Foreign Secretary Shringla Set to Visit Nepal on November 26-27
Shringla will be in Nepal from 26 to 27 November and this will be his first such visit to the country after taking charge as the Foreign secretary.
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India to Export $1.5 Billion Worth Smartphones this Year, Samsung Leads
The exports of smartphones from India is expected to cross $1.5 billion by value this year – constituting 98 per cent of the total mobile phones exported out of the country, a new report said on Monday.
Astra Air Combat Missile to be Soon Tested from Tejas Fighter
The integration of the Astra beyond visual range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM), which flies over four times the speed of sound at Mach 4.5, on the Tejas and the “initial ground trials” are virtually complete now. “The flight trials of the indigenous missile on the indigenous fighter will begin within the next few months,” said a source on Thursday.
India to Launch ₹ 4,000 Cr ‘Deep Sea Mission’ to Explore Minerals, Marine Life, Energy
India will soon launch an ambitious ‘Deep Ocean Mission’ that envisages exploration of minerals, energy and marine diversity of the underwater world, a vast part of which still remains unexplored, a top official of the Ministry of Earth Sciences said.
55% of Modi Govt’s Top Secretaries have Science Background, About Half of them IITians
In the current administration, 46 of the 84 secretaries studied science before joining the civil service — 28 are engineers, while the rest studied Zoology, Biotechnology, Physics and Botany. There is also an MBBS doctor and an Ayurveda doctor. ThePrint collected this information from government websites and other sources in the public domain.
Scientists Devise A New Tool to Fight Diarrhea
A team of researchers at DBT-National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (DBT-NABI), Mohali, has come up with a solution. They have developed a probe based on assDNAaptamer. Aptamers are low molecular weight biomolecules widely used for bio-detection as they are stable, sensitive, selective, have low cost, and low batch to batch variation. They interact directly with the cell surface of the target rather than the nucleic acids and thus have the potential for whole bacteria detection.
Stolen Statue of Hindu Goddess to be Returned to India from Canada
After the UK returned four antique idols this year, a stone statue of Hindu goddess Annapoorna that had allegedly stolen over a century ago and transported to Canada will be back in its country, India.
Nod for Ayurveda Doctors to Do Surgeries
The notification dated November 19 listed the procedures that will be included in the PG training of Ayurveda doctors by amending the Indian Medicine Central Council (Post Graduate Ayurveda Education) Regulations, 2016. It stated that the amendments were being made with the sanction of the central government.
Indian Army Deploys Tunnel Defences in Ladakh
On August 29-30, the Indian Army troops along with Special Frontier Force (SFF) occupied positions on the Line of Control (LoC) south of Pangong Tso lake on the Kailash Range ridgeline for the first since 1962. Indian Army has already dismissed the PLA energy weapon report as fake news.
71% Indians Boycotted Chinese Goods this Diwali
The survey — conducted by the community social media platform among 14,000 Indian consumers spread over 204 districts — shows only 29 per cent of consumers purchased one or more China-made products. Of these, 11 per cent were unaware while purchasing them, while 16 per cent were informed buyers.