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Aditya gets ready to gaze at the sun (The Hindu)
Aditya-L1, the Indian Sun mission due after three years, may turn out to be a
unique formation of not one but two spacecraft looking at the Sun from two
stable orbital points.
Aditya is the nation’s third big extra-terrestrial outing after Moon and
Mars, all conceived and designed by ADCOS, the multi-faculty body of the
Indian Space Research Organisation.
10th Feb
India ranks 37/38 in new US Chamber IP index
(Business Standard)
India is placed at a poor second last position in the US Chamber of
Commerce's latest IP index for not following international best practices in
patent protection.
In the 4th annual International IP Index 'Infinite Possibilities', Venezuela
finished last out of the 38 economies.
RBI to cut repo rate by 25 bps in April: Nomura
(Economic Times)
The Reserve Bank is likely to cut the repo rate by 25 basis points (bps) after
the Budget, in its policy meeting in April, beyond which the central bank is
expected to stay on hold.
According to the Japanese brokerage firm, gross value added (GVA) growth
has marginally undershot the RBI's 7.4% projection in the financial year
2015-16, supporting the case for a rate cut.
Aditya gets ready to gaze at the sun (The Hindu)
Aditya-L1, the Indian Sun mission due after three years, may turn out to be a
unique formation of not one but two spacecraft looking at the Sun from two
stable orbital points.
Aditya is the nation’s third big extra-terrestrial outing after Moon and
Mars, all conceived and designed by ADCOS, the multi-faculty body of the
Indian Space Research Organisation.
10th Feb
India ranks 37/38 in new US Chamber IP index
(Business Standard)
India is placed at a poor second last position in the US Chamber of
Commerce's latest IP index for not following international best practices in
patent protection.
In the 4th annual International IP Index 'Infinite Possibilities', Venezuela
finished last out of the 38 economies.
RBI to cut repo rate by 25 bps in April: Nomura
(Economic Times)
The Reserve Bank is likely to cut the repo rate by 25 basis points (bps) after
the Budget, in its policy meeting in April, beyond which the central bank is
expected to stay on hold.
According to the Japanese brokerage firm, gross value added (GVA) growth
has marginally undershot the RBI's 7.4% projection in the financial year
2015-16, supporting the case for a rate cut.
