Sunday, August 1, 2010

Current Affairs - 01.08.2010

  • A desalination plant which begins operating in Madras on Saturday will provide some of the cheapest drinking water in India, backers say.
  • The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission on Saturday announced a new power tariff order, with effect from August 1.
  • President Pratibha Patil on Saturday called upon the State governments, the Bar and the Bench to find innovative methods to liquidate backlogs of cases in courts in a time-bound manner.
  • Now a brain scan method can help you discover your ideal job, scientists claim.
  • It has been two days since Studsat, a ‘pico-satellite’ weighing under 1 kg, developed by students from seven colleges led by NMIT, was successfully launched from Sriharikota on board PSLV-C-15 along with four other satellites, and the amateur tracking and telemetry station is tuned to the satellite’s HAM frequency.
  • Colombia's defeated Argentina 1-0 in the under-20 soccer tournament final in Paraguay.
  • The UAE is to suspend some Blackberry mobile phone services, having said the devices pose a "national security risk", its state news agency reports.
  • NASA Researchers have identified rocks that they say could contain the fossilised remains of life on early Mars.
  • Canadian archaeologists have located a British ship abandoned in the Arctic while on a 19th Century rescue mission.
  • Calcium supplements taken by many older people could be increasing their risk of a heart attack, research shows.