The fifth edition of IBSAMAR 2016
trilateral naval exercise between Brazil, India and South Africa kicked off in
Goa. IBSAMAR is abbreviated as of India-Brazil-South Africa Maritime. This is
the for the first time the exercise is held in India as all the previous
editions were held in South Africa since it began in 2006
India’s first nuclear submarine INS Arihant passes deep sea tests
India’s first indigenously built nuclear armed submarine INS Arihant has successfully passed several deep sea diving drills as well as weapons launch tests. These successful tests undertaken off Vishakhapatnam coast where the submarine was build. These tests makes it ready for formal induction into the Naval Fleet
India to host 3rd Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation
India’s first nuclear submarine INS Arihant passes deep sea tests
India’s first indigenously built nuclear armed submarine INS Arihant has successfully passed several deep sea diving drills as well as weapons launch tests. These successful tests undertaken off Vishakhapatnam coast where the submarine was build. These tests makes it ready for formal induction into the Naval Fleet
India to host 3rd Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation
India is going to host Asia
Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation from 12 April 2016 to save tigers.
It will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It will the third such
conference on tiger conservation to be hosted by India that will see the
participation of all 13 tiger range countries (TRCs). They are Bangladesh,
Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal,
Russia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Rare Falcated Duck sighted in Goa
Birdwatchers for first time have sighted Falcated Duck in Goa which is considered as rare vagrant migrant bird species to the south of India. Earlier the bird was sighted two times in southern parts of India away from its natural migratory habitat in North India. For first time it was sighted in Tamil Nadu in 2012 and second time in Akola (Maharashtra) in January 2015.
World’s 1st fast-acting Anti-Rabies drug to be launched in India
Rare Falcated Duck sighted in Goa
Birdwatchers for first time have sighted Falcated Duck in Goa which is considered as rare vagrant migrant bird species to the south of India. Earlier the bird was sighted two times in southern parts of India away from its natural migratory habitat in North India. For first time it was sighted in Tamil Nadu in 2012 and second time in Akola (Maharashtra) in January 2015.
World’s 1st fast-acting Anti-Rabies drug to be launched in India
World’s first fast-acting anti-rabies
drug Rabies Human Monoclonal Antibody (RMAb) will be launched in India. The
drug has been developed by Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) and
US-based MassBiologics of the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Pakistan Parliament becomes first in world to run entirely on solar power
Pakistan’s Parliament building located in national capital Islamabad became the first in the world to completely run on solar power. It achieved this feat after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif switched on solar-powered building of the parliament in a simple ceremony
Indian-origin art lover Ismail Mahomed conferred knighthood by French government
Pakistan Parliament becomes first in world to run entirely on solar power
Pakistan’s Parliament building located in national capital Islamabad became the first in the world to completely run on solar power. It achieved this feat after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif switched on solar-powered building of the parliament in a simple ceremony
Indian-origin art lover Ismail Mahomed conferred knighthood by French government
An Indian-origin art lover and
playwright Ismail Mahomed from South Africa has been knighted by the French
government for his lifelong devotion to the promotion of arts. He was bestowed
with Knight of the Order of Arts and Literature (The Chevalier de l’Ordre des
Arts et Lettres) by French Ambassador Elisabet Barbier in Johannesburg.
India remains world’s largest arms importer
India remains world’s largest arms importer
India continues to remain the world’s
largest arms importer, accounting for 14% of the global arms imports in the
2011-2015 timeframe. It was revealed by report on international arms transfers
released by a global think-tank, Stockholm International Peace Research
Institute (SIPRI).
Haryana set to become first state to complete Aquifer mapping
Haryana is set become the first state in the country to complete aquifer mapping for its groundwater resources by May 2016. Aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing rock from which groundwater can be extracted.
Haryana is set become the first state in the country to complete aquifer mapping for its groundwater resources by May 2016. Aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing rock from which groundwater can be extracted.
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