Info Bit : Oct 30 2012

Nano tubes

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are allotropes of carbon with a cylindrical nanostructure.Nanotubes are categorized as single-walled nanotubes (SWNTs) and multi-walled nanotubes (MWNTs).

Usage scope :

1:One of the promising applications of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) is their use in solar panels, due to their strong UV/Vis-NIR absorption characteristics.

2: In addition to being able to store electrical energy, there has been some research in using carbon nanotubes to store hydrogen to be used as a fuel source.

3: Radars work in the microwave frequency range, which can be absorbed by MWNTs

Info Bit : Oct 09

The eight classical forms accorded classical dance status by India's National Academy of Music, Dance, and Drama are: bharatanatyam of the state of Tamil Nadu, kathak of Uttar Pradesh, kathakali and mohiniattam of Kerala, kuchipudi of Andhra Pradesh, yakshagana of Karnataka, manipuri of Manipur, odissi (orissi) of the state of Orissa and the sattriya of Assam

Info Bit : Sept 13

OECD is an international economic organisation of 34 countries founded in 1961 Most OECD members are high-income economies with a very high Human Development Index (HDI) and are regarded as developed countries.Headquarters : Paris, France

Info bit : Sept 11

IAEA is the world's center of cooperation in the nuclear field. It was set up as the world´s "Atoms for Peace" organization in 1957 within the United Nations family. The Agency works with its Member States and multiple partners worldwide to promote safe, secure and peaceful nuclear technologies. Headquartered at the Vienna International Centre in Vienna.

Info Bit Aug 16

1: Ganga Action plan was launched in 1985.

2: There are 7 National parties in india

3: National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) is a financing, planning, implementing, monitoring and coordinating authority for the Ganges River, functioning under the Ministry of Environment of India. The mission of the organization is to safeguard the drainage basin which feeds water into the Ganges by protecting it from pollution or overuse.

4:  Ministry of Minority Affairs was created on 29th January, 2006.
    5 minorities in india : Muslim , christian , sikh , parsi , buddist

Info Bits : Aug 2012

1: The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), also called the Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea treaty, is the international agreement that resulted from the third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III), which took place from 1973 through 1982

2: indian institute of soil sciences is located in bhopal

Some fav lines

" Independence was worked for by people more or less at the top ; the freedom it brought has worked its way down. People everywhere have ideas now of who they are and what they owe themselves. "

V. S Naipaul : A Million Mutinies Now " Bhakti in religion may be a road to the salvation of the soul , But in politics, Bhakti or hero-worship is a sure road to degradation and to eventual dictatorship" . B.R. Ambedkar said in a famous speech to the Constituent Assembly on November 25, 1949, just before putting the Constitution of India to vote.