(The Hindu) 25 years of the Hubble Space Telescope
23rd April 2015 25 years of the Hubble Space Telescope Joint Venture of NASA & ESA (European Space Agency) Launched on 24 Apr. 1990 by space shuttle ‘ Discovery’ Orbit – 552 Km above...
Author: Abhishek Baghele
(The Hindu) NGOs : The good, bad and the ugly
22nd April 2015 NGOs : The good, bad and the ugly Planning commission (erstwhile) had built the groundwork for this in the National Policy on Voluntary Sector, 2007 and had come up with a...
(21st Apr. 2015 – The Hindu) No Frisson in talks over Fission
NPT Review will take place in New York from Apr 27 – May 22. Significant Anniversaries 100th – Use of chemical weapons in Ypres, Belgium. 70th – Bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki. 20th –...
(19th Apr 2015 – The Hindu) Total Ban on Child Labour is a must
A TOTAL BAN ON CHILD LABOUR IS A MUST : SATYARTHI Census 2011 – India has over 4 million working children. (2008 -12) – 45,269 cases of child labour reported – Only 7% (3,394)...
(18th Apr – The Hindu) Trade Deficit Widens, Broadband,
Trade Deficit Widens : Export declined 1.2 % to 310.5 b $ Import declined 0.6 % to 447.6 b $ Trade deficit widens = 137 b $ (2013-14) against = 135 .8 b $...
(17th Apr – The Hindu) (India – Canada) Canada Connection
(India – Canada) Canada Connection: PM’s visit to Canada – 06 major areas of bilateral cooperation : 1) Civil Aviation 2) Railways 3) Education 4) Space 5) Social security 6) Health In addition, to...
(16th Apr – The Hindu) Tale of two countries (India – China), Solar power steam in more states
A tale of two countries (IND – CHN) – China’s compounded annual growth rate was over 10% b/w 1990 – 2013. & India achieved best 9% GR b/w 2003-09. Literacy level: India – 74...
(15th April 2015 – The Hindu) IMF- world economic outlook release, Savage new world of terrorism
~ IMF —> World Economic Outlook release India GR 2014 (7.2%) , 2015 (7.5%), 2016 (7.5%) World Bank —————–> 7.5% For 1st time sine 1999, India’s GR > CHina’s (Consumption led growth) >—From —India...
(14th April – 2015 – The Hindu) Civil nuclear Deal , Indian penal code 1860
India and Australia signed ” Civil Nuclear Deal” in September 2014 Enable Aus to supply uranium to India. Yet to be notified by Australian parliament Feb 15, Several hearings at joint Parliamentary committee Main...
(April 13th – The Hindu) Haryana gets its 1st village secretariat, Robust economy in Afghanistan
Haryana gets its 1st village secretariat in Jind Each village of Haryana will soon have its own secretariat which will ensure people get better access to various govt. schemes. Don’t have to visit dist....
