Scientist C N R Rao has been conferred with Japan’s highest civilian
award
Bharat Ratna Scientist C N R Rao has been conferred with Japan’s highest
civilian award for his contributions to science and Indo-Japanese science
cooperation, awarded by the Emperor of Japan, Akihito.
Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar and NSA Ajit Doval are visiting
Kathmandu
Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar and NSA Ajit Doval are visiting Kathmandu to
observe the relief work. They have directed all involved Indian agencies to
carry relief and rescue operations in full swing.
World’s largest solar photovoltaic plant to be built in Rewa district
of Madhya Pradesh
The plant will use photovoltaic (PV) technology to
generate electricity from the sun and is estimated to be completed by March
2017 with an estimated cost of 4500 crore rupees.
“Horn Ok Please” ban in Maharashtra
Mumbai State transport commissioner, has directed to ban the use of the
phrase “Horn Ok Please” on the rear side of the commercial vehicles, such as
trucks, across Maharashtra. The cited reason is that, this phrase is giving
licence to motorists to honk unnecessarily and the ban follows numerous
complaints of excessive honking in silence zones such as near hospitals, schools
and colleges.
Odisha government fixed minimum wages
Odisha government has directed to increase the minimum wages of the skilled,
unskilled and semi-skilled workers, based on the recommendation of the state
minimum wage advisory committee. The minimum wage for an unskilled labourer has
been raised to Rs 200 from earlier Rs 150 a day, For semi-skilled workers the
minimum wage is increased to Rs 220 instead of Rs 170 a day, Skilled worker will
get Rs 240 daily, compared to earlier Rs 190. The minimum remuneration for
highly skilled workers has been raised to Rs 260 from previous Rs 205.
NASA’s Messenger spacecraft crashed into the surface of
Mercury
NASA’s Messenger spacecraft has crashed into the surface of Mercury, hence
ending its historic 11-year mission which provided valuable data and images of
the planet. Messenger, collected critical information regarding Mercury’s
crustal magnetic anomalies and ice-filled polar craters. Messenger was launched
in August, 2004, and began orbiting Mercury in March 2011. Because Messenger’s
initial discoveries raised important new questions and also that the payload
remained healthy, this mission was extended twice.
India ranks at 13th in electricity
generation from nuclear source
According to the Power Reactor Information System (PRIS) of International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 2014, India ranks at 13th position in the world
in terms of generation electricity from nuclear source. India's current
installed nuclear power capacity is 5780 MW. It is expected to increase to 10080
MW by 2019 on progressive completion of projects.
Maharashtra ordered FIR against Snapdeal
Maharashtra’s Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has ordered filing of a FIR
against e-commerce major Snapdeal.com’s CEO Kunal Bahl and other directors of
the company in a case related to online sale of medicines, including
prescription drugs.
Deadline for MNP extended
The Department of Telecom has extended the deadline to fully implement the
mobile number portability across the country by another two months till July 3,
2015, earlier deadline to implement the full MNP was May 2, 2015.
Microsoft introduced its new web browser
Microsoft has unveiled ‘Edge’, its new web browser, which would eventually
replace the existing, Internet Explorer. Edge is lighter and faster than
Internet Explorer and will also come with new features such as a built-in
notation tool, a distraction-free reading mode, and website information from
Cortana, which is a personal voice-assistant application for Windows.
Source: The Economic Times, The Hindu, PIB