Sachin Tendulkar is the first man in the planet to reach 200 runs in one-day international cricket. Tendulkar achieved the unique landmark when he run a single off Langeveldt against strong South African team in the second one-dayer of the three-match series on 24th Feb 2010. The master surpassed the previous highest individual score made […]

Agricultural scientist M.S. Swaminathan has been conferred the CNN-IBN Indian of the Year 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award for his “outstanding leadership in the field of agriculture that has contributed to ensuring food security for millions of Indians.” Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the award to Dr. Swaminathan at a function in New Delhi. Dr. […]

There are more than more than five lakh Women’s Self Help Groups(WSHG) were functioning in the TamilNadu. In the eve of Christmas, New Year and Pongal festivals the First Women’s Self Help Groups sales Exhibition was started on 20 December 2010, the exhibition will stay till 31 January 2011. Exhibition takes place in Mother Teresa […]

Sriharikota: ISRO or the Indian Space Research Organisation suffered a setback when GSLV-F06 mission carrying GSAT-5P failed to launch due to a technical failure at stage one. ISRO was set to launch India’s heaviest communication satellite into orbit today. The mission was to be the first GSLV mission after the failure of the flight test […]

GSLV-F06 is the seventh mission of Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle GSLV aimed to Inject a 2310 kg communication satellite, GSAT-5P, into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). GSAT-5P is the fifth satellite to be launched in the GSAT series. It is an exclusive communication satellite to further strengthen the communication services currently provided by the Indian […]