10 MARCH 2015

Ø  The Modi government’s comprehensive new law on black money held overseas will allow the tax department to open records as far back as 16 years to unearth evasion and enable prosecution.

Ø  If you’re planning on scouring a vast Australian mountain range looking for what is probably the rarest frog in the world, scientists suggest a rudimentary approach works best.

Ø  Solar Impulse, claimed to be the world’s only solar-powered aircraft, will make a stopover in Ahmedabad on Tuesday as a part of its maiden global journey — without a drop of fuel. The plane took off from Abu Dhabi early on Monday and its first stop was Muscat. After landing in Ahmedabad, the solar aircraft’s founders and pilots Bertrand Piccard and AndrBorschberg are likely to stay in the city for two days before leaving for Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. The aircraft has a 72-metre wingspan, larger than that of Boeing-747, and weighs just 2,300 kg, equivalent to the weight of a car. The flight will also halt at Mandalay in Myanmar and Chongqing and Nanjing in China. After crossing the Pacific Ocean via Hawaii, the aircraft will fly across the U.S., stopping at Phoenix, the Midwest and New York City.

Ø  A week after the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan met in Islamabad, Pakistan’s High Commissioner Abdul Basit met Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani in New Delhi.

Ø  The Modi government’s comprehensive new law on black money held overseas will allow the tax department to open records as far back as 16 years to unearth evasion and enable prosecution.

Ø  With next billion people on the Internet likely to come from India, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) CEO Fadi Chehadé on Monday said the country had the power to shape the future of Internet.