Friday 17 February 2017

QUESTIONS ON New Marriage Bill seeks to check extravagant spending in weddings

1: How  to put a cap on extravagant spending in Indian weddings by ........
A] limiting the number of guests
B] increasing number of the dishes in the menu
C] decorating hall as normal 
D] All of the Above

Wednesday 15 February 2017

Freedom fighter Pandit passes away

MARGAO: Madhav Pandit, a freedom fighter and educationist, died after a brief illness at Margao on Wednesday morning. He was 82. The funeral rites were performed at the Hindu crematorium, Margao, later in the day. Originally hailing from Khandepar, Ponda, Pandit was among the freedom

ORNL wins 4 awards for technology transfer

Two of the awards went to innovations in the field of mass spectrometry, a method of measuring the characteristics of individual molecules. William Whitten, an ORNL senior research scientist developed the "Miniature Ion Trap Mass Analyzer" with Michael Ramsey, formerly of ORNL and now with 908 Devices, the technology's new licensee.

Vikings win multiple honors at ADchievement Awards

The Minnesota Vikings may not have won on the field in 2016, but they did win off of it. 
The team collected a host of honors during the NSF ADchievement Awards, which recognizes the best in sports advertising, with awards given in eight categories. 

China awards Trump valuable new trademark

The government of China awarded U.S. President Donald Trump valuable rights to his own name this week, in the form of a 10-year trademark for construction services. The registration became official on Feb. 14 and was published in a trademark registration announcement on the website of China's Trademark Office on Wednesday.

Canadian government using kittens and selfies to spark little girls interest in science and technology

A new government of Canada campaign used selfies and kittens and fashion to entice young girls to pursue jobs in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Science minister Kirsty Duncan launched the effort, called Choose Science, on Feb. 11 to mark the International Day for Women and

Engineers shrink microscope to dime-sized device

Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have created an atomic force microscope on a chip, dramatically shrinking the size — and, hopefully, the price tag — of a high-tech device commonly used to characterize material properties.

Rooftop solar power plant, Science Park inaugurated at GGMSSS-18

A 50 kWp rooftop grid tied Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant and Science Park were inaugurated at Government Girls Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 18-C, Chandigarh, by Ajay Narayan Jha, Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, New Delhi. Also present on the occasion were Parimal Rai, Adviser to the Administrator, UT, Chandigarh,

BrahMos range likely to be increased to 450 km

BrahMos range likely to be increased to 450 km
Bengaluru, Feb 15 (IANS) Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is likely to increase the range of its BrahMos supersonic cruise missile to 450 km from existing 290 km, its chief S. Christopher said on Wednesday.

Astronomers spot rare pulsating star 7,000 light years away

Astronomers spot rare pulsating star 7,000 light years away
New York, Feb 15 (IANS) Astronomers have spotted a rare pulsating star which is expanding and contracting in three different directions simultaneously. It is situated 7,000 light years away from Earth in the constellation Pegasus, said astronomer Farley Ferrante, a member of the team that made the discovery at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.