Political leaders pay tribute to ‘warm-hearted’ Deshmukh
August 14th, 2012 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Political leaders Tuesday expressed shock and grief at the demise of union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and remembered him as an amiable, warm-hearted leader who ... Read more...
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China sends 10,000 tablet computers to Thailand
June 21st, 2012 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 21 (IANS) A Chinese company has sent 10,000 tablet computers to Thailand, where the government plans to hand the devices to grade 1 primary school students.The tablets were ... Read more...
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China launches space drug laboratory
April 11th, 2012 - 4:28 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 11 (IANS) China has set up a laboratory to conduct research on medicines for astronauts during space missions, the science and technology ministry said.The laboratory, housed in the ... Read more...
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Thai government welcomes Twitter censorship announcement
January 30th, 2012 - 7:58 pm ICT by BNO News
BANGKOK (BNO NEWS) -- The Thai government on Monday welcomed an announcement from the social networking website Twitter that it will start censoring controversial content on a country-specific level, local media reported.Jeerawan ... Read more...
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Microsoft opens technology centre in Brazil
January 18th, 2012 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Jan 18 (IANS) Microsoft inaugurated a major technology centre in Brazil's largest city Sao Paulo Tuesday.The new Microsoft Technology Centre (MTC) is the largest of its kind ... Read more...
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Nepal to look for uranium near Tibet border
August 4th, 2011 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 4 (IANS) Nepal is gearing up to explore for uranium mines in its remote mountainous north, adjoining the border with Tibet, more than two decades after preliminary studies ... Read more...
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Budgetary boost to space research, atomic energy (Lead)
February 28th, 2011 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) India's atomic energy and space programmes received handsome increases in their annual allocation of around 31 percent and 43 percent, respectively, over the previous year in ... Read more...
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Allocations for space, atomic power departments hiked
February 28th, 2011 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Two strategic deparments - space and atomic energy - Monday got handsome increases in their annual plan allocation of around 43 percent and 31 percent respectively ... Read more...
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India mulls developing 90-seater civilian aircraft
December 30th, 2010 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) A grant of Rs.49.56 crore has been made for conducting a feasibility study for an indigenous 90-seater civilian plane to fly on regional and feeder routes, an ... Read more...
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Feasibility study for 90-seat Indian civilian aircraft
December 29th, 2010 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) A high-powered committee under space scientist G. Madhavan Nair is conducting a feasibility study for an indigenous 90-seat civilian plane to fly on regional and feeder routes, ... Read more...
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Mosquito repellent to virtual inverter, innovations awarded at I3
November 22nd, 2010 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) For 48-year-old Anjan Mukherjee, a herbal products businessman in Kolkata, coming to the capital and telling entrepreneurs and corporate bigwigs from all over the country about his ... Read more...
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Sibal gets charge of science and technology ministry
November 11th, 2010 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Thursday assumed additional charge of the science and technology ministry and said his focus will be on establishing an alliance ... Read more...
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PM likely to inaugurate science meet in Hyderabad
October 6th, 2010 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh may inaugurate Third World Academy of Sciences' (TWAS) general meeting and lay the foundation stone for the Hyderabad campus of the Tata Institute ... Read more...
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‘Graft cases pending against 41 officials’
August 13th, 2010 - 4:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has disclosed that cases of corruption against 41 government officials are pending for prosecution for over four months.
According to the CVC, these ... Read more...
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MPs panel visits atomic sites in Mumbai
July 6th, 2010 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 6 (IANS) A team of MPs Tuesday visited the Tarapur Atomic Power Station and Bhabha Atomic Research Centre here to review the facilities, an official said.
The Standing Committee on Science ... Read more...
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Mamata Banerjee to flag off Commonwealth Express
June 23rd, 2010 - 1:52 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 23 (ANI): Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee will flag off a special exhibition train to promote the Commonwealth Games here on Thursday.The train comprising 11 coaches will travel ... Read more...
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Centre to send DNA Bank Bill to states for comments
April 29th, 2010 - 5:41 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 29 (ANI): The Government on Thursday said that the proposed DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid) Data Bank bill would be sent to all States for their views.Relying to a question ... Read more...
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India to set up DNA data banks
April 29th, 2010 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) India will set up several DNA data banks at the national and state levels to strengthen forensic investigation, Science and Technology Minister Prithviraj Chavan told parliament Thursday.
