The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm. The announcement marked the start of this year’s Nobel season. It is the 108th time the prize has been awarded.
The medicine prize will be followed by the physics prize announcement on Tuesday. The honour could also go to the discovery of exoplanets by Swiss astrophysicians Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz.
The 2017 Nobel prize in physics has been awarded to three US scientists for the detection of gravitational waves. The coveted award has been conferred jointly upon Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne for their “decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves.” Predicted by Albert Einstein a century ago as part of his theory of general relativity but only first detected in 2015, gravitational waves are 'ripples' in the fabric of space-time caused by violent processes in the Universe, such as colliding black holes or the collapse of stellar cores. It took 1.3 billion years for the waves to arrive at the LIGO detector in the US.
The chemistry prize committee will announce a winner in its field on Wednesday. A recurring favourite for the prize is John Goodenough, a 95-year old electrochemist whose pioneering work led to the invention of rechargeable lithium-ion battery present in cell phones, computers and electric cars.
Click here to search study notes. Click here to view all Kerala PSC Study notes. Click here to read PSC Question Bank by Category wise. Click here to Test your knowledge by atteneding Quiz.Important UN Years are given below.
1972 പുസ്തക വർഷം.
1973 കോപ്പർനിക്കസ് വർഷം.
1974 ജനസംഖ്യാ വർഷം.
1975 വനിത വർഷം.
1985 യുവജന വർഷം.
1986 ലോക സമാധാനവർഷം.
1987 അഭയാർത്ഥി പാർപ്പിട വർഷം.
1988 എയ്ഡ്സ് വർഷം.
1992 ബഹിരാകാശ വർഷം.
1993 തദ്ദേശിയ ജനസംഖ്യ വർഷം.
1994 കുടുംബ വർഷം.
1995 സഹിഷ്ണുത വർഷം.
1998 സമുദ്ര വർഷം.
1999 വയോജന വർഷം.
2000 കൾച്ചർ ഓഫ് പീസ് വർഷം.
2001 സന്നദ്ധ സേവകാ വർഷം.
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Place
Winner
Loser
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First Anglo-Afghan War 1842 Afghanistan British East India Company Dost Mohammad Khan (Emir of Afghanistan) .
Gwalior Campaign 1843 Gwalior British East India Company Maratha Empire .
Battle of Ferozeshah 1845 Ferozeshah British East India Company Sikh Empire .
Battle of Mudki 1845 Mudki British East India Company Sikh Empire .
Battle of Aliwal 1846 Aliwal British East India Company Sikh Empire .
Battle of Sobraon 1846 Sobraon British East India Company Sikh Empire .
Battle of Ramnagar 1848 Ramnagar Sikh Empire British East India Company .
Battle of Chillianwala
1849
Chillianwala
Sikh Empire
British East India Company
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Battle of Gujrat
1849
Gujrat
British East India Company
Sikh Empire
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Siege of Multan
1849
Multan
British East India Company
Multan
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Goods and Service Tax (GST) launched on 30th June from midnight. GST is the biggest tax reform in India and can be beneficial for the Indian Economy. According to the Govt. of India, the GST must help India to fight against corruption and black money. It is a ‘Good and Simple’ tool through which the people of every sector of India including the poor can get benefited. Goods and Services Tax (GST) is an indirect tax (or consumption tax) used in India on the supply of goods and services. It is a comprehensive, multistage, destination-based tax: comprehensive because it has subsumed almost all the indirect taxes except a few state taxes. .
Multi-staged as it is, the GST is imposed at every step in the production process but is meant to be refunded to all parties in the various stages of production other than the final consumer and as a destination-based tax, it is collected from point of consumption and not point of origin like previous taxes.
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