed powder to bring the fluoride content in drinking water to less than the WHO limit of 1.5 mg per litre.
Wed, 25 Oct, 2017
2789
Space junk: which country has the most satellite debris?
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Satellite debris and a collection of other man-made objects which orbit the earth may harm satellites, space stations which are now in operation. Russia leads the list by having 15,117 Number of junk objects in space.
Wed, 25 Oct, 2017
2788
131 years ago, young Spanish astronomer records solar flare
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Scientists have uncovered a research paper describing a solar flare that was observed by a 17-year-old amateur astronomer, with a modest telescope, 131 years ago in Spain.
Wed, 25 Oct, 2017
2787
Floating food may turn culinary fad
Researchers from University of Sussex in the UK discovered how to tune high frequency sound waves to make almost any foodstuff float - provided that it was no bigger than a pea. Acoustic levitation works by creating a powerful “standing wave” of sound. This can trap objects in a kind of cage of sound waves.
Wed, 25 Oct, 2017
2786
Narrow rings of comets spotted forming planets
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Scientists using NASA telescopes have spotted narrow dense rings of comets coming together to form massive planets on the outskirts of at least three distant solar systems.
Wed, 25 Oct, 2017
2785
IISc: new tool to diagnose malaria
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By studying the properties of normal red blood cells (RBCs) and parasite-infected RBCs, scientists at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, (IISc) have developed a new diagnostic tool for early detection of malaria.
Wed, 25 Oct, 2017
2784
Self-taught programme beats humans at Go game
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Researchers at DeepMind, a company that specialises in developing artificial intelligence, have succeeded in developing a programme – AlphaGoZero – that can beat human players at the Go game.
Wed, 25 Oct, 2017
2783
IIT teams use plant extract, heat to kill skin cancer cells
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Nanoparticle formulation of a chlorophyll-rich biomolecular extract of an Indian medicinal plant Anthocephalus cadamba combined with a near-infrared dye has been found to selectively kill skin cancer cells.
Wed, 25 Oct, 2017
2782
Mars has ideal conditions to produce oxygen from CO2: study
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According to researchers from University of Porto in Portugal and Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, Mars has 96 per cent carbon dioxide (CO2) in its atmosphere.
Wed, 25 Oct, 2017
2781
Denmark Open: Kidambi Srikanth wins third Super Series title
Kidambi Srikanth clinched his third Super Series Premier title with a dominating straight-game victory over Korean veteran Lee Hyun II in a lopsided final of the USD 750,000 Denmark Open.
Tue, 24 Oct, 2017
2780
October 24 : World Development Information Day
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World Development Information Day is celebrated on October 24 to draw the attention of world public-opinion each year to development problems and the necessity of strengthening international co-operation to solve them.
Tue, 24 Oct, 2017
2779
HRD Ministry pushes for cash-free campuses
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Pushing campuses across the country to switch to digital payments mode, the NDA government has decided that higher educational institutions should carry out all monetary transactions using digital modes of payment.
Tue, 24 Oct, 2017
2778
October 23 : National Mole Day
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National Mole Day is celebrated annually on the 23rd of October since early 1980s. Ever since then, the National Mole Day Foundation has been continuing to get all people enthused about Chemistry, and of course, about the day's importance.
Tue, 24 Oct, 2017
2777
NASA extends Dawn mission at dwarf planet Ceres
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NASA has approved a second extension of the Dawn mission at Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Tue, 24 Oct, 2017
2776
October 21: Police Commemoration Day
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This day is observed as the Police Commemoration Day every year since 1959 in memory of the police personnel killed by Chinese troops in Ladakh.
Tue, 24 Oct, 2017
2773
Jaipur and Srinagar Airport ranked 1st and 2nd in ACI Survey
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AAI-owned Jaipur and Srinagar airports have been ranked among the best aerodromes in the world in the 2-5 million passengers per annum category by the Airport Council International (ACI).
Sun, 22 Oct, 2017
2772
Sawfish more threatened than tigers, say scientists
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have been sighted off the Indian coast less than 10 times in over a decade and they appear to be more threatened than tigers and elephants, say marine scientists as the world observed the first Sawfish Day.