A ... Read more...
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Electric cars to be in vogue by 2020
April 21st, 2010 - 11:22 am ICT by IANS
Berlin, April 21 (IANS) State-of-the-art electric cars will be in vogue by 2020 and global sales of such vehicles will amount to around 470 billion euro ($635 billion), a media report has ... Read more...
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‘Advanced technology crucial for distance learning’
April 9th, 2010 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Development of infrastructure and advanced technology are crucial for using information technology (IT) effectively in distance learning, experts said at a seminar in the capital Friday.
Organised by ... Read more...
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Don’t table biotech bill in parliament, CPI to PM
March 14th, 2010 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
By Shweta Srinivasan
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Saying that the biotech bill is all "wrong and retrogressive", Communist Party of India (CPI) leader D. Raja has written to Prime Minister Manmohan ... Read more...
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More funds given for ocean and weather research
February 26th, 2010 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) India will spend Rs.168 crore more next fisal for carrying out oceanographic and weather research, according to the union budget tabled Friday in the Lok Sabha.
The ... Read more...
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Bt Brinjal safe for humans, says science ministry (Lead)
January 19th, 2010 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) While the government is conducting nationwide public consultations on whether genetically modified brinjal should be commercially released, the science ministry Tuesday endorsed the product, calling it "safe ... Read more...
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BT Brinjal safe for humans, says science ministry
January 19th, 2010 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) BT Brinjal is safe for all humans and will benefit thousands of farmers across the country, the Science and Technology ministry said Tuesday at a time when ... Read more...
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Need to develop skills and knowledge in the science of climate change: PM
October 13th, 2009 - 11:19 pm ICT by ANI
ZCZCANI 0183 (National)New Delhi, Oct.13 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Tuesday underlined the importance of developing our own skills, knowledge and capacities in the science of climate change.Dr. Singh ... Read more...
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India to coordinate climate research (Lead)
October 13th, 2009 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) The National Council on Climate Change met here Tuesday to discuss the setting up of a network of institutions for mutual exchange of knowledge on climate ... Read more...
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Bangladesh faces high earthquake risk, warn experts
August 12th, 2009 - 11:46 am ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Aug 12 (IANS) The latest threat of earthquake-triggered tsunami has abated, but disaster-prone Bangladesh faces a high risk of moderate to strong quakes, experts have warned.
Bangladesh also faces the risk of ... Read more...
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Apex Court concerned over failing monsoon, skyrocketing prices
August 11th, 2009 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday expressed its concern over the monsoon failure, threat of drought and further rise in the skyrocketing prices of essential commodities, and urged the ... Read more...
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Trained experts to take technology from labs to factories
August 5th, 2009 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) India Wednesday launched a project to train scientific experts who will take R&D work undertaken in government laboratories to manufacturers for bulk production.
The science and technology ... Read more...
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Two officials killed in fire at ministry building (Lead)
July 24th, 2009 - 1:04 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) A section officer and a peon of the science and technology ministry suffocated to death Thursday in a major fire that broke out in the third floor ... Read more...
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Fire at Anusandhan Bhawan in Delhi
July 23rd, 2009 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Three people were rescued in an unconscious state from the fourth floor of Anusandhan Bhawan here after the building caught fire Thursday evening, the official said.
The fire ... Read more...
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Thailand raises alarm over student internet prostitution
February 1st, 2009 - 1:07 pm ICT by IANS
Bangkok, Feb 1 (DPA) Thailand's Culture Ministry is urging authorities to crack down on a rising trend of Thai students using the internet for prostitution, media reports said Sunday.Culture Minister Theera Salukpetch ... Read more...
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PM worried over talented youth ignoring science
December 13th, 2008 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday expressed concern over talented youngsters giving less priority to science and “gravitating to other disciplines”, affecting India's competitive edge in the long ... Read more...
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Bill to set up biotech regulatory authority soon
July 9th, 2008 - 11:09 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 9 (IANS) A bill to set up a National Biotechnology Regulatory Authority (NBRA) is likely to be introduced soon in parliament, eminent agriculture scientist M.S. Swaminathan said Wednesday. "The draft ... Read more...
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India, France to launch tropical weather satellite in 2009
July 7th, 2008 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) India and France will jointly launch a satellite next year to understand climate change and the tropical weather phenomena including monsoons. The joint working group of the ... Read more...
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