Massive fire in Dubai perfume factory
August 23rd, 2012 - 5:26 am ICT by IANS
Dubai, Aug 23 (IANS) A major perfume factory in Dubai was gutted in a huge fire Wednesday along with four warehouses, according to media reports. There were, however, no casualties ... Read more...
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Lucas to market US firm’s lubricants in India
June 7th, 2011 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) Lucas Indian Services, a unit of Lucas-TVS Group, has tied-up with the US-based TOP1 Oil Products Company to market high-end automobile and synthetic blend lubricants ... Read more...
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Some Antarctic ice is building up from bottom
March 4th, 2011 - 3:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 4 (ANI): New findings by scientists working in the remotest part of Antarctica could reshape our understanding of how the ice sheet expands and moves, and how it might react ... Read more...
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29.5 percent cumulative export growth in India between April-Dec 2010-11 (Part I)
February 25th, 2011 - 5:20 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb.25 (ANI): The Economic Survey 2010-11, presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the Parliament today, states that India's cumulative export growth between April-December 2010-11 stood at 29.5 per ... Read more...
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India’s cumulative export growth in April- Dec stands at 29.5 per cent
February 25th, 2011 - 3:51 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi , Feb 25 (ANI) : Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday tabled Economic survey 2010-11 in Lok Sabha, and said India's cumulative export growth in April- Dec 2010 stands ... Read more...
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Rane TRW Steering launches power steering fluid
February 23rd, 2011 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 23 (IANS) City-based power steering systems manufacturer Rane TRW Steering Systems Ltd Wednesday launched its new product here and said it will set up its own power steering fluid plant ... Read more...
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New method that detects fingerprints containing condom lubricants
January 31st, 2011 - 5:58 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Jan 31 (ANI): Identifying sexual offenders may now get easier with the help of a new method that can detect fingerprints containing condom lubricants left behind.British researchers have developed a technique ... Read more...
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Greenland ice sheet is safer than scientists previously believed
January 27th, 2011 - 4:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 27 (ANI): Scientists have suggested that hotter summers may not be as catastrophic for the Greenland ice sheet as previously feared and may actually slow down the flow of glaciers.Their ... Read more...
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Safe Sex Kits Banned at New Hampshire High School
January 8th, 2011 - 2:10 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Jan 7 (THAINDIAN NEWS) When officials at a New Hampshire High School allowed a group to distribute safe sex kits to the students there, those officials apparently had no idea that the ... Read more...
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Pakistan Auditor General finds massive irregularities in ERRA accounts
November 29th, 2010 - 7:09 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Nov 29(ANI): The Auditor General of Pakistan has pointed out massive financial irregularities of Petrol Oil and Lubricant (POL) running into millions of rupees in the accounts of Earthquake Reconstruction and ... Read more...
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Balmer Lawrie plans Rs.3,500 crore turnover in 5 years
September 24th, 2010 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 24 (IANS) State-owned conglomerate Balmer Lawrie plans to put in Rs.300 crore in six verticals to clock a turnover of Rs.3,500 crore in the next five years, a top company ... Read more...
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No room for complacency on inflation: Mukherjee
September 14th, 2010 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) Wholesale price index (WPI) inflation, which declined to 8.51 percent in Aug from 9.78 percent in the previous month, does not offer room for complacency and ... Read more...
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Tide Water Oil FPO after government confirms Andrew Yule stake
September 3rd, 2010 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 3 (IANS) Tide Water Oil Co (India) would decide on a follow-on public offer (FPO) only after the government formally confirms that the state-owned Andrew Yule & Co will not ... Read more...
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Normal life hit by severe heat conditions in Rajasthan
June 23rd, 2010 - 10:20 pm ICT by ANI
By Lokender SinghJaipur, June 23 (ANI): The general life in Rajasthan has been badly hit due to prevailing heat conditions and the mercury touching 46 degree Celsius.Most of the city's ... Read more...
