General Knowledge and Current Affairs - 14

• Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) was set up at Kalpakkam (Tamil Nadu) in 1971 under the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE).

• Vijaya Lakshmi Nehru Pandit (18 August 1900 - 01 December 1990): In 1953, she became the 1st woman President of the United Nations General Assembly.

• The Total number of protons in the nucleus of an atom is called the atomic number.

• JJ Thomson's atom model is referred as the plum-pudding model.

• Agni V successfully test-fired: This is India's 1st launch of a 5,000 kilometre range missile.

• Lava launches Intel's 1st Atom-based smartphone.

• High Altitude Research Laboratory - Gulmarg (Kashmir).

• Uranium Corporation of India - Jaduguda (Jharkhand).

• Tata Memorial Centre - Mumbai.

• IIT-Bombay to set up campus in New York.

• Intel launches 'Ivy Bridge' chip.

• China ignores Pakistan's concerns, approves Indian basmati imports.

• Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar turns 39.

• Ricky Ponting (Australia) overtakes Rahul Dravid (India) as the 2nd highest Test scorer.

• Abhishek Singhvi quits as Congress spokesperson.

• Aggregate fruit is developed from a single flower with multicarpellary, apocarpous, superior ovaries. Each free carpel develops into a fruitlet.

• ISRO launched 'spy satellite' RISAT-1.

• Karpechenko a Russian geneticist produced an intergeneric hybridization between radish and cabbage.

• The President has approved Sachin Tendulkar's name for nomination as a member of the Rajya Sabha. Bollywood actor Rekha, and businesswoman Anu Aga are the two others whose names have been approved for a nominated seat in the Upper House of Parliament.

• PSLV-C19 has successfully injected India's 1st indigenous Radar Imaging SATellite-1 (RISAT-1) into orbit. The total Cost of mission is about Rs. 500 crores.

• The National research centre on plant Biotechnology was established at Dehradum in 1985.

• 'Bangalore' known as the Electronic Capital of India.

• Live and killed vaccines are the 2 types of vaccines.

• Edward Jenner was the 1st one developed the vaccine.

• IRCTC to sell online air tickets too.

• Karpechenko a Russian geneticist produced an intergeneric hybridization between radish & cabbage.

• April 18 - World Heritage Day.

• The South Asian Association for Regional co-operation (SAARC) was launched with its 1st summit meet at Dacca (Bangladesh) on Dec 7, 1985.

• The WiFi Technology was started in Chennai International Airport on August 21, 2005

• WiFi - Wireless Fidelity.

• Tbs - Terabits per second.

• RISAT-1 (launched on: April 26, 2012) project Director N Valarmathi, is the first woman to head a remote sensing satellite project.

• The Rowlatt act was passed in 1919. It empowered the British Government to arrest anyone with out any warrant.

 

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