The Union Human Resource Development Ministry has announced to set up a National Testing Agency (NTA) department to conduct examinations for higher and secondary.
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Initially, examinations like IIT, NIT and even university exams will be conducted by the NTA. An open web-based platform 'SWAYAM' will be launched by next month. The two thousand courses will be run for students across the country through SWAYAM.
Sunday, March 12, 2017
Digital Payment of Salaries
The Lok Sabha has passed the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill, 2017 on 7th Feb 2017, which allows for digital payment of salaries or through cheque. The bill will now go to Rajya Sabha and following its passage in the upper House, the amendments will be notified.
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The move will enable employers to pay wages of less than Rs.18,000 a month by cheque or digitally to bank accounts, besides in cash, by doing away with the requirement of employees' written consent for the same.
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The move will enable employers to pay wages of less than Rs.18,000 a month by cheque or digitally to bank accounts, besides in cash, by doing away with the requirement of employees' written consent for the same.
Namami Gange programme
Centre has formed a committee to expedite the implementation of its ambitious Namami Gange programme under which it plans to free the Ganga River of waste by 2018.
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More than 2700 villages have been declared as open-defecation free out of 4 291 marked villages along the main stem of the river.
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More than 2700 villages have been declared as open-defecation free out of 4 291 marked villages along the main stem of the river.
TAMRA Portal
The Union Govt has launched TAMRA (Transparency, Auction Monitoring and Resource Augmentation) portal and Mobile Application on 10th February, 2017 with an objective to enhance transparency and accountability as a part of the Ease of Doing Business in the Mining sector.
BHIM app
The Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) app has been launched on the iOS platform after its successful launch on android platform. On iOS it is currently supporting over 35 banks and is currently available in Hindi and English
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BHIM app on iOS also has a limit of Rs 10, 000 per transaction and Rs20, 000 in a day for transfers through the bank account.
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BHIM app on iOS also has a limit of Rs 10, 000 per transaction and Rs20, 000 in a day for transfers through the bank account.
Friday, March 10, 2017
List of Common Names of Chemical Compounds and Formulas
| Common Name | Chemical Name | Formulae |
| Baking Powder | Sodium Bicarbonate | NaHCO3 |
| Baryte | Barium Sulphate | BaSO4 |
| Bleaching Powder | Calcium Hypochlorite | Ca (OCl)2 |
| Blue Vitroil | Copper Sulphate | CuSO4.5H2O |
| Candy Fluid | Potassium Permanganate | KMnO4 |
| Caustic Lotion | Silver Nitrate | AgNO3 |
| Caustic Soda | Sodium Hydroxide | NaOH |
| Chile Saltpetre | Sodium Nitrate | NaNO3 |
| Chloroform | Trichloromethane | CHCl3 |
| Common Salt | Sodium Chloride | NaCl |
| Epsom Salt | Magnesium Sulphate | MgSO4.7H2O |
| Glauber's Salt | Sodium Sulphate | Na2SO4.10H2O |
| Green Vitriol | Ferrous Sulphate | FeSO4.7H2O |
| Gypsum | Calcium Sulphate | CaSO4.2H2O |
| Hydrogen Peroxide | Hydrogen Peroxide | H2O2 |
| Hypo | Sodium Thiosulphate | NaS2O3.5H2O |
| Laughing Gas | Nitrous Oxide | N2O |
| Lime Water | Calcium Hydroxide | Ca (OH)2 |
| Limestone | Calcium Carbonate | Ca CO3 |
| Muriatic Acid | Hydrochloric Acid | HCl |
| Plaster of Paris | Calcium Sulphate | 2CaSO4.H2O |
| Quick Lime | Calcium Oxide | CaO |
| Red Lead | Triplumbic Tetroxide | Pb3O4 |
| Sal Ammoniac | Ammonium Chloride | NH4Cl |
