Olympics: US teen prodigy claims gold in 800m freestyle
August 4th, 2012 - 7:53 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) America's 15-year-old freestyle prodigy Katie Ledecky blew away the field for gold in the women's 800 meters freestyle at the Olympics Friday.Ledecky clocked an American ... Read more...
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Olympic swimming: Jiao wins 200m butterfly for China
August 2nd, 2012 - 2:22 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 2 (IANS) Jiao Liuyang of China sped to gold in the women's 200 metres butterfly at the London Olympics here Wednesday.Jiao, the Beijing silver medallist at the age ... Read more...
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Olympics: China’s Ye Shiwen shatters world record in swimming
July 29th, 2012 - 4:42 am ICT by IANS
London, July 29 (IANS) China's Ye Shiwen shattered the world record to win a gold medal in the women's 400 metres individual medley at the London Olympics Saturday.Ye touched in ... Read more...
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Evicted grandmother chains herself to Spain’s central bank
May 1st, 2012 - 11:59 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, May 1 (IANS/EFE) A 76-year-old grandmother who lost her home to debt chained herself to the gate of Spain's central bank here Monday and asked Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy ... Read more...
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Hair cells may revolutionise inherited diseases’ treatments
June 1st, 2009 - 1:32 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 1 (ANI): Creating healthy cells from flakes of skin and strands of hair plucked from patients, a team of U.S.-based scientists have made a big leap towards developing a potential ... Read more...
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Just a single hair can provide many pluripotent stem cells
October 18th, 2008 - 2:41 pm ICT by ANI
London, October 18 (ANI): An research team in the U.S. has made a major advance in repeatedly generating induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells from the tiny number of keratinocytes attached to ... Read more...
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India’s S. Kumars acquires Scottish fashion chain (Night Lead)
June 4th, 2008 - 12:17 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Glasgow, June 3 (IANS) After month-long speculation and secrecy, S. Kumar Nationwide Ltd, a leading textile and apparel company promoted by the Mumbai-based Kasliwals, has now emerged as the mystery buyer ... Read more...
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S. Kumars acquires Scottish fashion chain (Lead, changing dateline)
June 3rd, 2008 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Glasgow, June 3 (IANS) After month-long speculation and secrecy, S. Kumar Nationwide Ltd, a company promoted by the Mumbai-based Kasliwals, has now emerged as the mysterious buyer of Scottish fashion chain ... Read more...
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Brandhouse to bring four new global brands to India
February 20th, 2008 - 5:20 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Brandhouse Retails, the retail arm of apparel firm S. Kumar's Nationwide Ltd (SKNL), which already retails international luxury brands such as Alfred Dunhill and Escada in India, ... Read more...
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