Have new formula for cube root, says Agra mathematician
February 6th, 2012 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Feb 6 (IANS) It has eluded experts for centuries, but now an Indian, following in the footsteps of Aryabhatt, one of the earliest Indian mathematicians, claims to have worked ... Read more...
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Google doodle remembers Uncle Pai
September 17th, 2011 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) Google's homepage Saturday paid homage to Anant V. Pai, who introduced Indian culture and tradition to millions of his countrymen through his Amar Chitra Katha ... Read more...
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Indian-born Canadian buying major stake in Bank of Ireland
July 28th, 2011 - 12:33 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, July 28 (IANS) Toronto-based Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd, which has assets worth about $32 billion and iscontrolled by Hyderabad-born Prem Watsa, is buying a big stake in the troubled ... Read more...
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Defector “Curve Ball” reveals how he fooled Western intelligence into attacking Saddam
March 14th, 2011 - 3:32 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Mar. 14 (ANI): An Iraqi defector has indirectly revealed how he fooled western intelligence services into believing that Iraq had a secret program to brew mobile biological weapons, which convinced ... Read more...
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Anant ‘Uncle’ Pai popularised Indian culture through comics (Obituary, With Image)
February 24th, 2011 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
By Quaid Najmi
Mumbai, Feb 24 (IANS) Anant V. Pai, a chemical engineer who taught Indian culture, tradition and ethos through Amar Chitra Katha comics to millions of his countrymen, passed away here ... Read more...
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Iraq war: Defector says he lied about WMDs
February 16th, 2011 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 16 (IANS) A defector, whose information was used by the US to justify the Iraq war, has admitted for the first time that he lied about the secret biological ... Read more...
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Iraqi defector admits lying about Iraq WMD to get rid of Saddam Hussein regime
February 16th, 2011 - 3:34 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 16 (ANI): An Iraqi defector whose claims that the Saddam Hussein regime possessed biological weapons of mass destruction had persuaded the US to invade the oil rich country in 2003, ... Read more...
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Artificial skin is sensitive to even the slightest pressure
September 13th, 2010 - 8:36 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sep 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Scientists have announced that they have successfully developed an artificial "skin” that is sensitive to touch.The development is a milestone for scientists who are looking for ways to ... Read more...
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Indian nuclear scientist Homi Sethna dead (Lead)
September 6th, 2010 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 6 (IANS) Renowned nuclear technocrat and scientist Homi N. Sethna died at his home here late Sunday, official sources said Monday.
A former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), ... Read more...
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Indian nuclear scientist Homi Sethna dead
September 6th, 2010 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 6 (IANS) Renowned nuclear technocrat and scientist Homi N. Sethna died at his home here late Sunday, official sources said Monday.
A former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Sethna was ... Read more...
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Actress Rucha Gujrati Got Engaged
August 31st, 2010 - 9:16 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
August 31, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Rucha Gujrati seems to be on the proverbial Cloud Nine as she's going through an extremely awesome and productive phase in both her personal as well ... Read more...
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I’m itching to act again: Nagesh Kukunoor (Interview)
August 22nd, 2010 - 9:43 am ICT by IANS
By Robin Bansal
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Nagesh Kukunoor is yearning to face the camera again. Absent from the big screen for the last four years, the director is now making ... Read more...
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TV actor Karan Grover keen to make travel show
June 20th, 2010 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Once training to be a chemical engineer, Karan Grover came to television due to his love for acting and now the adventurous actor sees himself making a ... Read more...
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Membrane to cut carbon dioxide emission from coal power units
June 17th, 2010 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, June 17 (IANS) High-tech cling wraps that filter out carbon dioxide (CO2) from waste gases can help save the world, says the researcher who developed the technology.
The membranes can be fitted ... Read more...
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Detergents, shampoos can make water carcinogenic
May 27th, 2010 - 3:07 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 27 (IANS) Certain constituents in shampoo, detergents and other household cleaning agents are likely to turn water from sewage treatment plants carcinogenic.The study sheds new light on possible environmental sources ... Read more...
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Beetle inspires water collection in driest desert
May 17th, 2010 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, May 17 (IANS) In the barren landscape of Namib desert, water is scarce and the few forms of life that survive are highly adaptable -- none more so than the Namib ... Read more...
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India’s Ajay Mathur among energy-efficiency ‘visionaries’
May 12th, 2010 - 12:09 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 12 (IANS) Ajay Mathur, director general of India's Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), is one of the energy efficiency "visionaries" from Africa, Asia, Europe and South America to be honoured ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
IIT alumnus Nohria named next dean of Harvard
May 5th, 2010 - 12:57 pm ICT by IANS
Boston, May 5 (IANS) Professor Nitin Nohria, an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai, has been named the first Indian-American dean of the prestigious Harvard Business School, a role ... Read more...
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Police say Brit-Indian Labour MP Ashok Kumar’s death ‘not suspicious’
March 16th, 2010 - 12:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar. 16 (ANI): Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland police have described the death of Brit-Indian Labour MP Ashok Kumar as accidental and not at all suspicious.Kumar was found dead at his ... Read more...
