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India lags in medical research: PM
20 Oct 2014
British innovator Dyson introduces humidifier using UV light to kill bugs
20 Oct 2014
The inventor of the revolutionary blade-less fans and bag-less vaccum cleaners, Sir James Dyson, is back with a dehumdifier that kills germs with ultra-violet light
Govt raises price of domestic natural gas to $5.61 per mmBtu
19 Oct 2014
Since the current price of $4.2 per mmBtu is on net calorific value (NCV) basis, the actual coast to the buyer based on gross calorific value (GCV) basis under the revised formula would be 10 per cent more, which works out to $6.17 per mmBtu
London High Court orders ISPs to block access to sites selling counterfeits
18 Oct 2014
In a landmark ruling by the London High Court, the UK's five largest ISPs have been provisionally ordered to block access to six websites selling counterfeit goods
India to pay Iran $900 mn in oil dues in 2 tranches
18 Oct 2014
Iran’s share of total Indian oil imports was about 7 per cent in the first nine months of this year compared with 4.9 per cent last year
Jumbo Electronics, Flipkart to launch YotPhone
17 Oct 2014
Fertilizer giants CF Industries and Yara end merger talks
17 Oct 2014
CF and Yara had late last month said that they were in talks towards a “merger of equals,” and a successful deal would have created a company with an enterprise value of around $30 billion and revenues of around $18.4 billion
Coalgate: court throws out CBI chief Sinha’s closure report
16 Oct 2014
The director of the Central Bureau of Investigation, Ranjit Sinha, has drawn criticism from a special court in Delhi, which said that the closure report approved by him in the coal block allocation scam lacked any legally sustainable "reasons or logic"
Trai proposes 10% higher spectrum price
15 Oct 2014
Trai has proposed a 10-per cent higher starting price for the 1800 MHz spectrum (2G) to be auctioned in February next year
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As costs of saying final goodbyes rise UK families resort to crowdfunding to pay for funerals
By Axel Miller | 16 Jan 2025
The cost of saying a final goodbye to loved ones in the UK has reached a grim new high, leaving families grappling with unexpected financial burdens.
The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
By Cygnus | 28 Dec 2024
On 27th December 2024 India and the world lost one of their finest statespersons in a hundred years. Manmohan Singh, born on 26th September 1932, in Gah, Punjab (now in Pakistan)
The remarkable Ratan Tata
By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Oct 2024
One newspaper report of Ratan Tata’s passing away showed an old photo of him climbing into the cockpit of a Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.
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By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
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.
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