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China, Taiwan witness over 300,000 cross-Strait marriages
April 28th, 2010 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 27 (IANS) China and Taiwan have witnessed more than 300,000 cross-Strait marriages since air travel between the two regions started in 1987, the civil affairs ministry said Tuesday."Marriages between mainland ... Read more...
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Use of lubricant makes sex more pleasurable
November 9th, 2009 - 1:25 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 9 (IANS) Using a lubricant during sexual activity alone or with a partner contributes to more pleasurable and satisfying sex, a new study has found.
The Centre for Sexual Health ... Read more...
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Balmer Lawrie to set up lube plant in Indonesia
September 24th, 2009 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 24 (IANS) The state-owned Balmer Lawrie, which has diversified business interests such as tea, industrial packaging and grease and lubes, plans to set up a $5-million lubricant and grease plant ... Read more...
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Antarctica’s secret water network far more dynamic than believed
September 15th, 2009 - 12:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 15 (ANI): The first complete map of the lakes beneath Antarctica's ice sheets reveals the continent's secret water network is far more dynamic than we thought, and could be acting ... Read more...
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Railways freight revenue up by 4.77% in April-July
August 18th, 2009 - 5:09 pm ICT by IBNS
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IBNS) The Railways have generated Rs.18274.92 crore of revenue earnings from commodity-wise freight traffic during April-July 2009 as compared to Rs. 17442.11 crore during the corresponding period last ... Read more...
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Castor-oil plants genetically altered to produce new bio-lubricants
June 28th, 2009 - 1:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 28 (ANI): Scientists of the University of Almeria have genetically altered the castor-oil plant so as to use it as a factory to produce bio lubricants.The scientists identified and provided ... Read more...
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Inflation slips to three-decade low, at 0.13 per cent
June 11th, 2009 - 4:27 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 11 (ANI): Inflation slipped to 0.13 per cent for the week ended May 30, the lowest ever in over three decades despite a continuing rise in the food prices. ... Read more...
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Adult shop thief pleads guilty to stealing blow-up dolls for sex
March 13th, 2009 - 4:57 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Mar 13 (ANI): A man who was accused of breaking into an adult shop has pleaded guilty to stealing blow-up dolls for sex.Adam Troy Rosberg, 24, made headlines around the ... Read more...
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Hidden glacial lakes drive flow of Antarctic ice
November 17th, 2008 - 2:47 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 17 (ANI): A new study has revealed that a hidden network of glacial lakes far below the Antarctic surface regulates the motion of the continents ice rivers.The study was ... Read more...
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Western Railways freight earnings up in first quarter
July 22nd, 2008 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, July 22 (IANS) Western Railway's freight earning has grown 17.8 percent to Rs.8.94 billion in the first quarter of 2008-09, compared to Rs.7.59 billion in the same period last year, a ... Read more...
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Mother Nature puts brakes on Greenlands ice sheet ocean slide
July 5th, 2008 - 1:24 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 5 (ANI): Climatologists have determined that nature has given brakes to the base of Greenlands ice sheet, which was earlier sliding into the oceans because of lubrication by water.According ... Read more...
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Taliban, insurgents benefiting from rise in drug production: UN (Lead)
June 27th, 2008 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Taliban and insurgents in conflict zones are using drug money to fund terrorism and corruption, says a UN report that warns against the alarming rise in drug ... Read more...
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Pakistan loses $156 mn business to piracy
April 26th, 2008 - 4:57 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad, April 26 (IANS) Large-scale violation of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in Pakistan is causing the national exchequer a loss of Pakistani Rs.10 billion (about $156 million). The country has been placed ... Read more...
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Castrol India net profit up 41 per cent
February 19th, 2008 - 5:16 pm ICT by admin
Mumbai, Feb 19 (ANI/Business Wire India): Castrol India Limited today declared its audited results for the financial year ended December 31, 2007.The results reflect an outstanding all round performance in line ... Read more...
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