India-Bangladesh finalize railway links
September 9th, 2010 - 9:44 pm ICT by ANI
By Pinaki DasAgartala, Sep. 9 (ANI): Railway officials of India and Bangladesh have finalized railway link alignment to improve connectivity between the two countries in Agartala.It will reduce the distance to ... Read more...
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General VK Singh to visit Sri Lanka to strengthen military ties
September 3rd, 2010 - 8:31 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep 3 (ANI): To strengthen bilateral military ties with Sri Lanka, Army Chief General VK Singh will embark on a three day visit to the island nation on Sunday.During this ... Read more...
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Cognizant Technology buys French IT company
June 17th, 2010 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 17 (IANS) Nasdaq listed Cognizant Technology Solutions, a Chennai based IT solutions company, Thursday announced the acquisition of Paris based Galileo Performance, an IT testing and consulting company, for an ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Yahoo! to end publisher network on April 30
April 1st, 2010 - 12:16 am ICT by BNO News
SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) -- Yahoo Inc. on Wednesday announced its decision to close its Publisher Network (YPN) next month.The company made the announcement in an e-mail to its publishers. "Yahoo! continuously ... Read more...
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JNU professor M.S. Rajan is dead
February 17th, 2010 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) M.S. Rajan, Professor Emeritus at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) since 1986, died here Wednesday, his colleagues said. He would have turned 90 this year.
According to the ... Read more...
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Ponseti method of clubfoot correction more effective than surgery
February 2nd, 2010 - 5:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 2 (ANI): Ponseti method has been found to be more effective in treating clubfoot than surgical treatment, say researchers.Clubfoot is a complex deformity in which the feet are twisted inward ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
UN to move some staff out of Pakistan
January 1st, 2010 - 12:40 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 31 (DPA) The UN said Thursday it was planning to temporarily relocate some of its international staff out of Pakistan to "safer places" due to security reasons.
Ishrat Rizvi, the ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Abdominal binders may endanger women’s lives
December 20th, 2009 - 3:20 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 20 (ANI): Abdominal binders, elasticized wraps that are applied around the lower part of the torso to support the abdomen, may endanger women's lives, say experts.Royal College of Midwives (RCM) ... Read more...
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Sethusamundram alignment: How long more, asks apex court
December 14th, 2009 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday asked the central government how much more time it needed to examine the feasibility of having an alternate alignment for a shorter navigational ... Read more...
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BJP trips Krishna on Chinese incursions (Lead)
December 10th, 2009 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna found himself on the mat in the Rajya Sabha Thursday when asked about the number of Chinese incursions into Indian territory ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Pankaj Advani knocked out of World Snooker
November 22nd, 2009 - 6:17 pm ICT by IANS
By Anand Philar
Hyderabad, Nov 22 (IANS) Unheralded 30-year old Greek Cypriot Anthony Brabin dealt Indian hopes a big blow when he knocked out National champion Pankaj Advani 5-3 en route to the ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Leonid Meteor showers in November 2009
November 17th, 2009 - 11:13 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Nov 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The annual Leonid Meteor shower is at its peak early today morning. The night sky would dazzle with the Leonid meteor shower.According NASA experts, and ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Handwriting a struggle for autistic kids
November 10th, 2009 - 2:28 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 10 (ANI): Autistic children are more likely to have handwriting problems than those without autism, according to a new study.The study, conducted by researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, compared ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Azmi wants Raj Thackeray arrested for attack
November 10th, 2009 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 10 (IANS) Samajwadi Party leader Abu Asim Azmi, who was Monday attacked by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) legislators in the assembly, Tuesday reiterated that Raj Thackeray should be arrested ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Glue from sea creature could act as ortho adhesive
October 28th, 2009 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 28 (IANS) A glue secreted by a tiny sea creature called the sandcastle worm could be the answer to a long-sought medical adhesive, specially for repairing bones broken in battlefield ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Tiny sea worm helps scientists make bone-repairing medical adhesive
October 28th, 2009 - 11:56 am ICT by ANI
Washington, October 28 (ANI): Scientists are using the natural glue secreted by a tiny sea creature called the sandcastle worm to make a long-sought new medical adhesive that is needed to repair ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Unsustainable enrolment rate of Indian, Chinese students will affect quality education in Australia
October 19th, 2009 - 5:36 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Oct. 19 (ANI): Australia's largest recruiter of overseas students has warned that the country would not be able to provide quality education to Indian and Chinese students, if it continues to ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Trained by Jenner, England’s Rashid hopes to emulate Warne
September 6th, 2009 - 1:50 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep.6 (ANI): Yorkshire spinner Adil Rashid, who is being trained by former Australian leg spinner and now coach Terry Jenner, hopes he can emulate another Jenner protégé Shane Warne.Twenty-one-year-old Rashid wants ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Rensil D’Silva’s Terrorism Trauma: How He Was Forced To Move Out Of London
May 18th, 2009 - 3:48 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
By Subhash K JhaShooting for Karan Johar's production of his untitled film on global terrorism has been a terror experience for Rensil D'Silva.After a warm invition from the Film Commission of Britain, ... Read more...
