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NIH announces end to support for invasive research on chimpanzees
21 Nov 2015
In 2013, the US Fish and Wildlife Service gave research chimps endangered-species protection, barring scientists from conducting stressful or invasive research on them, unless the work benefited chimps in the wild
Smartphone sales rise 15.5% in July-September 2015
20 Nov 2015
Rising demand for affordable smart phones in emerging markets drove worldwide sales of smart phones in the third quarter of 2015
UK to shut down coal-fired power plants by 2025
19 Nov 2015
The UK has become the first major economy to put a date on shutting coal plants to cut carbon emissions
Cabinet nod for National Animal Resource Facility for Bio-medical Research at Genome Valley, Hyderabad
18 Nov 2015
Tilaiya UMPP: Discoms to terminate PPA
18 Nov 2015
Liberty Global offers $5.3 bn for Cable & Wireless
18 Nov 2015
London-based Liberty Global, which has cable operations in 14 countries, including 12 in Europe, expects to strengthen its reach in Latin America and the Caribbean through the acquisition
Liberty Global offers $5.3 bn for Cable & Wireless
18 Nov 2015
London-based Liberty Global, which has cable operations in 14 countries, including 12 in Europe, expects to strengthen its reach in Latin America and the Caribbean through the acquisition
Liberty Global offers $5.3 bn for Cable & Wireless
18 Nov 2015
London-based Liberty Global, which has cable operations in 14 countries, including 12 in Europe, expects to strengthen its reach in Latin America and the Caribbean through the acquisition
India to become second-largest internet user market by December
18 Nov 2015
India is expected to have the second-largest internet user base of 402 million by December 2015, overtaking the US, but behind China's 600 million
Government proposes to free natural gas pricing
17 Nov 2015
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The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
By Cygnus | 28 Dec 2024
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COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
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