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ICEX, NMCE to merge, form India’s third biggest commodity bourse
03 Jul 2017
The merger will create India’s third largest commodities exchange, offering a wide range of contracts, including bullion, oil, rubber and other agri-commodities as also the world’s first diamond futures contract
ICEX, NMCE to merge, form India’s third biggest commodity bourse
03 Jul 2017
The merger will create India’s third largest commodities exchange, offering a wide range of contracts, including bullion, oil, rubber and other agri-commodities as also the world’s first diamond futures contract
Trai seeks to ease pressure on telcos, moots 5% GST
01 Jul 2017
Apart from lower GST, other suggestions by the regulator include lower licence fee and spectrum usage charge and a longer tenor for paying for spectrum acquired through auctions along with lower initial upfront payment
ESA’s Ariane 5 rocket places India's GSAT-17 in orbit
29 Jun 2017
GSAT-17, which will strengthen India’s current fleet of telecommunication satellites, is the third satellite launch by Isro this month - the other two being first developmental flight of GSLV MkIII and PSLV C-38 missions — both from Sriharikota spaceport
ESA’s Ariane 5 rocket places India's GSAT-17 in orbit
29 Jun 2017
GSAT-17, which will strengthen India’s current fleet of telecommunication satellites, is the third satellite launch by Isro this month - the other two being first developmental flight of GSLV MkIII and PSLV C-38 missions — both from Sriharikota spaceport
ESA’s Ariane 5 rocket places India's GSAT-17 in orbit
29 Jun 2017
GSAT-17, which will strengthen India’s current fleet of telecommunication satellites, is the third satellite launch by Isro this month - the other two being first developmental flight of GSLV MkIII and PSLV C-38 missions — both from Sriharikota spaceport
Isro’s PSLV-C38 places Cartosat and 30 nano satellites in orbit
23 Jun 2017
Weighing 712 kg, the latest of the Cartosat-2 series satellite has been specifically designed for the benefit of the defence forces.
Isro’s PSLV-C38 all set to launch Cartosat and 30 nano satellites
22 Jun 2017
The rocket carrying the Cartosat-2 series satellite and 30 co-passengers is scheduled to take off from the Sriharikota space port near Chennai at 9.29 am on Friday
WHO updates ‘essential drugs’ list, aims to fight superbugs
07 Jun 2017
The updated list of 433 medicines, including 30 new medicines for adults and 25 for children, aims at reducing the use of certain categories of “last resort” antibiotics while specifying new uses for nine drugs
US Supreme Court limits SEC’s power to recover ill-gotten profits
06 Jun 2017
With the apex court’s decision, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that ordered Charles Kokesh to pay $34.9 million in profits, allegedly misappropriated from four business development companies from 1995 to 2009, stands reversed
Isro’s GSLV Mk-III to place high-power communication satellite GSAT-19 in orbit
05 Jun 2017
India’s heaviest rocket so far, the GSLV Mk-III, which uses the indigenously-developed CE-20 high thurst cryogenic engine, is capable of launching satellites of up to 4 tonnes and a manned space capsule of up to 10 tonnes
NASA’s NICER to study neutron stars
03 Jun 2017
WHO spends more on travel than on fighting AIDS
23 May 2017
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