INDIAN NEWS
Indian Doctor Akilesh Pandey launches “proteinpedia” website which would provide assistance in biomedical research and drug discovery.
Archaeologists from ASI and University of California dug out the remains of a 2500 year old city at Sishupalgarh, Orissa.
India’s first Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air to air missile “Astra” is now finally set to take flight.
Indian Air Force (IAF) to get 40 more Hawk AJTs.
Steel Authority of India Limited’s (SAIL) year long Golden Jubilee celebrations begin.
PROJECT FOR ARUNACHAL PRADESH:
Rs.10000 crore package for Arunachal Pradesh for developmental projects has been announced by Prime Minister Mr. Manmohan Singh on Jan31st 2008. The package includes Rs.5500 crore, which would be used for various developmental projects.
INDIA AND MALAYSIA’S MoU:
India and Malaysia have finalized a draft memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the recruitment and welfare of each other’s workers. During Defence Minister Mr A.K. Antony’s visit to Kuala Lumpur, India raised the issue of expediting the process, Malaysian leaders envinced interest in the issue, but no timeline was set, more so because the subject was not linked to bilateral defence cooperation.
RAILWAY BUDGET:
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav has done it again. This year rail budget has cut fares and freight and still projected healthy financial and substantial investment to enhance the railway’s carrying capacity and productivity. Substantive investments are being made to increase capacity and technology quotient of railways. Its report card in the current fiscal shows a sharp reduction in accidents, cash surplus of over 25000 crores, record return of 21% on capital, 31% increase in plan spending and 15% rise in traffic earnings. The operating ratio has also come down to 76.3% from 98.3% in the first 2 years (of this decade).
The minister has also promised at least one member in the railway board from minorities and special consideration to minorities and other under privileged sections in recruitment. The buoyant revenues have allowed the railway minister to shower bounties on almost every stake holder. A host of measures are in the pipeline to put Indian railways on a par with the world.
ISRO PLANNING TO LAUNCH SATELLITE TO STUDY THE SUN:
In the thick of buzz regarding Chandrayaan, the moon mission, the Indian Space Research Organization is planning to launch a satellite to study the Sun,Aditya should be up in space by 2012 to study the dynamic solar corona, the outermost region of the Sun.
CIVILIAN AWARDS 2008:
PADMA VIBHUSHAN: Pranab Mukherjee, Ratan Tata, Asha Bhonsle, E. Sreedharan
PADMA BHUSHAN: P.Shusheela, Dominique Lapierre, Padma Desai, Shiv Nadar
PADMA SHRI: Madhuri Dixit, Tom Alter, Barkha Dutt, Baichung Bhutia
WORLD NEWS
Brown backs India’s bid for Security Council Seat.
Ralph Nadar announces new bid for White house as third party candidate.
The astronomers have spotted the system similar to that of our solar system which is some 5000 light years away.
Turkey offers alternative gas pipeline to India, through which the country get an opportunity to access central Asian Oil at low price.
Microbicide gel passes away safety test which is a second generation Tenofovir drug which does not kill the AIDS virus but prevents it from replication.
Cellphones turn into robot buddies. For those who feel a bit lonely just talking on the phone, a Japanese company is offering a cellphone that turns into a robot buddy ready to chat.
US Presidential Elections:
Barrack Obama cruised past a fading Hillary Clinton with two more wins in the race for the democratic presidential nominations leaving the former first lady in desperate need of a comeback after ten losses in a race she once commanded With his wins on Tuesday in Wisconsin and Hawaii Mr Obama has extended his lead in the all important delegate count.
Transfer of Power:
Cuba’s parliament named Raul Castro president on Sunday, ending nearly 50 years of rule by his brother Fidel Castro but leaving the islands communist system unshaken.Raul Castro indicated at least one change is being contemplated; i.e. the revaluation of the Cuban peso ,the national currency most people use to pay for government services such as utilities and public transportation.
Democracy in Pakistan?
In the elections held in Pakistan last month the suspense of government formation has ended with the two main opposition parties, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) coming together to form the coalition. They have not yet named the Prime Ministerial candidate though. The announcement came on late Thursday two days after the PPP and PML-N together got a majority bagging 53 seats in a house of 272. Addressing a press conference they said that efforts are on for a national consensus government in Pakistan. The PPP leader emphasized that they intended to implement the 1973 constitution and promised to give full freedom to media and also asked media to keep a check on the new government. Asif Ali Zardari the co chairman of PPP and Nawaz Sharif whose party had a good showing in the February 18th general elections in Pakistan met amid reports of differences over the issues of deposed judges and future status of Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf.
SPORTS:
Manchester United midfielder Park Ji-Sung claims that the Premier League champions are ready go full throttle in a bid to snatch top spot from Arsenal ahead of their crucial head-to-head at Old Trafford on April 2.
Australia’s domination in world cricket is seriously being challenged when they were beaten by India recently in Melbourne after 22 years during the Commonwealth Bank Series Cup.
World number one Justine Henin's unbeaten run of 17 matches at the Dubai Open came to an end as she went down to a 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/4) quarter-final defeat to Francesca Schiavone on Feb 28,2008.
Tiger wins Match Play for world sweep. Woods broke a scoring record for the fourth straight tournament, collected his fifth straight victory worldwide.