Pakistan To Host 19th SAARC summit In 2016
Pakistan’s
capital Islamabad will host the 19th South Asian Association for
Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit in 2016. SAARC current chairperson
Nepalese Prime Minister Sushil Koirala made the announcement at the
concluding session of the 18th SAARC summit in Kathmand. The 18th South
Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit was held in
Kathmandu, Nepal from 26 November 2014 to 27 November 2014.The South
Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is an economic and
geopolitical organisation of eight countries that are primarily located
in South Asia. Eight members are Afghanistan, Pakistan, India,
Bangladesh, Bhutan,Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka. The SAARC Secretariat is
based in Kathmandu, Nepal. The combined economy of SAARC is 3rd largest
in the world in the terms of GDP (PPP) after the United States and
China and 8th largest in the terms of GDP (Nominal). SAARC nations are
having 3% of world’s area and in contrast having 21% (around 1.7
billion) of world’s total population.
SRM University Student Sultan Khetani Won Bright Futures Prize at Harvard
Sultan
Khetani, a postgraduate student of the Department of Biomedical
Engineering at SRM University, and his Project Instructor Dr. Shafee
Hadi of Harvard Medical School have won the Bright Futures Prize 2014
for their research on fighting HIV/AIDS using a low cost flexible
microchip. The Bright Futures Prize is a prestigious award with a cash
prize of $100,000 for which more than 200 teams from Harvard and MIT
affiliates had competed.
Forest Owlet Spotted In Western Ghats
The
critically endangered Forest Owlet, which was till now considered to be
endemic to the Satpura mountain ranges in central India, has now been
spotted in Western Ghats by naturalists. The owlet was spotted in Tansa
Wildlife Sanctuary in Palghar District of Maharashtra. The bird is
endemic to the Satpura mountain ranges in central India. This time, the
bird has been found in Tansa wildlife sanctuary about 250 km southwards
of its earlier known range. The Tansa wildlife sanctuary near Mumbai is
known to be an important bird habitat.
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