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February 10, 2020 -_4.1

Kaamya Karthikeyan becomes youngest girl to climb Mt Aconcagua

Kaamya Karthikeyan has become the youngest girl in the world to summit Mt Aconcagua. Mt Aconcagua is the highest peak in South America and outside of Asia. Kaamya Karthikeyan is a class VII student and summited Argentinian mountain which is 6962 meters tall. Kaamya Karthikeyan summited the Mt Aconcagua peak on February 1, 2020 and …

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Hyderabad Metro Rail becomes 2nd largest metro network in India

Hyderabad Metro Rail, the world’s largest public-private partnership project, is now the 2nd-largest operational metro network in the country covering 69.2 km. With the launch of another 11-km stretch, Hyderabad Metro Rail has become the second-largest metro rail network in the country after Delhi. Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao flagged off of the metro …

February 10, 2020 -_7.1

NCL establishes R&D centre ‘SARAS’ for sustainable coal mining

The Northern Coalfields Ltd (NCL) has established a research and development centre, named ‘Science and Applied Research Alliance and Support (SARAS)’. This research and development centre focuses on the sustainable model for development in coal mining. The R&D centre will be the centre of excellence, infrastructure up-gradation and IT initiatives for the subsidiary of the …

February 10, 2020 -_8.1

ADB approves the funding of $2 million to combat Novel Coronavirus

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved the funding of USD 2 million to combat the spread of novel coronavirus (nCoV). The funds will support the efforts to stop the outspread of novel coronavirus (nCoV) by supplementing ongoing regional technical assistance and strengthening response capacity in China, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Myanmar. The funds …

February 10, 2020 -_10.1

American Author Roger Kahn passes away

American Author Roger Kahn passed away. He wrote at least 20 books in his lifetime. In 1989 he collaborated with Pete Rose for the Biography of legendary Boxer Jack Dempsey before Jack gets banned from the game. His best-selling book in 1972 “The Boys of Summer”. Find More Obituaries News

February 10, 2020 -_11.1

Astronomers discover Ultramassive Galaxy XMM-2599 from early universe

The International team of astronomers led by scientists at the University of California, United States(US) have discovered an Ultramassive monster galaxy dubbed as XMM-2599. This galaxy existed around 12 billion years ago just 1.8 billion years after the formation of the universe. The galaxy XMM-2599 was formed more than 1,000 solar masses a year in …

February 10, 2020 -_12.1

Uttarakhand flags off first Heli Services under UDAN

Under the Regional Connectivity Scheme “Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN)” of Government of India, Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has operationalized the first ever helicopter services in the state of Uttarakhand. The helicopter services has been operationalized by MoCA from Dehradun’s Sahastradhara helipad to Gauchar, and Chinyalisaur. The launch of heli routes in the …