Delhi High Court lawyers join strike
July 12th, 2012 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Lawyers of the Delhi High Court Thursday abstained from attending the court and joined a two-day strike called by the Bar Council of India (BCI) ... Read more...
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Nationwide lawyers’ strike badly hits court proceedings (Roundup)
July 11th, 2012 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) Work in courts across the country was badly affected Wednesday as around 17 lakh lawyers joined a two-day strike called by the Bar Council ... Read more...
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Delhi lawyers observe strike on bar council’s call
July 11th, 2012 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) City lawyers Wednesday joined the two-day strike called by the Bar Council of India (BCI) to protest a proposed legislation that could affect its autonomy ... Read more...
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Industrial scientists turn to ‘greening’ of jeans
June 20th, 2012 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
Berne, June 20 (IANS) Producing a single pair of jeans requires more than 2,500 gallons of water, nearly a pound of chemicals and vast amounts of energy, it is estimated.
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Sumit Vats has ‘girlfriend woes’ (With Image)
December 25th, 2011 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) The real life love life of television actor Sumit Vats, who plays the male lead in Zee TV show "Hitler Didi", seems to be going ... Read more...
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Support to Hazare pledged through tattoos and T-shirts
April 8th, 2011 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) "Wake up Youths" read the tattoo on 22-year-old Henry Vats as he chanted slogans and waved placards with his friends at Jantar Mantar Friday in ... Read more...
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Introducing urrak, feni’s cousin, once removed!
April 6th, 2011 - 12:58 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 6 (IANS) If you think Goa is all about feni, try urrak for a change this summer.This semi-distilled, 'once removed' cousin to feni is the pride of every ... Read more...
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Spray-on material can detect and neutralize explosives
April 2nd, 2011 - 1:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 02 (ANI): Researchers have described the development and successful initial tests of a spray-on material that both detects and neutralizes explosives."This stuff is going to be used anywhere terrorist explosives ... Read more...
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‘Bacterial dirigibles’ could be the next-generation disease fighters
March 30th, 2011 - 5:08 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 30 (ANI): Scientists say they have a new candidate for treating diseases ranging from food poisoning to cancer - termed 'bacterial dirigibles'.They reported development of bacteria that serve as mobile ... Read more...
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Radio-guided op safe, simple way to remove cancerous nodules in lung
February 28th, 2011 - 4:02 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 28 (ANI): Italian researchers have suggested that using tiny spheres of radioactive liquid to guide surgeons as they remove potentially cancerous material in the lungs is safe and more effective ... Read more...
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Eco-friendly way to make key ingredient used in paints, adhesives
February 10th, 2011 - 5:54 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 10 (ANI): Scientists have found an environmentally friendly way to make a key industrial material - used in products ranging from paints to diapers - from a renewable raw material ... Read more...
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1,400-year-old wine press found in Israel
February 16th, 2010 - 10:47 am ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, Feb 16 (IANS) Archaeologists in Israel claimed to have found an antique device which was used to prepare wine during sixth and seventh century.
The 1,400-year-old machine, which was found near Kibbutz ... Read more...
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Delhi Police to move Supreme Court against ‘Al Badr militants’
October 1st, 2009 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Delhi Police Thursday told a city court that they will soon move the Supreme Court against a high court order asking them to consider the Central Bureau ... Read more...
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Beer a blessing from Jesus!
August 2nd, 2009 - 11:12 am ICT by ANI
Chicago, August 2 (ANI): While a number of religious traditions look at imbibing alcoholic drinks with an evil eye, there does exist a storied spiritual view that sees beer as a blessing ... Read more...
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New artificial skin-producing method offers hope for burn, cancer victims
July 17th, 2009 - 2:32 pm ICT by ANI
New York, July 17 (ANI): A German company has come up with a brand new technique to mass produce artificial skin that may offer life-changing hope to burn victims, cancer patients and ... Read more...
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Tom Hanks plans to shift home due to terrible stink from skunk attack
May 13th, 2009 - 1:34 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 13 (ANI): Actor Tom Hanks is planning to move into a new home in California because his Los Angeles mansion has been infested with a terrible stink due to a ... Read more...
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Pandher, Koli may join notorious list of serial killers
February 13th, 2009 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) Punjab businessman Monomers Singh Pander and his domestic help Surrender Kola who were given the death sentence Friday for raping, killing and cannibalizing Rimpa Haldar - the ... Read more...
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Maths or memory, much depends on how you learn: Indian whiz
February 11th, 2009 - 11:45 am ICT by IANS
Meerut-based Vats, who can solve the multiplication table of a 100-digit number faster than a computer, has been studying the human brain for the past three years now."When I was 12 years ... Read more...
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What is women’s commission doing, ask angry activists
February 5th, 2009 - 12:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW) is a "toothless body", say activists, students and lawyers alike as they fume over its laidback reaction after Hindu rightwing activists ... Read more...
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No written procedure to deal with mercy petition: home ministry
August 9th, 2008 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) The government has no written procedure to deal with the mercy pleas of prisoners awaiting the gallows, the union home ministry has told the Central Information Commission ... Read more...
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Disruptions, confrontation not good for democracy: speaker
April 14th, 2008 - 10:23 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Disruptions and confrontational politics are not good for democracy, Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee said Monday and underlined the need for restraint on the part of political ... Read more...
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Indian Navy team close to reaching North Pole
April 7th, 2008 - 9:57 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) A 10-member Indian Navy team is just 40 km away from reaching the North Pole and in the process become the first Indians to have skied to ... Read more...
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Indian Navy to achieve unique feat by conquering North Pole
March 5th, 2008 - 7:24 pm ICT by admin
By Praful Kumar Singh
New Delhi, Mar 5 (ANI): The Indian Navy is all set to enter the record books by becoming the first ever organisation in the world to conquer all the ... Read more...
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Budget evokes mixed response from gender activists
February 29th, 2008 - 8:26 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The 2008-09 budget presented by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Friday evoked a mixed response from those concerned with women's development issues. Ranjana Kumari, chairman of the Centre ... Read more...
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Across India, they decry unruly MPs
February 29th, 2008 - 11:06 am ICT by admin
By Murali Krishnan
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Doctors, academics, police officers, company executives, activists... There is widespread anger amomg people across the length and breadth of India over the unending disruption of ... Read more...
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Genetically engineered algae can be powerhouse of hydrogen fuel
November 14th, 2007 - 2:43 am ICT by admin
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