Antarctic Detector Confirms Cosmic Neutrino Sighting

IMAGE: A A HIGH-ENERGY NEUTRINO EVENT OF THE NORTHERN SKY SUPERIMPOSED ON A VIEW OF THE ICECUBE LAB AT THE SOUTH POLE.(CREDIT: ICECUBE COLLABORATION) Researchers using the IceCube Neutrino Observatory have sorted through the billions of subatomic particles that zip through its frozen cubic-kilometer-sized detector each year to gather powerful new evidence in support of 2013 […]

India Seeks to Block Onion Exports, Increase Imports to Control Price

With onion prices rising to rs.80, the government has put in export control price at US$750 per ton.

India Seeks to Block Onion Exports, Increase Imports to Control Price

With the onion prices skyrocketing, the Indian government has cracked whip on rising prices of onions in the country going for a faster track imports and a tender has been floated for 10,000 MT of Onions which will be opened on 27th August, 2015. Currently, the onion prices are in the range of Rs. 80 (US$1.2) […]

Why OROP Issue Was a Pre-poll Harakiri by BJP?

The government has no choice but to implement OROP. The question is from where will the finance minister draw the funds?

The One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme that was hanging on the Finance Ministry for over five years, both the Congress-led UPA government and the BJP-led NDA government under Narendra Modi should own the responsibility for perpetuating it despite full knowledge that it was beyond mere political calculations involving a huge dent on the exchequer. […]

Supreme Court relents, Allows CBSE 2 Months to Hold AIPMT 2015

Following the CBSE’s inability to conduct the cancelled AIPMT 2015 entrance exam within a month, the Supreme Court on Friday gave two months time to the Board to conduct the exam, preferably before August 16. Following paper leak and mass copying reports, the apex court cancelled the AIPMT held on May 3 and asked the […]

Prabhu Deva’s ‘ABCD2’ Gets Less Flak

Prabhu Deva’s ‘ABCD2’ Gets Less Flak

  Remo D’souza’s directorial “AnyBody Can Dance 2”, released on Friday June 19 all over the country, did not make a high decible noise but went off well with known dance fame figures such as Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor, Prabhudeva, Lauren Gottlieb and dancers from Dharmesh to Punit Pathak from ‘Dance India Dance’ fame. Varun […]

Choice Based Credit System Not to Hamper Academic Liberty, Clarifies UGC

The UGC has clarified that the introduction of Choice Based Credit System will not in any way hamper the academic liberal environment of the universities, despite rumblings from several institutions and universities in the country. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has been trying to introduce the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) for quite some time […]

Ramzan 2015: Muslims’ Month-Long Fast Begins

Ramzan, the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, began on Thursday with Muslims observing daytime fasting and converging in Iftar parties in the night to break their day-long fast, an occasion for both social gatherings and religious get-together. President of India Pranab Mukherjee has greeted all fellows Muslims on the occasion of the commencement […]

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