Swiss Olympian kicked off team after sending racist tweet
August 1st, 2012 - 1:02 am ICT by BNO News
LONDON, ENGLAND (BNO NEWS) -- A Swiss football star was kicked off the men's Olympic team Monday after sending out a tweet deemed to be racist, sports officials said. It comes just ... Read more...
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Sauber unite F1 and football with innovative deal
April 30th, 2012 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 30 (IANS) Formula One team Sauber have announced a ground-breaking new partnership with English Premier League football club Chelsea FC.At the recent Chinese and Bahrain Grand Prix ... Read more...
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Six nation expedition traces Brahmaputra’s course
November 25th, 2010 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 25 (IANS) A six-nation rafting-cum-trekking expedition has successfully covered 3,000 km from the source of the river Brahmaputra in Tibet to its delta in the Bay of Bengal.The 14-member team ... Read more...
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Solar Plane Lands Safely After Flying Through The Night
July 11th, 2010 - 7:19 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Payerne, July 11, (THAINDIAN NEWS) An aircraft which derived its power from solar energy was successful in remaining aloft for a period of 26 hours and finally was able to ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Swiss team plans to fly solar plane all night
June 16th, 2010 - 7:52 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Geneva, Jun 16 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A Swiss team is planning to fly a solar powered plane around the world in 2012. The team has announced that they plan to fly ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Solar Plane Being Readied For Nocturnal Flight
June 16th, 2010 - 7:28 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
June 16, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A Swiss team is involved in efforts to fly a plane powered by solar ray across the world in 2012. The team is trying to fly ... Read more...
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Switzerland looking to rebound in World Cup (Group H team profile)
June 2nd, 2010 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
Hamburg/Zurich, June 2 (DPA) Switzerland look to rebound from a poor Euro 2008 showing and bad luck elimination from the 2006 World Cup as they expect a tough battle for second ... Read more...
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USA Beats Switzerland At Ice Hockey Quarter Finals
February 25th, 2010 - 8:36 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Vancouver, Feb 25, (THAINDIAN NEWS) While people talked much about the Canada-Russia ice hockey game at the Winter Olympic games, the US has proceeded a step further towards Olympic gold ... Read more...
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Kobayashi given driver’s seat at Sauber
December 17th, 2009 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
Hinwil (Switzerland), Dec 17 (DPA) The Sauber Formula One team announced Thursday that Japan's Kamui Kobayashi will be one of its two drivers for the 2010 season.
Former Toyota test driver Kobayashi impressed ... Read more...
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Archaeologists claim discovery of Africa’s oldest ceramic in eastern Mali
July 10th, 2009 - 1:01 pm ICT by ANI
Geneva, July 10 (ANI): Archaeologists from Geneva University in Switzerland have discovered what they claim is Africa's oldest ceramic, dated at around 9,400BC, in eastern Mali."It's a tiny, ornate fragment that was ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Federer will become a father this summer
March 13th, 2009 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
Indian Wells (California), March 13 (DPA) Roger Federer revealed that he will become a father within months, saying long-time girlfriend Mirka Vavrinec is pregnant with the couple's first child.
"I have some really ... Read more...
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Astronomers observe `hot-headed planet with wild temperature swings
January 29th, 2009 - 12:28 pm ICT by ANI
Pasadena (California, US), Jan 29 (ANI): Astronomers have observed a planet that heats up to red-hot temperatures in a matter of hours before quickly cooling down.
Using NASA''s Spitzer Space Telescope, the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Pylons, high-voltage cables double dementia-related death risk
November 11th, 2008 - 1:41 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 11 (ANI): People who live close to pylons and high-voltage cables double their risk of dying from Alzheimers disease and senile dementia, a shocking new study has claimed.According to ... Read more...
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Happy ending to Swiss Euro campaign (Lead)
June 16th, 2008 - 5:50 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Basle (Switzerland), June 16 (DPA) Euro 2008 co-hosts Switzerland ended their Euro campaign on a happy note Sunday with a 2-0 victory against Portugal in a Group A game played in Basle. ... Read more...
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Kolkata pour its heart out on Kahn farewell (Lead)
May 27th, 2008 - 11:51 pm ICT by admin
By Abhishek Roy
Kolkata, May 27 (IANS) Bayern Munich international and legendary goalkeeper Oliver Kahn's grand farewell here was marred by on-field violence even as the visitors outplayed Mohun Bagan 3-0 in front ... Read more...
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Rajput, Bindra give India top position at Hanover shooting
May 8th, 2008 - 3:10 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) India's Sanjeev Rajput and Abhinav Bindra have won the gold and silver respectively in the men's 50 metres air rifle event of the International Shooting Competition at ... Read more...
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Indian old-timer recalls his meeting with Sir Edmund Hillary
January 12th, 2008 - 1:04 pm ICT by admin
Siliguri, Jan 12 (ANI): Ninety-one year old Rabindra Nath Mitra has reminisced his only meeting with Sir Edmund Hillary after his conquest of Mount Everest with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay.
Residing in Silguri, Mitra ... Read more...
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