Sun, 22 Oct, 2017
2771
India tops list of pollution-linked deaths: Study
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With 2.51 million deaths in 2015, India has been ranked No. 1 in pollution related deaths, according to a report by The Lancet Commission on pollution and health.
Sun, 22 Oct, 2017
2770
1st All India Institute of Ayurveda dedicated to the nation
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on dedicated first All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) in New Delhi to the nation on the occasion of National Ayurveda Day observed on the occasion of Dhanwantari Jayanti (17 October 2017).
Sun, 22 Oct, 2017
2769
New species of large gecko discovered from Eastern Ghats
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Researchers, led by Zeeshan Mirza of the National Centre for Biological Sciences, discovered the gecko from Chhattisgarh’s Kanger Ghati National Park.
Sun, 22 Oct, 2017
2768
October 17 : Black Poetry Day
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Black Poetry Day is observed annually on October 17. This day celebrates the importance of black heritage and literacy and the contributions made by black poets. It is a day to appreciate black authors.
Sun, 22 Oct, 2017
2767
Magic mushrooms may reset depressed brains
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The findings demonstrated that Psilocybin mushrooms, also known as psychedelic mushrooms, effectively reset the activity of key brain circuits known to play a role in depression.
Sun, 22 Oct, 2017
2766
October 17 : World Trauma Day
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Every year, 17th October is celebrated as World Trauma Day. This day highlights the increasing rate of accidents and injuries causing death and disability across the world and the need to prevent them.
Sun, 22 Oct, 2017
2765
Eating broccoli cuts risk of arthritis, heart disease
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You may need to include broccoli, cauliflower and sprouts in your diet daily, as it can help in prevention from arthritis to heart disease by keeping the gut healthy, suggests a recent study.
Sun, 22 Oct, 2017
2764
Studio for Electronic Music-- first ever modern music studio
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The Studio for Electronic Music of West German Radio (WDR) in Cologne was the first kind of electronic music studio in the world and marks a milestone in the development of music in the second half of the 20th century.
Sun, 22 Oct, 2017
2763
New genetic signature for autism
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Patterns found in autistic children’s genomes have revealed a new genetic signature for the disorder. The signature helps explain cases that don’t have other genetic markers of autism.
Sun, 22 Oct, 2017
2762
Sugar awakens cancer cells
A nine-year joint research project conducted by VIB, KU Leuven and VUB has established a link between sugar and cancer. For a while, scientists have known about the Warburg effect, a phenomenon in which cancer cells rapidly break down sugars and stimulate tumour growth.
Sun, 22 Oct, 2017
2761
Scientists make ‘mantis shrimp’ cam
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Scientists have developed an ultra-sensitive camera that mimics the eye of the mantis shrimp and can potentially improve early cancer detection.The camera, developed by researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the U.S.
Sun, 22 Oct, 2017
2760
An automatic system to solve office thermostat wars
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Scientists have developed a system that can automatically optimise the indoor conditions, including air quality, temperature and lighting according to each worker’s needs.
Sun, 22 Oct, 2017
2759
The first ever global Zoonotic TB roadmap
The first-ever road map to combat animal tuberculosis (bovine TB) and its transmission to humans, referred to as zoonotic TB, was launched at the 48th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Guadalajara, Mexico this week.
Sun, 22 Oct, 2017
2758
IIT Madras develops algorithms that learn like humans
DeepMind, the company which was acquired by Google, produced an algorithm called AlphaGo that beat the world’s number one at the Go game. called deep reinforcement learning, is being further developed by IIT Madras researchers to construct their own algorithm to play not just the Go game, but for more complex tasks.
Sun, 22 Oct, 2017
2757
Nobel-winning team spots merging neutron stars
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The LIGO-VIRGO collaboration, three members of which won this year’s physics Nobel Prize, strikes again, this time, to detect the merger of two neutron stars — extremely dense, massive but tiny, objects.
