1) India firmly rejects Pak video allegations
- Current Affirs India has categorically rejected the allegations of Pakistan that former Indian Naval officer, who is presently in the Pakistani custody was involved in subversive activities in that country.
2) India-US to sign MoU for building LIGO project
- India will sign a Memorandum of Understanding with United States, on 30th March for building a state-of-the-art Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) project in the country.
- The MoU will be signed between the National Science Foundation (NSF) of the US and India`s Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and Department of Science and Technology (DST). DAE Secretary Sekhar Basu will sign the agreement in the US on 30th March.
- The MoU also states of forming a Joint Oversight Group (JOG) with the scientists from NSF, DAE and DST for better coordination of the project.
- A meeting to decide the site for setting up the laboratory in India will take place by April 10. The machines that gave scientists their first-ever glimpse at gravitational waves are the most advanced detectors ever built for sensing tiny vibrations in the universe.