India’s second school of mines to come up in northeast
September 9th, 2012 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) Even as irregularities in coal mining hits the headlines, India's second school of mines is being set up in the country's northeast in collaboration ... Read more...
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Coal India to assess extent of illegal coal mining
August 22nd, 2012 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Coal India Limited (CIL), the country's largest coal miner, has commissioned Jamshedpur-based Xavier Labour Research Institute and Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, for undertaking ... Read more...
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Ministry orders study on Goa’s controversial mining
August 23rd, 2011 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 23 (IANS) The Jharkhand-based Indian School of Mines (ISM) will conduct a comprehensive study on the environmental impact of the Rs.6,500-crore opencast mining industry in Goa, the Rajya ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
IIT-JEE topper aspires to be a civil servant (Second Lead)
May 25th, 2011 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Immadi Prudhvi Tej, resident of Hyderabad, has topped the joint entrance examination (JEE) of the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), whose results were declared ... Read more...
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Hyderabad boy tops IIT-JEE (Lead)
May 25th, 2011 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Immadi Prudhvi Tej, a resident of Hyderabad, has topped the joint entrance examination (JEE) of the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) whose results were ... Read more...
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Experts rule out Japan type nuke disaster in the US
March 29th, 2011 - 3:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar. 29 (ANI): Though the U.S. earthquake zone is active, scientists say ingredients do not exist there for a Japan-style nuclear disaster."There is that uncertainty when you hear that something has ... Read more...
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Quantum dots could make solar panels more efficient
March 26th, 2011 - 2:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 26 (ANI): New studies conducted by researchers at the Colorado School of Mines could significantly improve the efficiency of solar cells.Mark Lusk and his colleagues' latest work describes how ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Two players suspended after netball clash (Lead)
February 22nd, 2011 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Feb 22 (IANS) Two players were suspended after Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh teams exchanged fisticuffs during a netball match of the 34th National Games on Tuesday, said an official."Two Jharkhand ... Read more...
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The physics behind coffee rings
November 24th, 2010 - 12:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 24 (ANI): Usually the formation of coffee rings on a table doesn't prompt a response further than 'Use a coaster', but a team of researchers have gone beyond and explored ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
New tool to predict earthquake risk accurately
July 6th, 2010 - 11:50 am ICT by ANI
Melbourne, July 6 (ANI): A new tool could now help experts predict areas at high seismic risk, according to new research."What we're talking about here is mapping the earthquake faults in the ... Read more...
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Physicists assemble low cost, high tech landmine detector
June 17th, 2010 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 17 (IANS) Physicists have assembled a low-cost yet high-tech mine detector. The system costs about $10,000, or less than a hundredth of the laser-based Doppler remote detection systems sold for ... Read more...
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472,000 students appear for IIT joint entrance exam
April 11th, 2010 - 1:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) At least 472,000 students appeared for the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) joint entrance examination (JEE), seeking a berth in over 15 top engineering colleges across the ... Read more...
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Indian-origin scientist’s energy “Bloom Box” is not revolutionary, say experts
February 26th, 2010 - 2:22 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 26 (ANI): Fuel cell experts have said that the "Bloom Box", which is an as yet unbuilt in-home "power plant" designed by an Indian-origin scientist, is not revolutionary, nor ... Read more...
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Scientists discover new possibilities for hydrogen-producing algae
March 25th, 2009 - 5:45 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 25 (ANI): Researchers studying a hydrogen-producing, single-celled green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, have unmasked a previously unknown fermentation pathway that may open up possibilities for increasing hydrogen production.C. reinhartii, a ... Read more...
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Jail inmates in Dhanbad undergo computer training
March 7th, 2009 - 6:54 pm ICT by ANI
Dhanbad (Jharkhand), Mar 7 (ANI): Jail authorities in Dhanbad Jail are imparting computer training to jail inmates to equip them with skills for the future.Students of Indian School of Mines (ISM) ... Read more...
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Engineering students in Dhanbad design racing-cum-rally car
January 20th, 2009 - 6:32 pm ICT by ANI
By Girija Shankar Ojha
Dhanbad, Jan 20 (ANI): A group of engineering students at Dhanbad in Jharkhand have designed an indigenous racing-cum-rally car named ''MechISMU''.
This unique car conceptualised and assembled by the ... Read more...
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Ancient asteroid may have created biggest known landslide on Mars
January 7th, 2009 - 2:16 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 7 (ANI): Scientists have said that an asteroid may have triggered a landslide on Mars billions of years ago, which is the size of the entire United States, and ... Read more...
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