| Saltpetre (Nitre) | Potassium Nitrate |
KNO3
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| Sulphuric Acid | Sulphuric Acid | H2SO4 |
| Soda Bicarb | Sodium Bicarbonate | NaHCO3 |
| Washing Soda | Sodium Carbonate | Na2CO3.10H2O |
| Water | Hydrogen Oxide | H2O |
Important Names of Common Chemical Name & Formula
| Industrial Name | Chemical Name | Chemical Formula |
| Alum | Potassium aluminium sulphate | KAl(SO4)2.12H2O |
| Alcohol | Ethyl alcohol | C2H5OH |
| Banking Soda | Sodium bicarbonate | NaHCO3 |
| Bleaching powder | Calcium chloro oxychloride or calcium chlorohypochloride | CaOCl3 |
| Brine (or common salt) | Sodium chloride | NaCl |
| Borax | Sodium tetraborate decahydrate | Na2B4O7.10H2O |
| Caustic Potash | Potassium hydroxide | KOH |
| Caustic soda | Sodium hydroxide | NaOH |
| Chalk (marble) or pearl | Calcium carbonate | CaCO3 |
| Chilli salt petre | Sodium nitrate | NaNO3 |
| Chloroform | Trichloro methane | CHCl3 |
| Epsom salt | Magnesium sulphate | MgSO4.7H2O |
| Glauber's salt | Sodium sulphate decahydrate | Na2SO4.10H2O |
| Gypsum | Calcium sulphate dihydrate | CaSO4.2H2O |
| Hypo | Sodium thiosulphate pentahydrate | Na2S2O3.5H2O |
| Laughing gas | Nitrous oxide | N2O |
| Lunar caustic | Silver nitrate | AgNO3 |
| Marsh gas | Methane | CH4 |
| Quick lime | Calcium oxide | CaO |
| Sal ammonia (Nausadar) | Ammonium chloride | NH4Cl |
| Sapphire (Ruby) | Aluminium oxide | Al2O3 |
| Slaked lime | Calcium hydroxide | Ca(OH)2 |
| Soda ash | Sodium carbonate | Na2CO3 |
| Spirit | Methyl achochol | CH3OH |
| Washing soda | Sudium carbonate decahydrate | Na2CO3.10H2O |
Thursday, March 9, 2017
River Projects in India
| Project | River | State |
| Bansagar Project | Son | Bihar Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh |
| Bargi Project | Bargi | Madhya Pradesh |
| Beas Project | Beas | Haryana Punjab Rajasthan |
| Bhadra Project | Bhadra | Karnataka |
| Bhakhra Nangal Project | Sutlej | Punjab, Himachal Pradesh , Haryana, Rajsthan |
| Bheema Project | Pawana | Maharashtra |
| Chambal Project | Chambal | Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh |
| Damodar Ghati Project | Damodar | Jharkhand West Bengal |
| Dulhasti Project | Chinab | Jammu & Kashmir |
| Durga Barrage Project | Damodar | West Bengal Jharkhand |
| Farakka Project | Ganga, Bhagirathi | West Bengal |
| Gandak Project | Gandaki | Bihar, Uttar Pradesh |
| Ganga Sagar Project | Chambal | Madhya Pradesh |
| Ghatprabha Project | Ghatprabha | Karnataka |
| Girna Project | Girna | Maharashtra |
| Hansdev Bango Project | Hansdev | Madhya Pradesh |
| Hidkal Project | Ghatprabha | Karnataka |
| Hirakud Project | Mahanadi | Orissa |
| Idduki Project | Periyar | Kerala |
| Indira Gandhi Canal Project | Satlaj | Rajasthan Punjab Haryana |
| Jawahar Sagar Project | Chambal | Rajasthan |
| Jayakwadi Project | Godawari | Maharashtra |
| Kakrapara Project | Tapti | Gujrat |
| Kangsawati Project | Kangsawati | West Bengal |
| Kol Dam Project | Sutlaj | Himachal Pradesh |
| Kosi Project | Kosi | Bihar & Nepal |
| Koyana Project | Koyana | Maharashtra |
| Krishna Project | Krishna | Karnataka |
| Kunda Project | Kunda | Tamilnadu |
| Let Bank Ghaghra Canal | Ganaga | Uttar Pradesh |
| Madhya Ganaga Canal | Ganaga | Uttar Pradesh |
| Mahanadi Delta Project | Mahanadi | Odisha |
| Malprabha Project | Malprabha | Karnataka |
| Mandi Project | Vyas | Himachal Pradesh |
| Matatilla Project | Betwa | Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh |
| Mayurakshi Project | Mayurakshi | West Bengal |
| Minimato Bango Hasdeo Project | Hasdeo Bango river | Madhya Pradesh |
| Muchkund Project | Muchkund | Odisha Andhra Pradesh |
| Nagarjunsagar Project | Krishna | Andhra Pradesh |
| Nagpur Power Project | Koradi | Maharashtra |
| Narmada Sagar Project | Narmada | Madhya Pradesh Gujarat |
| Nathpa Jhakri Project | Sutlaj | Himachal Pradesh |
| Panam Project | Panam | Gujarat |
| Panama Project | Panama | Gujarat |
