For nearly three billion years, science has taught us that oxygen on Earth originates from one place: sunlight striking photosynthetic organisms near the surface. In 2024, that foundational assumption cracked open — four kilometres beneath the Pacifi

Overview At the frontier of modern medicine, peptide therapy has emerged as one of the most exciting developments in decades. Though the word "peptide" may conjure images of laboratory vials and arcane biochemistry, its significance reaches far beyon

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ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is the world’s largest developer of voluntary International Standards. International Standards give state of the art specifications for products, services and good practice, helping to make industr

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India's remotely controlled terrestrial solar telescope, which will be the largest of its kind in the world will be operational by 2013. A high-resolution two-metre class solar telescope be placed soon to help scientists study the sun. The solar

Foundation Date: December 8, 1985 Headquarter: Kathmandu Secretary-General: Mr. Arjun Bahadur Thapa Member Countries: 8 The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was established when its Charter was formally approved on 8 December

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The Second Five-Year Plan (1956-57 to 1960-61) sought to promote a pattern of development, which would ultimately lead to the establishment of a socialistic pattern of society in India. Its main aims

The Third Plan (1961-62 to 1965-66) aimed at securing a marked advance towards self-sustaining growth. Its immediate objectives were to : Secure an increase in the national income of over five per ce

Keeping in view the large-scale import of food grains in 1951 and inflationary pressures on the economy, the First Plan (1951-56) accorded the highest priority to agriculture including irrigation and

The Finance Minister has announced a new initiative called Atal Pension Yojana (APY) in his Budget Speech for 2015-16. The APY will be focussed on all citizens in the unorganised sector, who join the

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the ‘Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana’ - a path breaking scheme for farmers’ welfare. The highlights of this scheme are

The Prime Minister launched the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana at a National level function on 28th August 2014. Besides the launch function at Delhi, simultaneous launch functions of the Yojana were

Founded on: 8th April 1993 Headquarter: Noida Objectives: To promote exploration and sound management of the petroleum & natural gas resources as also non-conventional hydrocarbon energy resources having balanced regard for the environment, safet

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