Reactor pressure vessel inspected at Kudankulam
June 30th, 2012 - 11:56 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 30 (IANS) Atomic power plant operator Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) Saturday commenced the pre-service inspection of the reactor pressure vessel of the first 1,000 MW ... Read more...
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Kannada fim ‘Bete’ sheer waste of time (Kannada film review)
December 25th, 2011 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
Film: Bete; Cast: Ayesha, Akshay, Harish Rai, Anant Nag, Pavithra Lokesh, Ishitha Vyas, Aadi Lokesh; Story-Screenplay-Director: Sreenivas Kaushik; Producer: Auditor Sreenivas; Cinemetographer: Sathish Babu; Music: Akhil; Rating: *The year ... Read more...
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World’s reef fish systems threatened by human overpopulation
April 6th, 2011 - 6:44 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 6 (ANI): A new study has found that the highly diverse reef fish systems are the most vulnerable to human threats.In a large collaborative analysis, 55 scientists from 49 ... Read more...
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Abuse rates higher among deaf children: Study
January 19th, 2011 - 6:34 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 19 (ANI): A new study indicates that the incidence of maltreatment, including neglect and physical and sexual abuse, is more than 25 percent higher among deaf and hard-of-hearing children than ... Read more...
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Australia tightens subscriber’s private web browsing access
June 11th, 2010 - 2:47 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, June 11 (ANI): Companies who provide customers with a connection to the Internet may soon have to retain subscriber's private web browsing history for law enforcement to examine when requested.Industry insiders, ... Read more...
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Online verification of tenants, domestics in Gurgaon
May 16th, 2010 - 12:54 am ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, May 15 (IANS) In a unique initiative, the Gurgoan police has enabled house owners to verify their tenants and domestic help online without going to a police station, an official said ... Read more...
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Publicity drive launched in Orissa for census 2011
April 1st, 2010 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 1 (IANS) The Orissa government Thursday launched a massive publicity drive for census 2011, spreading awareness among people about the importance of providing necessary data for the operation, an official ... Read more...
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Now, a birthing computer to decide if a C-section is needed or not
October 24th, 2008 - 5:38 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 24 (ANI): Doctors often get confused when it comes to deciding whether a particular woman in labour should undergo caesarean or not. But now, a computer can easily take ... Read more...
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Film downloads help buffs discover movies at home
June 30th, 2008 - 11:33 am ICT by IANS
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Darmstadt (Germany), June 30 (DPA) A perfect couch potato set-up, with chips and the remote in easy reach, is pointless when there's nothing good on TV. But where a lack of good ... Read more...
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Warming temperature affects birds migration timings
June 22nd, 2008 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 22 (ANI): American scientists have found that the changing climate has led to a significant change in the timings of spring migrations of birds.Experts at Boston University and ... Read more...
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Whale sharks populations are healthier than earlier estimated, suggests new study
December 26th, 2007 - 2:36 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Dec 26 (ANI): A new study has suggested that whale shark populations in Ningaloo, Western Australia, are healthy, thus contradicting previous findings about the decline of the marine creature.Brad Norman, a ... Read more...
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