| Panchet Project | Damodar | Jharkhand West Bengal |
| Pong Project | Beas | Punjab |
| Poochampad Project | Godawari | Andhra Pradesh |
| Purna Project | Purna | Maharashtra |
| Rajasthan Canal Project | Sutlej, Vyas, Ravi | Rajasthan Punjab Haryana |
| Ramganga Project | Ramganga | Uttar Pradesh |
| Rana Pratap Sagar Project | Chambal | Rajsthan |
| Ranjeet Sagar Project | Ravi | Punjab |
| Rihand Project | Rihand | Uttar Pradesh |
| Salal Project | Chenab | Jammu & Kashmir |
| Sardar Sarovar Project | Narmada | Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Rajasthan |
| Sarhind Project | Sutlaj | Haryana |
| Sharawati Project | Sharawati | Karnataka |
| Sharda Project | Sharda, Gomti | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shivsamundram Project | Kaveri | Karnataka |
| Sutlaj Project | Chinab | Jammu & Kashmir |
| Tawa Project | Tawa | Madhya Pradesh |
| Tehri Dam Project | Bhagirathi | Uttarakhand |
| Tilaiya Project | Barakar | Jharkhand |
| Tulbul Project | Chinab | Jammu & Kashmir |
| Tungbhadra Project | Tungbhadra | Andhra Pradesh. Karnataka |
| Ukai Project | Tapti | Gujarat |
| Upper Penganga Project | Penanga | Maharashtra |
| Uri Power Project | Jhelum | Jammu & Kashmir |
| Vyas Project | Vyas | Rajasthan Punjab Haryana Himachal Pradesh |
Founders of Journals and News papers
| Name of Journals/News Paper | Name of the Founder |
| Al-Hilal | Abul Kalam Azad |
| Al-Balagh | Abul Kalam Azad |
| New India(Daily) | Annie Besant |
| Commonweal | Annie Besant |
| Vande Mataram | Aurobindo Ghosh |
| Sandhya | B.B. Upadhyaya |
| Mooknayak | B.R. Ambedkar |
| Bahishkrit Bhara | B.R. Ambedkar |
| Kesari | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| Mahratta | Bal Gangadhar Tilak, |
| Darpan(Marathi) | Bal Shastri Jambhekar |
| Kavivachan Sudha | Bhartendu Harishchandra |
| Kavi Vachan Sudha | Bhartendu Harishchandra |
| Yugantar | Bhupendranath Data and Barinder Kumar Ghosh |
| New India(Weekly) | Bipin Chandra Pal |
| Bande Mataram | Bipin Chandra Pal and later edited by Sri Aurobindo |
| Talwar(Berlin) | Birendra Nath Chattopadhyaya |
| Rast Goftar(Gujrati) | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| Voice of India | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| Indian Mirror | Devendra Nath Tagore |
| The Tribune | Dyal Singh Majithia |
| Bombay Chronicle | Firoze Shah Mehta |
| Swadesamitran(Tamil) | G Subramaniya Aiyar |
| Sudharak | G.K.Gokhale |
| Pratap | Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi |
| Inquilab(Urdu) | Ghulam Hussain |
| Hindu Patriot | Girish Chandra Ghosh(later Harish Chandra Mukherji) |
| Hindoo Patriot | Harish Chandra Mukherjee |
| India Gazettej | Henry Louis Vivian Derozio |
| Som Prakesh | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar |
| Bengal Gazette(Bengali) | J.K.Hikki |
| Hindustan Times | K.M. Pannikar |
| Vichar Lahiri | Krishnashastri Chiplunkar |
| Punjabi | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| Essays in Indian Economics | M.G. Ranade |
| Hindustan | M.M. Malviya |
| Nav Jeevan | Mahatma Ghandhi |
| Indian Opinion | Mahatma Ghandhi |
| Young India | Mahatma Ghandhi |
| Harijan | Mahatma Ghandhi |
| Kranti | Mirajkar, Joglekar, Ghate |
| Comrade | Mohammad Ali |
| Independent | Motilal Nehru |
| Din Mitra | Mukundarao Patil |
| Navyug(Magazine) | Muzaffar Ahmed |
| Samvad Kaumudi | Ram Mohan Roy |
| Mirat-ul-Akbhar | Ram Mohan Roy |
| Kudi Arasu | Ramaswamy Naiker |
| Statesman | Robert Knight |
| The Statesman | Robert Knight |
| Bombay Times | Robert Knight & Thomas Bennnet |
| Indian Socialist | Shyamji Krishna Verma |
| Tahzib-ul-Akhlaq | Sir Syyed Ahmed Khan |
| Amrita Bazar Patrika | Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Motilal Ghosh |
| Prabudha Bharat | Swami Vivekananda |
| Udbodhana | Swami Vivekananda |
| Free Hindustan(in Vancouver) | Tarak Nath Das |
| Native Opinion | V.N. Mandalik |
| Hindu | Vir Raghavacharya and G.S. Aiyar |
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