Miscellaneous Installations Centres Etc, Current Events and Abbreviations

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Miscellaneous Installations Centres Etc

  • Arey Milk Colony: Mumbai (Maharashtra) .
  • Agro Industries Corporation: Chandigarh.
  • Archaeological Survey of India: Indian Museum, Calcutta (West Bengal) .
  • Artificial Limb Centre: Pune (Maharashtra) .
  • Atomic Reactors: (1) Aprasara (2) Cirrus and (3) Zerlina at Trombay near Mumbai (Maharashtra) (4) Purnima at Kalpakkam near Chennai, (5) Dhruva at Trombay, near Mumbai, (6) Kamini at Kalpakkam, near Chennai.
  • Bhaba Auditorium: Mumbai
  • Birla Planetarium: Kolkata (West Bengal) and Chennai (Tamil Nadu) .
  • Central Board of Film Censors: Mumbai (Maharashtra) .
  • Central Board of Geophysics: Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) .
  • Central Tractor Organisation: New Delhi.
  • Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) : New Delhi.
  • Currency Printing Press (or) Indian Security Press: Nasik.
  • Directorate of Scientific and Technological Personnel: New Delhi.
  • High Altitude Cosmic Ray Laboratory: Gulmarg (Kashmir) .
  • Hindustan Aluminium Corporation: Renkoot (Uttar Pradesh) .
  • Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre: New Delhi.
  • Indian Security Press: Nasik Road (Maharashtra)
  • Indo-Australian Sheep Farm: Hissar (Haryana) .
  • Inter University Centre on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) : Poona University.
  • Mafatlal Scientific and Technical Museum: Mumbai.
  • Meteorological Observatory: Pune (Maharashtra) and Delhi.
  • National Archives of India: New Delhi.
  • National Atlas Organisation: Kolkata (West Bengal) .
  • National Coal Development Corporations: Ranchi (Bihar)
  • National Dairy Development Board: Anand (Gujarat) .
  • National Gallery of Modern Art: New Delhi.
  • National Library: Kolkata (West Bengal) .
  • National Museum: New Delhi.
  • Nehru Planetarium: New Delhi, Mumbai and Ludhiana.
  • Nuclear Science Centre: Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi.
  • Publication and Information Directorate (Including Indian Languages Unit) : New Delhi.
  • Rabindar Rangshala Open-air theatre: New Delhi.
  • Rangapur Observatory: Rangapur near Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) .
  • Research Survey & Planning Organisation: New Delhi.
  • Rocket Launching Station: (1) Thumba near Trivandrum (Kerala) and (2) Sriharikota Island (Andhra Pradesh) .
  • Security Paper Mill: Houshangabad (Madhya Pradesh) .
  • Seismological Observatory: Shillong (Assam) .
  • Solar Physics Observatory: Kodaikanal (Tamil Nadu) .
  • T. V. Reception Centre (India՚s First) : Pune (Maharashtra)
  • World Diary: Mumbai (Maharashtra) .

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Abbreviations

AbbreviationsAbbreviations
AAFIAmateur Athletic Federation of India
ABCAtomic, Biological and Chemical (warfare) ; American Broad- casting Company; Australian Broadcasting Company.
ABMAnti-Ballistic Missiles
ABVPAkhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad
ACCAuxiliary Cadet Corps; Air Coordinating Committee
ADBAsian Development Bank
ADCAide-de-Camp
ABCAtomic Energy Commission
AITUCAll India Trade Union Congress
AICTEAll India Council for Technical Education
AIDSAcquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome
AIMSAll India Institute of Medical Sciences
ALCMSAir Launched Nuclear Armed Cruise Missiles
AMCArmy Medical Corps
ANCAAlternative Nuclear Command Authority
ANNAsian News Network
APPEALAsia-Pacific Programme of Education for ALL
APPLEAriane Passenger Payload Experiment
ASATAnti-Satellite Weapon
ASEANAssociation of South-East Asian Nations
ASLVAugmented Satellite Launch Vehicle
ASPACAsian and Pacific Council