Neela Kurinji

Neela Kurinji  is a shrub predominantly found in the Shola forests of Western Ghats and Nilgiri Hills near Ooty, Tamil Nadu. It flowers once in 12 years. Certain Bamboos bloom once in hundred years.

Agni-V

Agni-V, India's strategic missile,, will be test-fired from the Wheeler Island, off the Odisha coast, on January 31. Mr. Avinash Chander is the key architect of Agni series of missiles.The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)  has developed the missile.The missle  will be launchedt from a canister mounted on a road-mobile launcher, a TATRA truck. A gas generator at the bottom of the canister will push the 17-metre long, 50-tonne Agni-V out of the canister.Agni-V  can strike targets situated more than 5,000 km away. It can carry a nuclear warhead weighing 1.1 tonnes.

World's Largest Solar Power Project

World's Largest Solar Power Project.
World's largest solar plant to generate 4,000 mw from sunlight is coming up  near the Sambhar lake in Rajasthan.
The proposed solar project's capacity is about three times India's total solar power capacity. The project will be spread across 19000 acres.The solar photo-voltaic power plant will use PV modules based on crystalline silicon technology.The plant life is estimated to be 25 years . It is expected to supply 6400 million units of energy per year and  will help to reduce CO2 emissions by over 4 million tonnes per year.
The plant would be set up and run by a joint venture of five public sector utilities Bhel, Power grid Corporation of India, Solar Energy Corporation of India, Hindustan Salts limited and Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Limited
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Tejas-LCA

Tejas is a lightweight multi-role jet fighter developed by India. It is a tailless, compound delta wing design powered by a single engine.It is a multi role, light supersonic fighter.
The Tejas is the second supersonic fighter developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) after the HAL Marut. 

Tejas

Tejas.It is  the 'Made in India' Light Combat Aircraft. After a wait of 32 years,Indian Air Force has finally got Tejas, the first indigenously -built Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA). The LCA programme was initiated in 1983 to replace the ageing MiG-21s. It is Initial Operational Clearance-II, which signifies that Tejas is airworthy in different conditions. The Final Operational Clearance (FOC) model will have latest electronic warfare suite,mid-air refuelling and long-range missiles capabilities. State-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) will be manufacturing 20 aircraft  by 2017-2018, to make the first squadron .

FICCI

The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
 1. It is an association of business organizations in India,the largest and the oldest. 
2. It is a non-government, not-for-profit organisation. 
3. It was established in 1927,GD Birla and Purushottam Das Thakurdas. The advice for its establishment was given by  Mahatma Gandhi.
4. It draws its membership from the corporate sector, both private and public, including SMEs and MNCs. FICCI has an indirect membership of over 2,50,000 companies from various regional chambers of commerce.
5. It has its headquarters in  New Delhi 
6.It is involved in sector specific business policy consensus building, and business promotion and networking. 
7. Dr Jyotsna Suri is the current President.

ISRO’s eighth Chairman

The real unsung hero of Mars mission,Dr Alur Seelin Kiran Kumar, took charge on of ISRO’s eighth Chairman and Secretary, Department of Space.He will be the Chairman for the next three years. He also chairs the think-tank body, the Space Commission.
Kiran Kumar is credited with the development of important imaging payloads and sharp-seeing ‘eyes and ears’ of the country’s Earth observation spacecraft.He has served his entire stint from 1975 at ISRO’s Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad.

RapoRate

Rapo Rate. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has slashed the reverse repo rate by 25 basis points to 7.75%. This move signals the beginning of a low interest rate regime. It is highly encouraging for industry and economy and house loans are likely to be cheaper.
The move comes at a time when inflation is steadily coming down and is likely to be below 6 per cent by January 2016. Hence cries for a rate cut were growing loud.

Avinash Chander

Avinash Chander, Secretary, Defence Research and Development cum Director General, DRDO and Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister, had retired on November 30. He was then 64 years of age . He was given a contract for 18 months . But by a notification the Government had terminated the contract of Avinash Chander, 15 months before it was to end.

Chander joined DRDO in 1972 and he is the chief architect of Agni series of ballistic missile systems.

Chief Election Commissioner

The President has appointed Hari Shankar Bramha, the senior-most Election Commissioner in the Election Commission of India as the new Chief Election Commissioner. He assumes charge after present incumbent VS Sampath demits office on attaining the age of 65 years.