Assam Accord Clause 6
The Centre has set up a high-level committee headed by former IAS officer M.P. Bezbaruah.
Panel concerned at CBI vacancies
A parliamentary standing committee(PSC) has raised concern over non-filling of vacancies in the Central Bureau of Investigation.
Surge in crude oil can impact macro-economic stability: RBI study
The RBI study warn that sudden surge in crude prices can upset the nation’s key macro-stability parameters.
MGNREGA scheme faces fund shortage
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme is facing a severe fund crunch,with 99% of money allocate already exhausted three months before the end of the financial year.
Boosting plant yield by 40%
Researchers at the University of Illinois had been successful in making tobacco plants 40% bigger with the aid of a “genetic hack” or “shortcut” i.e. by genetically modifying a crop to boost its growth.
Asia’s first fossil Dioscorea yam leaf
Speak of fossils, and dinosaurs first come to mind.
Detection of ultralow levels of mercury in water
A team at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru, has found an innovative way to develop a sensor that operates using Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and has high sensitivity far better than other methods of detecting mercury in water.
Carbon microneedles
Researchers from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur developed tiny needles less than 1 mm in size.
Yutu 2
China has named the lunar rover, successfully deployed to carry out a string of experiments on the far side of the moon, as ‘Yutu-2’.
China tests its Mother of All Bombs (MOAB)
China has tested its most powerful non-nuclear weapon, dubbed the “Mother Of All Bombs” by official media in a reference to a US munition used in Afghanistan.