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Corey Haim’s final film plans
March 11th, 2010 - 9:49 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
Mar 11 (Pen Men at Work): Even as the world is struggling to accept the fact that Corey Haim is no more, following a drug overdose on Wednesday, details of the ... Read more...
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Charity official, engineer kidnapped in Haiti
February 24th, 2010 - 12:06 pm ICT by IANS
Dajabon (Dominican Republic), Feb 24 (IANS/EFE) An official with the Catholic charity Caritas and a chemical engineer have been kidnapped in eastern Haiti, the organisation Solidaridad Fronteriza and a Jesuit group that ... Read more...
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Tweaked E coli can produce low-cost fuel
January 28th, 2010 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 28 (IANS) Scientists have transformed E. coli, the bacteria responsible for most cases of food poisoning, into an efficient biological factory to produce diesel and other hydrocarbons from sugars cheaply ... Read more...
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Reliance Industries executive dies of heart attack
December 29th, 2009 - 2:29 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 29 (IANS) R. Ravimohan, executive director or Reliance Industries who was appointed to its board earlier this year, died here late Monday after a massive cardiac arrest, a company statement ... Read more...
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Indian-American works new way to save refineries’ billions
December 23rd, 2009 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 23 (IANS) Oil refineries worldwide could save billions of dollars in energy costs yearly, by using a novel method developed by an Indian-Amercian chemical engineer.
Researchers led by Rakesh Agarwal, ... Read more...
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CEOs in Fortune 500 companies raking in 129 times their ‘ideal salaries’
November 4th, 2009 - 4:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 4 (ANI): CEOs in 35 of the top Fortune 500 companies were overpaid by about 129 times their "ideal salaries" in 2008, according to a researcher at Purdue University.Venkat Venkatasubramanian, ... Read more...
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Jane Krakowski red carpet dress at Emmys creates ripples
September 22nd, 2009 - 11:18 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Sep 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The pretty and the alluring 30 Rock actress Jane Krakowski wore an understated Versace gown at the Emmy Awards. Everybody had a hard time figuring ... Read more...
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Brazilian doctor being investigated for manipulating genes
August 25th, 2009 - 12:46 pm ICT by IANS
Sao Paulo, Aug 25 (EFE) Roger Abdelmassih, a Brazilian doctor arrested last week on charges that he sexually abused dozens of patients, is also under investigation for manipulating genetic material at his ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Soon, solar cells might be printed like newspaper or painted on rooftops
August 25th, 2009 - 12:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 25 (ANI): If scientists have their way, solar cells could soon be produced more cheaply using nanoparticle "inks" that allow them to be printed like newspaper or painted onto the ... Read more...
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PREVIEW: Ethirmarai (2009)
August 4th, 2009 - 7:39 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Banner- Escope International
Production- G Arun
Direction- G Arun
Star-casts- Ajay Kumar, Rakesh, Banushree, Shirina and others.
Art Director- Rajeevan
Music- Murugan Mohan
Lyrics- Vairamuthu
Cinematographer- Dinesh Kumar
Editing- Sabu-Riyas
Digital Cinema Designer- G. Balaji
Choreography- Dinesh, Saravanarajan
Stunt- Billa Jagan
Costume Designer- ... Read more...
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New method developed for creating high-performance membranes from crystal sieves
July 31st, 2009 - 2:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 31 (ANI): Engineers have developed a new method for creating high-performance membranes from crystal sieves called zeolites, which could increase the energy efficiency of chemical separations up to 50 times ... Read more...
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European Parliament gets its first Polish president
July 14th, 2009 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
Strasbourg (France), July 14 (DPA) The European Parliament Tuesday elected its first president from a former-Communist member state as the 736-seat legislature gave an overwhelming majority of votes to Poland's former conservative ... Read more...
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Eco-friendly industrial lubricant developed by scientists
July 12th, 2009 - 12:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 12 (ANI): A team of researchers from the University of Huelva, Spain, has developed an eco friendly lubricating grease based on ricin oil and cellulose derivatives.The new formula does not ... Read more...
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New technique can fast-track better ionic liquids for biomass pre-treatments
July 12th, 2009 - 12:52 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 12 (ANI): A new technique developed by scientists is able to fast-track better ionic liquids for biomass pre-treatments.The technique has been developed by researchers at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), ... Read more...
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Researchers develop ‘green’ industrial lubricant
July 11th, 2009 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 11 (IANS) Researchers have developed an eco-friendly lubricating grease, based on ricin oil and cellulose derivatives. The new formula does not include any of the contaminating components used to manufacture ... Read more...
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‘Green’ pictorial book on African safaris
June 5th, 2009 - 11:12 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 5 (IANS) What happens when a photographer and wildlife enthusiast goes on a 14-day safari to Africa? The answer is a colourful eco-friendly coffee table book.
"Dream Safari - A pictorial ... Read more...
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