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CPI confident of forming govt. at Centre: Raja
May 14th, 2009 - 4:56 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 14 (ANI): Communist Party of India (CPI) leader D. Raja on Thursday exuded confidence about the Third Front forming an alternative government at the Centre, and said the ... Read more...
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Nitish Kumar has a ’secular image’: Digvijay Singh
May 9th, 2009 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The Congress Saturday continued its flip-flop over Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, with senior party leader Digvijay Singh saying the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader has, "by ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Loch Ness boulder may have been used as guide for crop sowing and harvesting 5000 yrs ago
March 28th, 2009 - 1:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 28 (ANI): An amateur archaeologist has suggested that a giant boulder on a hill overlooking Loch Ness, a Scottish lake, was used as a guide for crop sowing and harvesting ... Read more...
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Bismuth-based crystalline material can boost solar cell efficiency, chip design
February 20th, 2009 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 20 (IANS) Physicists have discovered unusual electronic properties in a material that has potential to improve solar cell efficiency and computer chip design.
They determined that a crystal made of bismuth, ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Punjab proposes Rs.50-bn expressway
February 10th, 2009 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 10 (IANS) Putting Punjab on the roadmap of the speedway era, the state government Tuesday proposed a Rs.50-billion (Rs.5,000-crore) expressway.The showpiece expressway, announced by Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal ... Read more...
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Mediation of China not acceptable: Congress
January 23rd, 2009 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) Reacting to Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi's statement that his government has given a "blank cheque" to China to talk to India on its behalf ... Read more...
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Odd Mars craters may have been created by fallen moon
October 25th, 2008 - 12:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 25 (ANI): A new study has suggested that an unusual pair of craters on Mars formed when a moon broke apart before crashing into the planets surface about a ... Read more...
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Canadian astronomer discovers new comet
October 15th, 2008 - 2:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 15 (ANI): An astronomer from the University of Calgarys Rothney Astrophysical Observatory has discovered a new comet, which is the second Canadian discovery of a comet using a Canadian ... Read more...
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Union Govt. says Ram Sethu not a place of worship
October 14th, 2008 - 8:00 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 14 (ANI): The Congress-led UPA government has filed a fresh affidavit in the Supreme Court on the controversial Ram Sethu issue.In the 100-page affidavit, reportedly filed on ... Read more...
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123Greetings new, faster web site enhances user experience
October 3rd, 2008 - 8:59 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Oct 03 (ANI/Business Wire India): 123Greetings, the world''s leading provider of e-cards, today unveils a new and improved web site that loads faster, enhances the user experience and streamlines the ... Read more...
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Hubble captures rare alignment between two spiral galaxies
September 17th, 2008 - 12:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 17 (ANI): NASAs Hubble Space Telescope has captured a rare alignment between two spiral galaxies, with images showing the outer rim of a small, foreground galaxy silhouetted in front ... Read more...
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Karat refuses alliance with UPA after general elections
July 31st, 2008 - 7:06 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi , July 31(ANI): Communist Party of India (CPI-M) General Secretary Prakash Karat today refused any possibility of any party alliance with the United Progressive Alliance even after general elections ... Read more...
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Government to consider alternative alignment on Sethu project
July 30th, 2008 - 4:36 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi , July 30 (ANI): The Centre told the Supreme Court today that it is seriously considering the possibility of pushing the Sethusamudram shipping canal project through an alternative alignment ... Read more...
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IMF ties possibly bind Manmohan to n-deal: Achuthanandan
July 23rd, 2008 - 1:04 am ICT by IANS
Kozhikode, July 22 (IANS) It might be Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's past obligations to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are forcing him to push the India-US civil nuclear ... Read more...
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Scientists uncover mechanism that regulates cell movement
July 21st, 2008 - 11:53 am ICT by ANI
London, July 21 (ANI): A team of scientists from the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) and the Instituto de Biologia Molecular of the CSIC have uncovered a mechanism that ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Male Australian wrens use wiggling genitals to lure females
June 17th, 2008 - 3:25 pm ICT by ANI
London , June 17 (ANI): The presence of a wiggling tongue-like knob on the genitals of some birds, is what helps them attract females of their species, revealed scientists from University ... Read more...
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