In plants, the process of photosynthesis occurs in two phases, the photochemical (light) reaction and carbon assimilation (dark) reaction.
Hotmail was launched in 1996 by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith and acquired by Microsoft in 1997.
Microsoft is renaming its vintage Hotmail email service as Outlook.com with new features.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won their 1st Indian Premier League (IPL) title.
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty signed on March 3, 1918. The Indian Independence Act, passed by the British Parliament on 18 July 1947.
Mahmud Ghazni invaded Mathura in 1018.
RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner, named after the ancient Roman province of Lusitania.
Kamalesh Sharma is the 5th and current Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations from 2008.
London Declaration - 28 April 1949.
Viswanathan Anand wins his 5th World Chess title. Anand has previously won the title in 2000, 2007, 2008 and 2010.
September 8 - International Literacy Day, recognized by the UN. September 11 - World First Aid Day. September 27 - World Tourism Day.
Country's fastest growing states in 2011-12: 1) Bihar - 13.1% 2) Delhi - 11.3% 3) Puducherry - 11.0% 4) Chhattisgarh - 10.8% 5) Goa - 10.7%.
The Chinese Revolution of 1911 ended the 267 years old Manchu rule and the Chinese Republic was established.
Hockey: India wins bronze at Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. March 27 - World Whisky Day.
The Portuguese were expelled from Goa, Daman and Diu in 1962. On May 30, 1987, Goa became a Union Territory.
The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act is an act of the Parliament of India which was passed in 1985, and it came into effect from November 14,1985.
The Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY), a new scheme announced by the President, focuses on slum dwellers and the urban poor.
Vice Admiral DK Joshi named new Navy chief after Admiral Nirmal Verma retires on August 31, 2012.
June 8 - World Ocean Day.
VS Sampath is the new Chief Election Commissioner. 62-year-old Sampath will take over as CEC after incumbent SY Quraishi demits office on June 10.
The medicine that deals with the structure, function, diagnosis & treatment of diseases of the stomach & intestine is called Gastroenterology.
Shillong is the capital of Meghalaya. Panaji is the capital of Goa.
The known SIV (Swine Influenza Virus) strains include influenza C and the subtypes of influenza A known as H1N1, H1N2, H2N1, H3N1, H3N2 and H2N3.
World Water Day has been observed on 22 March since 1993.
March 21 is observed as World Forestry Day.
March 23 - World Meteorological Day.
Soumitra Chatterjee got Dadasaheb Phalke award.
Bhagat Singh (born on: 28 Sept 1907) was hanged on 23 March 1931 at 7:30 pm in Lahore jail with his fellow comrades Rajguru and Sukhdev. HighMAT: High-performance Media Access Technology
Dheeran Chinnamalai (17 April 1756 to 31 July 1805). In July 2005, a
commemorative postage stamp on him was issued. Birth: Melapalayam, Erode. On November 10, 1997.
Apple introduced the Apple Online Store. On October 23, 2001, Apple introduced the iPod digital music player. Apple was established on April 1, 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, to sell the Apple I personal computer kit.
The Bombay Natural History Society was started in 1883.
In 1952, Central Government of India Constituted the Indian Board for Wild Life. India (New Delhi) hosts 4th BRICS summit.
BRICS - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
Project Elephant, a centrally sponsored scheme, was launched in February 1992. Project Tiger has been under implementation since 1973.
C.D. Deshmukh was the first Indian Governor of RBI to have presented the Interim Budget for 1951-52.
An Oscillograph is an instrument for measuring alternating or varying electric current in terms of current and voltage.
A rectifier is an electrical device that converts alternating current (AC) into direct current (DC).
Winds are caused by convection currents.
Sound needs a medium for propagation. It cannot travel through vacuum. NuSTAR - Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array.
Salim Ali - The eminent Ornithologist known as "the Birdman of India" 'Atithi Devo Bhavah' is a Social Awareness Campaign aimed at providing the inbound tourist a greater sense of being welcomed to the country.
The branch of science that deals with the characteristic features of fruit is called Pomology.
The colouring matter in turmeric is curcumin.
Origami - art of paper folding, which started in the 17th century AD. Akira Yoshizawa (Japan), the father of modern origami techniques.
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