Sun, 22 Oct, 2017
2756
US author George Saunders wins 2017 Man Booker Prize
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The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original novel, written in the English language and published in the UK. The winner of the Man Booker Prize is generally assured international success
Sun, 22 Oct, 2017
2755
INS Kiltan commissioned into Indian Navy in Visakhapatnam
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Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman commissioned the third of four indigenously built Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) stealth corvettes “INS Kiltan” under Project 28 (Kamorta class) into the Indian Navy at Visakhapatnam’s Naval Dockyard.
Sun, 22 Oct, 2017
2754
October 16 : World Food Day
World Food Day is celebrated every year around the world on 16 October in honor of the date of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1945. The day is celebrated widely by many other organisations concerned with food security, including the World Food Programme and the International Fund for Agricultural Development.
Sun, 22 Oct, 2017
2753
Kavita Devi becomes first Indian woman to sign for WWE
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Kavita Devi, formerly a powerlifter, became the first Indian woman to sign up for the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). After The Great Khali and Jinder Mahal ,it is now the turn of Kavita to take India’s flag into the ring.
Sun, 22 Oct, 2017
2752
October 15: International Day of Rural Women
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The International Day of Rural Women is observed every year on October 15 to recognize the crucial role and contribution of rural women.
Sun, 22 Oct, 2017
2751
Planet Nine does exist in solar system: NASA
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The elusive ‘Planet Nine’ does exist, and may be 10 times the mass of the Earth and 20 times away from the Sun than Neptune, NASA scientists say.
Sun, 22 Oct, 2017
2750
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam : Missile Man of India
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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (15 October 1931 – 27 July 2015), was the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. A career scientist turned statesman, Kalam was born and raised in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, and studied physics and aerospace engineering.
Sun, 22 Oct, 2017
2749
Nain Singh Rawat: first of the 19th century Indian explorers
Nain Singh Rawat (October 21, 1830 - February 1, 1882) was one of the first of the 19th century Indian explorers who explored the Himalayas for the British.He hailed from the Johar Valley of Kumaon. He mapped the trade route through Nepal to Tibet, determined for the first time the location and altitude of Lhasa, and mapped a large section of the Brahmaputra
Sun, 22 Oct, 2017
2748
World’s largest combustion research centre at IIT Madras
National Centre for Combustion Research and Development (NCCRD) was inaugurated at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras in Tamil Nadu. It is world’s largest combustion research centre and one of best diagnostic centres in the country to understand combustion.
Sun, 22 Oct, 2017
2747
Audrey Azoulay elected as Director General of UNESCO
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UNESCO’s executive board today chose former French Culture Minister Audrey Azoulay to be the UN cultural agency’s next leader over a Qatari candidate in an unusually heated race overshadowed by Mideast tensions.
Sun, 22 Oct, 2017
2746
October 14: World Standards Day
World Standards Day (or International Standards Day) is celebrated internationally each year on 14 October.The aim of World Standards Day is to raise awareness among regulators, industry and consumers as to the importance of standardization to the global economy.
Sun, 22 Oct, 2017
2745
Experimental Ebola Vaccine Found To Be Safe In Humans: Study
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Two experimental vaccines against the Ebola virus have demonstrated both safety and the ability to elicit an immune response that would last for at least one year, results of a clinical trial have shown.
Sun, 22 Oct, 2017
2744
October 13: International Day for Disaster Reduction
The International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) encourages every citizen and government to take part in building more disaster resilient communities and nations.
Sun, 22 Oct, 2017
2741
Wind energy has the potential to power the world: Study
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Researchers at the Carnegie Institution for Science, US have found that higher wind speeds over the open seas could produce five times as much energy as wind turbines over land.
Sun, 15 Oct, 2017
2740
Pluto's neighbour, the exotic Haumea has a ring around it
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Astronomers discovered the first-known 'egg' that later became an official dwarf planet, called 'Haumea' to have unexpected thin ring-like bands made up of particles and debris, circling around it.
Sun, 15 Oct, 2017
2739
October 12 : World Sight Day
World Sight Day, observed annually on the second Thursday of October, is a global event meant to draw attention on blindness and vision impairment. It was originally initiated by the SightFirstCampaign of Lions Club International Foundation in 2000.
Sun, 15 Oct, 2017
2738
Margaret Thatcher : Britain's first woman Prime Minister
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Margaret Thatcher (13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013) has the distinction of being Europe's first woman prime minister. Thatcher was also the only British prime minister in the 20th century to win three consecutive terms.
