A: Yemen
what were the names of the Argentinian and Indonesian Satellites that PSLV -C7 took yesterday?
A: Pehunsat-1 and LAPAN-TUBSAT of Indonesia with the Jv of Technical University of Berlin
Where is the XXX Antarctic Treaty Consultataive Meeting (ATCM) 2007 being held ?
A: Government of India will be hosting the 30th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) at New Delhi.
India is 25 years old in this treaty. This treaty is going to be held first time in India and the previous one was held in Eidenburg. The Antarctic Treaty Secretariat is at Buenos Aires
What is Year 2007 termed?
A: International Polar Year
Which country became the 150th member of the World Trade Organization this January ?
A: Vietnam
name a major country which is not a member of wto
A: Russia
In an effort to curb greenhouse gases and global warming, the installation of world's biggest offshore wind farm has been approved at ______________
A: London Array
In which country was the world's biggest solar power project approved at..?
A: Portugal
which countries inflation rate is the highest in the world
A: Zimbabwe
Scientists have discovered at least 52 new species of animals and plants ...where in the world ?
A: in the rainforests of Borneo which is shared by three countries...Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam
who is the deputy secretary general of UN?
A: It is Tanzanian Foreign Minister Asha-Rose Migiro
what is the previous position of BAN KI MOON in the UN?
A: Cheif of Staff of the president of the General Assembly
what is the position of shashi tharoor before contesting the election in the UN?
A: Under Secretary General for Communications and Public Information
from which country the film WATER had been selected for the oscars under forgein films category........?
A: Canada
what is africom
A: ...africom is the newly created pentagon command covering Africa
What is GUAM in EUROPE?
A: Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - a regional org of 4 CIS countries - Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Maldova. Uzbekistan joined and again moved out of it. Turkey has observer status
Started in 1997 in Strauborg. HQ in Ukrainian capital and the president of Azerbaijan Illham Aliyev will be the first secretart general. Backed by US to check the prominence of Russia
What is Armenian Genocide?
A: armenian genocide is allegedely commited by turks during the first world war and is termed as the first genocide of the last century. 2006 Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk has written books supporting the alligations.
What is Western Sahara Movement?
A: Western Sahara movement is we can say a self-determination movement by the Polisario group which tries to overthrow the Morocco goverment's rule over the Sahara territory. Saudi Arabia, USA are at the back of Morocco.Algeria has also a part to play, but the problem is put in the hands of the international players
What is Saraswati Samman ...who got this for 2006?
A: Saraswati Samman - For outstanding Literary work(Poetry and Prose)...Monetary Award : 5lakhs ...Instituted in 1991 by the K. K. Birla Foundation. Work(for which the award is meant) should have been published in the past ten years in an Indian Language acc. to the Constitution. Panel includes former Award winners and Scholars
- Jagannath Prasad Das (Orissa)-Parikrama - 2006
- 1991 - Harivanshrai 'Bachchan' for his autobiography in four volumes (UP)
- Ramakanta Rath (orissa) - Sri Radha- 1992
- 1993 - Vijay Tendulkar
- 1994 - Harbhajan Singh
- 1995 - Balamani Amma for poetry collection Nivedyam
- 1996 - Shamsur Rahman Faruqi for She`r-e Shor-Angez
- 1997 - Manubhai Pancholi
- 1998 - Sankar Ghosh
- 1999 - Indira Parthasarathy
- Manoj Das (Orissa) - Amruta Phala - 2000
- 2001 - Dalip Kaur Tiwana for her novel Katha Kaho Urvashi
- 2002 - Mahesh Elkunchwar for his play Yugant
- 2003 - Govind Chandra Pande for his collection of 163 Sanskrit poems entitled Bhagirathi
- 2004 - Sunil Gangopadhyay for his novel Pratham Alo
- 2005 - K. Ayyappa Panicker for his collection of poems Ayyappa Panikarude Kritikal
A: Norway
What is 29th june going to be celebrated as in India?
A: In the memory of prasanta chandra mahalanobis, this day will be the National Statastics Day
What are the latest additions to the EU?
A: 1 July 2007 The Caribbean islands of Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius will become part of the Netherlands as the Kingdom Islands, and will thereby also become part of the European Union. This enlargement will be the first enlargement that happens entirely outside Europe.....
List European countries who are not members of eu ?
A: Ukraine, Belarus, Norway, Switzerland
What is INTERPAT?
A: INTERPAT is an international registration of marks by some pharmaceutical companies of US, Swiss, Japan etc ..and so is the madrid protocol related with TRIPS.
India has decided to join the Madrid Protocol very recently
who is the speaker of commonwealth parlimentry committee?
A: HA.Halim-speaker of west bengal
What is ITER?
A: International Thermo Nuclear Experimental Reactor to test the Fusion Reactions
Seven Participants joined in 2006 with US $ 12 Billion and is the third most expensive project after the Manhattan project and the International Space Station project.
Based in Cadarache, France and expected to start in 2016
USA, EU, Russia, China, Korea, India and Japan.
which country is constructing one million kw nuclear power plan and where is the plant comming?
A: China is constructing it.
What are scramjets ?
A: supersonic combustion ram jet ....the combustor being a supersonic one to give a very high efficiency... and ramjets are nothing but jets at supersonic speeds
What is ECGC and what is its function?
A: Exports Credit Gaurantee Corporation of India Ltd, established in 1957 to strengthen the export promotion drive by covering the risk of exporting on creditunder the control of the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Department of Commerce, Government of India
