West Wing Week 07/01/2016 or, “Pop and His People”
West Wing Week 07/01/2016 or, “Pop and His People”
Think you know #Jupiter? Here’s an in-depth look at the kin…
Think you know #Jupiter? Here’s an in-depth look at the king of the planets: http://go.nasa.gov/29a7eu9
European Space History
On this day: 2 July 1985, ESA’s Giotto spacecraft was launched on the tenth Ariane 1 (flight V14), from Kourou, French Guiana. Making encounters with comets Halley in 1986 and Grigg–Skjellerup in 1992, Giotto was ESA’s first deep-space mission. It imaged a comet nucleus for the first time and found the first evidence of organic material on a comet.
Brand New Feature: Write-up In 45 Different Languages On Facebook Soon
Facebook is getting ready to bring new features to its users and will soon make it easy to communicate with global Audience by introducing a new software that automatically translates posts to several different languages.
As tech website CNET reported, all you have to do is type up a post, click on a pull-down menu, and add up to 45 different language translations.
The brand new feature is already being used by about 5,000 Facebook Pages which are specifically for businesses as well as brands, however it will soon open for testing to the broader Social Network.
According to Facebook, about half of its 1.65 billion users Worldwide speak a language other than English.
Solar Energy to Power India of the Future
In #India, nearly 1 in 4 people still live without electricity. Many are in poor, rural communities, where the lack of electricity prevents them from living better, more productive lives. What can help India meet its energy needs in an effective and climate-friendly way? Think solar. http://wrld.bg/LWMc301LVTV #EndEnergyPoverty
Solar Energy to Power India of the Future
India’s plan to ramp up solar power generation to 100 GW by 2022 is among the largest in the world. It will help bring sustainable, clean, climate-friendly electricity to millions of India’s people.
Check out this amazing photo of the cave where six astronauts are spending six …
Check out this amazing photo of the cave where six astronauts are spending six nights underground. More on beautiful shots on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/gp/europeanastronauttraining/569923 Read the first update on progress in the CAVES blog: http://blogs.esa.int/caves/
Explore the many radiation environments our Juno mission has…
Explore the many radiation environments our Juno mission has traveled through on its way to Jupiter: http://go.nasa.gov/29k9tPy
Nutrition in India by Ashi Kohli Kathuria, Victor Aguayo, J.P. Dadhich, S. Mahendra Dev, Arun…
In #Karnataka, Maternal Mortality Rate fell by 25% between 2005-06 and 2015-16, and the Infant Mortality Rate by 35% between 2006 and 2013. Read how this happened: http://wrld.bg/8ubn300m5YY
Nutrition in India by Ashi Kohli Kathuria, Victor Aguayo, J.P. Dadhich, S. Mahendra Dev, Arun…
Nutrition in India comprises policy notes on the situation in India, which has one of the highest malnutrition rates in the world. The policy notes provide an overview and data about variations in malnutrition across socioeconomic groups and states. Using the interactive data and videos, readers may…
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN to visit ESA’s technical heart in the Netherlands on 2 Oct…
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN to visit ESA’s technical heart in the Netherlands on 2 October for the annual ESTEC Open Day – come see actual space hardware and meet astronauts and mission planners!
http://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESTEC/Registration_open_for_October_s_ESA_Open_Day_in_the_Netherlands
Pathways to Prosperity: An e-Symposium
Real wages have risen across #India in the past two decades but the rise has been especially marked among the rural unskilled workers. Three reasons – falling rural female labor force participation, a construction boom, and increase in #agriculture prices – contributed to this increase. Going forward, with slower growth in the construction sector and lower agriculture prices, some of the factors that contributed to the increase may not be sustained over time.
Pathways to Prosperity: An e-Symposium
Blog #8: In building and agri boom, rural wage lift India is home to the largest number of poor people in the world, as well as the largest number of people who have recently escaped poverty. Over the next few weeks, this blog series will highlight recent research from the World Bank and its partner…
DOUBLE Taxation AVOIDANCE Agreement Between India & Cyprus
An official level meeting between India and Cyprus took place in New Delhi on 28 and 29 June, 2016, to finalize the new India Cyprus Double taxation Avoidance Agreement, wherein all pending issues, including taxation of capital gains, were discussed, and in-principle agreement was reached on all pending issues.
It was agreed to provide for source based taxation of capital gains on transfer of shares.
However, a grandfathering clause would be provided for investments made prior to 1.4.2017, in respect of which capital gains would be taxed in the country of which taxpayer is a resident.
These provisional agreements will now be placed before the Cabinet for its approval, subsequent to which the new tax treaty can be signed by the two countries.
Both sides also discussed the issue of notification of Cyprus under section 94A of Income-tax Act, 1961.
It was agreed that India will consider rescinding the said notification with effect from 1st November, 2013, and will be initiating the process for the same.
Both sides expressed satisfaction with the progress achieved in the meeting, and hoped that it would lead to resolution of all pending matters at the earliest.
The Juno spacecraft is the size of a basketball court, but w…
The Juno spacecraft is the size of a basketball court, but what do all of its parts do? Take a look inside the spacecraft: http://nasa.tumblr.com/post/146758959344/juno-inside-the-spacecraft
