1.Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology Madras have developed a carbon `nanotube' that helps kill cancer cells without affecting neighbour cells and tissues.
2. India has registered the highest contraceptive prevalence rate for sterilization at 36.9%, as
compared to other countries with similar demographics, government data showed.
3. The stunning grand finale of the coveted Miss World came to a
conclusion with Miss Spain, Mireia Lalaguna Royo being crowned a the new Miss
World 2015, at the Beauty Crown Theatre in Sanya, China.
4. Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe will move a resolution to move a parliament into the Constitution Assembly for
drafting a new constitution. Sri Lanka has twice drafted a constitution before
this in 1972 and 1978. However, this is the first time when the government is
seeking public participation for drafting new constitution.
5. Maharashtra government is going to allow non-farmers to buy agricultural land for industrial
activities without government permission. It will encourage the
industrialization in the state. However, buyer has to use the land for prestated purpose within five years which could be increased to 10 years with
some conditions; otherwise the land will go back to the government.
6. World Bank has announced that India became the largest
remittances receiving country at 72 billion US dollars this year followed by
China at 64 billion US dollars.
7. Indian men claimed the team championship beating England 3-1 while the women squad had to
satisfy themselves with the silver medal after losing to Singapore 1-3 in the
final of the 20th Avadh Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships .
8. Education loans are top list of NPA for Indian banks (5,530 cr).
9. Government is planning to cap premature PF withdrawal at 75%
funds .the rest would be paid to subscriber at age of 58 years .
10. China currency Reminbi (RMB) has become the world's second trade
finance currency and fourth most used international currency .
11. Kerala government will set up the state first petcoke
(petroleum coke ) based power plant .
12. Telugu actor Ranganath dead, cops suspect suicide
13. Taking forward the call of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi for
Digital India, Human Resource Minister (HRD) Minister, Smriti Irani said that
all CBSE books and learning material will be made available online, for free,
as a part of the centre's good governance efforts.
14. Midfielder Eugeneson Lyngdoh ended Sunil Chettri's two-year
hold on the AIFF men's Player of the Year trophy, while in-form striker Bala
Devi was chosen for the women's honour for a second successive time in the AIFF
Annual General Body Meeting.
15. Facing allegations of corruption, under-fire former Delhi and District Cricket Association
(DDCA) President Arun Jaitley today got the backing of the two biggest stars to
emerge from the state Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir.
16. Pension fund regulatory body PFRDA has started using PAN instead of Aadhaar for validation of
new customers who can now be registered online under the National Pension
System (NPS) scheme.
17. US doubles H-1B visa fee on highly qualified Indian IT
professionals to $4,000 from $2,000
18. The IMF approved nearly USD 500 million in its latest tranche of financial assistance to
Pakistan, bringing the total
amount of money released to revive the country's economy to USD 5 billion.
19. Axis Bank has partnered with
digital security company eMudhra for the eSign service.
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