Category: India News

Cauvery River Authority, often known as CRA is chaired by the Prime Minister and includes Chief Ministers of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Kerala, and the Water Resources Minister. On September 19, the CRA had directed Karnataka to release 9000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu daily between September 20 and October 15. There have […]

   The Kaveri or Cauvery river, originates from Western Ghats in Karnataka and flows through the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. There has always been a conflict about sharing the water of river Cauvery between  Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.  The dissatisfied state of Karnataka claims that it does not receive its fair share of […]

All of  the river dolphins in the Ganges river will be counted between October 5-7 in and around Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Wednesday. People in and around the areas will be told about  this endangered mammal and how to save them. “My Ganga, My Dolphin” project is headed by World Wide Fund for Nature […]

Gandhi Jayanti is a National Holiday celebrated in India to celebrate of the birthday of  Mahatma Gandhi or Bapu. Mahatma Gandhi was born as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on October 2nd 1869 in Porbandar,Gujarat. He later launched the ‘Quit India movement’ against the British, a non violent movement to win freedom. Finally India received independence on 15th August 1947  from the British. He is […]

More fresh rains have lashed Assam, flooding more areas yet again. Thousands of people have been displaced from their homes. Relief packages containing food, medicine and aid material are being dropped by the defense heavy-lift helicopters. But whether this relief material is reaching the needy is unknown. As of yesterday, Upper Assam flood situation had improved but […]

Afghanistan got all out for 136 in 19.3 overs chasing India’s score of 159. Kohli and Raina scored 46 runs for the fourth wicket partnership.Yuvraj Singh bowled well and took 3 wickets for 24 runs. Virat Kohli was named ‘Man-of-the-match’.

India on Wednesday successfully launched nuclear weapon capable Agni IV, for its full range of 4,000 km from the Wheeler Island off the the Odhisha Coast. “Nuclear weapon capability” means that the missile can carry the nuclear weapons upto a distance of 4,000km. The missile was developed by DRDO. India has had a series of successful missions in this year— […]

Kudankulam Nucler Power Project (KNPP) is in Kudankulam in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. It is a nuclear power station currently under construction. A nuclear power station is a major source of power- both heat and electricity. So if the power station produces heat and electricity it should be good right? Then why people […]

Delhi government has decided to very soon completely ban the use of plastic bags in the city. The Chief Minister, Ms. Sheila Dixit said that there will be a penalty imposed for one and all using any kind of plastic bags, thick or thin. Earlier, only the use of plastic bags made of recycled plastic or […]

ISRO’s 100th mission turned out to be a huge success when PSLV-C21 put into orbit France’s SPOT-6 and Japan’s PROITERES. France’s SPOT-6 was the primary satellite and biggest lift by PSLV till date while the other one was a small spacecraft – PROITERES built by Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan. SPOT-6 is will now observe Earth, while PROITERES’s aim […]

In ISRO’s 100th launch mission, PSLV will carry two foreign satellites onto the space. Such a launch is called a ‘commecial launch’. Amongst the two satellites that would be flown, the primary satellite is France’s SPOT-6 satellite for earth observation. The other one is  a small spacecraft – PROITERES built by Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan. The […]

Google launched free voice navigation services in India. The service can be used by android and tablet users. While navigation services were available in India since a long time, voice navigation is something very useful. Earlier, the driver had to keep looking at the map in order to figure out the directions. But now voice […]