Technology

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and designed by RIM (Research in Motion), a Canadian based company in 1996.

WORLD'S BIGGEST................

Turanor - a giant catamaran launched by the Swiss company PlanetSolar, is to circumnavigate the globes simply by harnessing the power of the sun. The 50,000 km journey, expected to take over 160 days, is intended to prove the under-exploited potential of solar energy.

Cluster Bomb Treaty: A landmark international treaty to ban cluster munitions took effect on August 1st, requiring signatories to stop the use , production and transfer of the deadly weapons. The Convention on Clusater Munitions entered into force six months after more than 30 countries ratified the 2008 treaty signed by 107 nations. China, Russia, the United States and Israel are among those that have rejected the deal, which obliges those that have ratified to destroy stockpiles.

In a major step for environment protection, the Rajasthan government has announced a complete ban on the use of plastic carry-bags all over the State from August-1. A notification declared the entire State a "plastic carry-bag-free-zone".

Nobel for "TEST-TUBE BABY Creator"

Robert Edwards, the British Scientist whose pioneering research with his
late colleague Patrick Steptoe led to the birth of the World's first "test-tube baby" in 1978, has won this year's (2010) Nobel Prize for medicine. In Britain's Manchester, in1978 july 25, Louis Brown was the first test-tube baby to see light of the world. The father of India's Test-Tube baby studies is Mr. Subesh Mukhopadyaya.

Keshav Danukar - a Seven-year-old boy shot to limelight after his scintillating tabla performance in the Commonwealth Games opening Ceremony.

Peace Nobel for Chinese activist.

Jailed Chinese political activist Liu Xiaobo, 54, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said the award went to Mr.Liu, who is in prison for his calls for political reform, " for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China".
LEPTOLALAX APPLEBY - a frog that sounds like a cricket were among 145 new species discovered in the Greater Mekong area. Greater Mekong is known for its immense biodiversity and the fragility of this region's diverse habitats and species.

TNPSC- Achchadiparambu near here has been selected for establishing genetic heritage garden, which represents Paalai eco system (Sand and Sand related areas) as defined in the Sangam literature. According to a Government Order, which was issued recently, other four genetic heritage gardens, will be located in Yercaudin Salem district(KURINJI),Sirumalai in Dindigul District (Mullai), Sakkottai in Thanjavur District (Marutham) and Thirukadaiyur in Nagapattinam district (Neithal).

Mario Vargas Llosa (74), celebrated Peruvian-Spanish author and one of the most renowned novelist of his generation, has won the Nobel Prize for Literature " for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt and defeat". His popular books are " CONVERSATION IN CATHEDRAL(1969)", "THE
TIME OF THE HERO", "THE FEAST OF THE GOAT", "AUNT JULIA AND THE SCRIPT WRITER (1977)", "THE WAR OF THE END OF THE WORLD(1981)", and "Death in the Andes(1993)".

KOLONTAR (Hungary): The toxic red sludge that burst out of a Hungarian factory's reservoir reached the mighty Danube, after wreaking havoc on smaller rivers and creeks.