Monthly Archive:: December 2014

Denmark tops the Corruption Perception Index,2014

Once again it is Denmark. The country occupies the top slot in the Corruption Perception Index 2014 released by Transparency International.  Corruption Perception Index records the public sector corruption based on expert opinion. In its 20th report, it assessed 175 countries. The assessment is carried out on a scale 0-100, where 0 represents highly corrupt

China, not the U.S., is the No.1 economic power according to IMF

It is marginal now, but numbers matter. China has replaced United States from the  No. 1 economic power. According  to the estimate numbers released by the International Monetary Fund, China occupies No. 1 position with $17.6 trillion (16.5% of global economy) compared to   $17.4 trillion ( 16.3%)  of the U.S.A. This is on the

Spectre: Get ready for the next James Bond film

It is official now. Spectre is the title of the 24th James Bond film. The name was announced yesterday by the Director Sam Mendes. Eon productions produces the film.  The film release in UK is planned  on 23rd October 2015. Spectre is the name of the global terrorist organization introduced by Ian Fleming, first in

3D neural compass cells enable our navigation: Bats

Nature has many hidden secrets despite the advanced researches. Studies on bats have revealed that they have  neural compass cells to keep track of their flying route map. This is now revealed by researches conducted on bats by recording the brain signals of bats as they flew and landed.    It was surprising how the

Declining oil price and its impact on countries

Oil, the most important commodity of the world is in news once again. Whenever in news, oil brings gladness to a group of nations while gloom to others. This time, it is in news for the sharp decline of oil prices from $ 115 a barrel to $ 70 a barrel.   One oil barrel in