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NASA to probe Jupiter’s stormy clouds
NASA will launch a spacecraft Friday to unravel the secrets of Jupiter, the largest planet in the universe. Temperatures on Jupiter drop to minus 234 degrees Fahrenheit, or about 145 degrees Celsius, thick brooding
Read More »Indian girls finish fourth in World junior team squash
Indian girls finished fourth after losing the play-off 1-2 to Hong Kong while Egypt overcame hosts United States 2-1 in the final to retain the title in the World junior team squash championships here
Read More »List of bills on monsoon agenda
The anti-graft Lokpal bill and women’s reservation bill are among the significant legislations on the agenda of the month-long monsoon session of parliament that begins Monday. Bills for introduction: 1. The Lokpal Bill, 2011
Read More »Actor Orlando Bloom keeps movie costumes for son
Actor Orlando Bloom says that he keeps his film costumes for his son so that he can wear them as fancy dress outfits when he gets older. Bloom has starred in numerous historical films,
Read More »Saif and Deepika to appear on KBC 5
Bollywood actors Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone will appear as special guests on the fifth season of the game show “Kaun Banega Crorepati”, which starts off August 15 with megastar Amitabh Bachchan as
Read More »Suresh Kalmadi to be admitted to AIIMS Monday
Suresh Kalmadi, former chairman of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organising Committee who is in judicial custody, will be Monday admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here for a check-up, an
Read More »No need to fear drought or flood this year: Ashwani Kumar
The rainfall between June 1 and July 28 during this monsoon season has been 95 percent of the long-period average and so there is no need to panic or fear drought, says Minister of
Read More »Teraflops for non-flop rain forecast
Indian meteorologists have weathered many jokes whenever they failed to accurately forecast monsoon rainfall. Their problem is that they still depend on an old statistical model to forecast rainfall, while their colleagues in most
Read More »Will parliament conduct its legislative business
With 71 bills in the pipeline and a host of pressing issues engaging the nation’s attention, all eyes will be on the month-long monsoon session of parliament that begins Monday. The government has said
Read More »A quiet revolution saving rural children’s lives
Eleven months ago, Rudra was born as a severely underweight infant in a remote village called Semrod in Jhabua, a predominantly tribal and one of the most backward districts of country with around 47
Read More »One dead in Pakistan hotel blast
At least one person was killed and eight were injured Sunday when a hand grenade was hurled into a hotel in southern Pakistan, officials said. The blast took place in Hub city of Lasbela
Read More »Overseas funds bought Indian stocks worth $282 million during week
Overseas funds have been net buyers in the Indian market to the tune of over $282 million (about Rs.1,250 crore) in the week ended June 29, according to official data available with the capital
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Morrissey unapologetic over Norway massacre comment
admin July 31, 2011 0Singer Morrissey is refusing to pull down his controversial comment where he compared the massacre in Norway to the daily slaughter of animals for fast food outlets, insisting they are morally equivalent. Morrissey made
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