1. IIT Guwahati is ranked 87th among the top 100 world universities under 50 years of age.
- It is the first and only Indian entry in the list that feature 100 young institutions of learning.
- It shares the 87th rank with Portugal's New University of Lisbon and Australia's University of Western Sydney.
- Korea's Pohang University of Science and Technology clinched the top spot for the third consecutive year.
- UK and Australia are the countries with most (14 each) representatives.
- The report has been published by London-based Times Higher Education (THE) magazine.
2. 'Beta Pictoris b' becomes the first exoplanet to have its rotation speed successfully measured by astronomers.
- A day last only eight-hour here.
- The alien planet is a gas giant roughly 10 times the size of Jupiter.
- It orbits Beta Pictoris, a star that's some 63 light-years from Earth and can be seen with the naked eye in the southern sky constellation Pictor.
- So far we have discovered around 1800 exoplanets.
3. World Health Organisation (WHO) releases a report 'Antimicrobial resistance: global report on surveillance 2014'.
- The report provides the status of antibiotic resistance with data from 114 countries.
- It showed that antibiotic resistance entails serious global threat to public health.
- Antibiotic resistance is a stage when bacteria change itself to grow immune to antibiotics.
- This makes the treatment ineffective and medication result in failure.
- It causes people to be sick for longer period and increases the risk of death.
4. TRAI recommends charging 8% of yearly revenue on Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) as license fee from internet service providers (ISPs).
- The national telecom regulator also wants the same from all holders of broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum.
- The plan needs sanction of, first Department of Telecom (DoT) and then Telecom Commission for implementation.
- The move may push internet rates slowing down the internet penetration growth in the country.
5. Mark Fields is to succeed Alan Mulally as the CEO of US automaker Ford from July 1.
- It is the first and only Indian entry in the list that feature 100 young institutions of learning.
- It shares the 87th rank with Portugal's New University of Lisbon and Australia's University of Western Sydney.
- Korea's Pohang University of Science and Technology clinched the top spot for the third consecutive year.
- UK and Australia are the countries with most (14 each) representatives.
- The report has been published by London-based Times Higher Education (THE) magazine.
2. 'Beta Pictoris b' becomes the first exoplanet to have its rotation speed successfully measured by astronomers.
- A day last only eight-hour here.
- The alien planet is a gas giant roughly 10 times the size of Jupiter.
- It orbits Beta Pictoris, a star that's some 63 light-years from Earth and can be seen with the naked eye in the southern sky constellation Pictor.
- So far we have discovered around 1800 exoplanets.
3. World Health Organisation (WHO) releases a report 'Antimicrobial resistance: global report on surveillance 2014'.
- The report provides the status of antibiotic resistance with data from 114 countries.
- It showed that antibiotic resistance entails serious global threat to public health.
- Antibiotic resistance is a stage when bacteria change itself to grow immune to antibiotics.
- This makes the treatment ineffective and medication result in failure.
- It causes people to be sick for longer period and increases the risk of death.
4. TRAI recommends charging 8% of yearly revenue on Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) as license fee from internet service providers (ISPs).
- The national telecom regulator also wants the same from all holders of broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum.
- The plan needs sanction of, first Department of Telecom (DoT) and then Telecom Commission for implementation.
- The move may push internet rates slowing down the internet penetration growth in the country.
5. Mark Fields is to succeed Alan Mulally as the CEO of US automaker Ford from July 1.
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