Sun, 15 Oct, 2017
2737
16 balsam species found in 5 years in Arunachal
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The species was discovered from Arunachal Pradesh’s Anjaw district, one of India’s easternmost. Impatiens walongensis is the latest but not the only new discovery of balsam in Arunachal Pradesh.
Sun, 15 Oct, 2017
2736
October 11: International Day of the Girl Child
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International Day of the Girl Child is an international observance day declared by the United Nations; October 11, 2012, was the first Day of the Girl. The observation supports more opportunity for girls and increases awareness of gender inequality.
Sun, 15 Oct, 2017
2735
India’s first STP under Hybrid Annuity Mode
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India’s first Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) under Hybrid Annuity Mode will come up in Haridwar (Uttarakhand) and Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh).
Sun, 15 Oct, 2017
2734
Japan launches fourth satellite for high-precision GPS
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Japan on Tuesday launched a fourth satellite for a new high-precision global positioning system (GPS) it hopes will encourage new businesses and help spur economic growth.
Sun, 15 Oct, 2017
2733
India’s first ever goal in FIFA World Cup
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Jeakson Singh scored India's first ever goal in a FIFA World Cup. The night ended cruelly for India though as Colombia grabbed the winner a minute after Jeakson's goal.
Sun, 15 Oct, 2017
2732
Seaweed energy to save the world than solar or wind energy
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The US Department of Energy is pushing the future of renewable sources on quite an intriguing form of energy. Seaweed can be processed into a bio-fuel that could be used to power our homes and vehicles.
Sun, 15 Oct, 2017
2731
IISER Bhopal employs new strategies to fight breast cancer
A team of researchers led by Dr. Sanjeev Shukla from the Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Bhopal, has been able to reverse aerobic glycolysis by inhibiting DNA methylation or reducing the expression of BORIS (Brother of Regulator of Imprinted Sites) gene.
Sun, 15 Oct, 2017
2730
First BIMSTEC Disaster Management exercise held in New Delhi
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India's National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is going to conduct a disaster management exercise next month in New Delhi with BIMSTEC countries, the Home Ministry said.
Sun, 15 Oct, 2017
2729
Rare Mahatma Gandhi stamps sold for 500,000 pounds in UK
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A set of four rare stamps which feature the portraits of Mahatma Gandhi has been auctioned for a record-breaking 500,000 British Pounds in UK. This is the highest price ever paid for Indian stamps!
Sun, 15 Oct, 2017
2728
Surgical glue seals wounds in 60 seconds!
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Biomedical engineers from the University of Sydney and the United States collaborated on the development of the potentially life-saving surgical glue, called MeTro.This has the ability to be squirted into a wound, seal it in 60 seconds
Sun, 15 Oct, 2017
2727
IISc team fabricates nanomaterial to treat Parkinson’s
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A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru has fabricated a metal oxide nanomaterial that is capable of mimicking all three major cellular antioxidant enzymes, by controlling the level of reactive oxygen species inside cells.
Sun, 15 Oct, 2017
2726
IIT-K: Antibodies to treat a few genetic diseases
Inherited genetic diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa and nephrogenic diabetes may become treatable if the initial results achieved by a team of researchers led by Prof. Arun Shukla from the Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur.
Sun, 15 Oct, 2017
2725
Air pollution affects children’s memory: Study
The study published in the journal Environmental Pollution , led by researchers from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) in Spain, assessed the impact of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and black carbon during the walking commute to and from school.
Sun, 15 Oct, 2017
2724
Fridtjof Nansen : Legendary adventurer
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Fridtjof Nansen (10 October 1861 – 13 May 1930) was a Norwegian explorer, humanitarian, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.He explored the world’s unknown terrain and broke new ground as an international humanitarian.
Sun, 15 Oct, 2017
2723
Richard H.Thaler wins 2017 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.
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US academic Richard Thaler, who helped popularise the idea of “nudging” people towards doing what was best for them, won the 2017 Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for his work on how human nature affects supposedly rational markets.
Sun, 15 Oct, 2017
