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DRDO wins Thomson Reuters innovation award


November 17th, 2011 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) India's premier military weapons developer, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), was Thursday awarded the Thomson Reuters India Innovation Award for 2011 in recognition ... Read more...

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NASA names Waleed Abdalati as chief scientist to oversee scientific endeavors


December 13th, 2010 - 11:26 pm ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on Monday named Waleed Abdalati as chief scientist to oversee all of the agency's scientific endeavors.The position of chief scientist was initially discontinued ... Read more...

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Deepwater Horizon rig plugged and “effectively dead”


September 20th, 2010 - 10:35 pm ICT by BNO News
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA (BNO NEWS) -- Five months after the April 20 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig, which killed 11 people and spawned the worst U.S. oil spill disaster in history, ... Read more...

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Archaeologists Find Remains of Giant, Dog-sized Rats


July 28th, 2010 - 10:54 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
July 28 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The remains of ancient, dog sized rats, which were three times the size of the largest species alive today, were found by archaeologists in a remote ... Read more...

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Giant dog-sized rats discovered in Australia


July 28th, 2010 - 8:12 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sydney, July 28 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Archeologists in Australia have given the details of the remains of the giant rats that were discovered in a cave in East Timorese.The ancient rats, which ... Read more...

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Remains Of Giant Dog Sized Rat Found In East Timor


July 28th, 2010 - 6:41 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez July 28, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The archaeologists of Australia have unearthed the remains of the World's largest rat ever to have scurried on earth. The incredible discovery was made during ... Read more...

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Obama extends warmest wishes on India’s Republic Day


January 26th, 2010 - 12:52 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan.26 (ANI): US President Barack Obama has sent his and the American people's warmest wishes to India on the occasion of the country's 61st Republic Day.In statement released on his ... Read more...

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Obama hails ‘great, growing partnership’ with India


January 26th, 2010 - 10:34 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 26 (IANS) President Barack Obama has greeted the people of India on the country's 60th Republic Day hailing "the great and growing partnership" between the two nations and the ... Read more...

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Remarks By President Obama And Prime Minister Singh Of India At State Dinner


November 25th, 2009 - 10:06 am ICT by admin
Dinner Tent on South Lawn 9:00 P.M. EST PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good evening, everyone. On behalf of Michelle and myself, welcome to the White ... Read more...

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Development remains key word in Delhi (Poll Curtainraiser - Delhi)


May 6th, 2009 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
By Mayank Aggarwal New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Come Thursday and the development plank that helped the Congress score a third consecutive win in Delhi's assembly elections will again be put to ... Read more...

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Chhattisgarh college students arrested for ragging


January 13th, 2009 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 13 (IANS) At least 14 students of a Chhattisgarh college were arrested here Tuesday for assaulting their juniors, the police said.The students of Government Science College were suspended Saturday by ... Read more...

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College students in Chhattisgarh suspended for ragging juniors


January 10th, 2009 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 10 (IANS) Fourteen students at a college in the city were Saturday suspended by the authorities, a day after the police registered a case against them for ragging their juniors ... Read more...

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Students abscond after ragging juniors in Chhattisgarh


January 9th, 2009 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 9 (IANS) At least 14 students are on the run in Chhattisgarh after they were accused of ragging their juniors at the hostel of a college here, police said Friday. ... Read more...

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Government decided to approach IAEA Tuesday: Sibal


July 10th, 2008 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) Stung by attack from its estranged communist allies and the opposition, the government Thursday asserted it decided to approach the IAEA for circulation of the text of ... Read more...

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