India has reported only one polio case this year making it the longest polio-free period ever since eradication efforts were launched. The only case of polio reported this year has been from Howrah district in West Bengal on January 13 compared to 39 cases in the country in the same period of 2010. Now let us know what exactly polio is:
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Iran’s First Nuclear plant Connected to Power Grid
Iran said on September 4, 2011 that it had overcome repeated setbacks to successfully connect the Bushehr nuclear plant to the country’s national electricity grid. The Bushehr plant, which is Iran’s first nuclear plant, will initially contribute 60MW of power to the grid. Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization said that the plant would take some time before operating at its full capacity of 1,000MW.
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