Assam’s boat clinics deliver health services - and hope (With images)
July 11th, 2012 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
Nalbari (Assam), July 11 (IANS) Amid pouring monsoon rain, men, women and children run alongside the torrential Brahmaputra, waving at people in white coats on a boat. This is their ... Read more...
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Indian rocket hurls aloft four satellites
October 12th, 2011 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), Oct 12 (IANS) An Indian rocket blasted off from the spaceport here Wednesday to place into orbit an Indo-French satellite to study the tropical weather system ... Read more...
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Satellite images to facilitate rescue work in Haiti
January 15th, 2010 - 6:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan. 15 (ANI): The powerful earthquake that struck the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince this week may have made current maps suddenly out of date, obstructing relief and rescue efforts, but earth ... Read more...
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Earth-sized moons may orbit around ‘hot Jupiters’
September 12th, 2009 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, September 12 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have determined that giant gas planets like Jupiter, which orbit close to their parent star, could harbour moons the size of Earth.According to ... Read more...
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NASAs Kepler mission to search for Earth-sized planets
March 4th, 2009 - 4:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 4 (ANI): NASAs Kepler mission, which is all set to launch on March 6, will take a long look at the stars in the constellation Cygnus, searching for an ... Read more...
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ESA to offer zero gravity rides to space tourists
November 12th, 2008 - 2:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 12 (ANI): The European Space Agency (ESA) is planning to offer zero-gravity rides to passengers on an airplane, giving a boost to the fledging space-tourism market.According to a report ... Read more...
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COROT detects stellar quakes in other stars for the first time
October 24th, 2008 - 12:47 pm ICT by ANI
Paris, Oct 24 (ANI): The COROT satellite has used a technique similar to seismology to detect the presence of stellar quakes in three stars, an observation that has been made for ... Read more...
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India, France to launch tropical weather satellite in 2009
July 7th, 2008 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) India and France will jointly launch a satellite next year to understand climate change and the tropical weather phenomena including monsoons. The joint working group of the ... Read more...
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