- Russian cosmonaut, Gennady Padalka has broken the record for the longest time spent in space with a total of 803 days as on July 2015
- Gennady at 57 years old, broke the old record of 803 days nine hours and 41 minutes of Sergei Krikalev across six missions from 1998 to 2005
- Gennady spent a total of 804 days
- Padalka is the current commander of the International Space Station which has been orbiting the Earth
India overtakes China in high-end phone volume growth
- According to HSBC report India Overtakes China in the growth of smartphones in the world
- This is due to the falling price of high end devices and growing adoption of 3G services according to the report
- India was the global No 2 mobile phone market in 2014 with 275 million units of shipment or 14% of world market
- India will account for 12 % of global smartphone market with a penetration rate of 65 % in 2019
India's Economic Growth to Beat China's in 2016: IMF
- India will be the world's fastest growing major economy for the second consecutive year in 2016 at 7.5 per cent according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- IMF retained India's growth projection for current year at 7.5 per cent which will be higher than China's 6.8 per cent
- In 2014 China was the fastest growing economy with 7.4% and India's was 7.3
- IMF follows data for fiscal year ending March whereas for other countries, it considers the December-ending periods
- The continued growth slowdown reflects several factors, including lower commodity prices and tighter external financial conditions, structural bottlenecks, rebalancing in China and economic distress related to geopolitical factors
Renowned Urdu poet Bashar Nawaz passes away
- Urdu poet, critic and orator Bashar Nawaz passed away on 09 July 2015 at Aurangabad
- He was Born on August 18, 1935 at Aurangabad,
- Nawaz penned the immensely popular song Karoge yaad in Hindi film Bazaar
- Bashar wrote lyrics for a few Hindi movies, dramas for radio and scripted television serial Amir Khusrau
- He was honoured with prestigious "Pulotsav Samman" for his contribution to Urdu literature
- He was very much influenced by the leftist movement that was exhibited in his poems as well
Uttarakhand gets earthquake early warning system
- Earthquakes and disseminate warnings has been installed in Uttarakhand
- Now researchers have predicted an earthquake of magnitude 8 or greater by the system implemented
- The system, made by Space Dynamics, an Italian firm, has already been installed in Japan, Italy and the U.S
- The first system has been installed in Dehradun, and the second will be established at Pithoragarh in the Kumaon region
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