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NASA tracks monsoon rains behind Kerala floods

Washington: NASA has released a video created using satellite data that provides an estimate of the intense rainfall over India in the past week and shows the spread of the resulting severe flooding in Kerala and parts of Karnataka. The summer monsoon is a regular feature this time of year in India, and it can […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
Indian-Economy
Strong Indian economy continues to lead global growth: IMF

Washington: India is a source of growth for the global economy for the next few decades and it could be what China was for the world economy, the IMF said today, as it suggested the country to take steps towards more structural reforms. “India now contributes, in purchasing power parity measures, 15 per cent of […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
NASA plans airships, floating city for manned Venus mission

Washington: NASA plans to send solar-powered airships to explore Venus’ atmosphere and to eventually establish a permanent human colony in a floating cloud city above the Earth’s nearest planetary neighbour. Dale Arney and Chris Jones, from the Space Mission Analysis Branch of NASA’s Systems Analysis and Concepts Directorate at Langley Research Center, in Virginia, have […]

  • Sunday, 27 June 2021
KS is About Man-Woman Sexual, Social Relationship

Kama Sutra is a broad survey of sexual and social relationships between men and women, said an Indian scholar who has written a revised version of the 1,800-year-old ancient text, as he attempts to make it back on people`s reading list.

  • Thursday, 24 June 2021
Can WTO legitimately make global trading rules?

By Amit Dasgupta The last quarter of 2001 saw two dramatic events that had a transformational impact on the global community: First, the terrorist attacks on the US in September, followed by the launch of the Doha Development Round through the WTO’s 4th Ministerial Conference in Qatar in November. A couple of months prior to […]

  • Tuesday, 22 June 2021
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Russia's G8 summit cancelled over Ukraine crisis

US President Barack Obama and top economic powers have cancelled an upcoming G8 summit in Russia to build ....

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
Pak-US
'Improved Indo-Pak relations enhances regional stability'

An improvement in relations between New Delhi and Islamabad enhances the prospects of regional stability and prosperity, US and Pakistan have said

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
Now, scanner to identify what's in your food

Researchers have developed a handheld food scanner that connects to your smartphone to inform you about allergens, chemicals, nutrients and calories present in any food item

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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57 US Congressmen Urge Biden To Bolster COVID-19 Assistance To India

Fifty-seven US Congressmen have written to President Joe Biden, urging him to bolster America's COVID-19 assistance to India

  • Thursday, 13 May 2021
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Hubble finds dwarf galaxy in our cosmic neighbourhood

Washington: Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered a dwarf galaxy in a globular cluster which is only 30 million light-years away. The team used the NASA/ESA (European Space Agency) telescope to study white dwarf stars within the globular cluster NGC 6752. The aim of their observations was to use these stars to measure the age […]

  • Tuesday, 04 May 2021
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Trump plans to keep troops in Iraq to monitor Iran

Washington: US President Donald Trump is planning to keep American troops in Iraq to monitor and maintain pressure on neighbouring Iran. “I want to be able to watch Iran,” Trump said in an interview aired on Sunday on CBS. “We’re going to keep watching and we’re going to keep seeing and if there’s trouble, if […]

  • Tuesday, 04 May 2021
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President Trump to call for unity in State of the Union address

Washington: US President Donald Trump will focus on key issues like immigration, national security and trade and call for unity in a hugely divided Congress in his annual State of the Union address on Tuesday as he begins the second half of his first term in the White House. Contrary to his aggressive tweets and […]

  • Tuesday, 04 May 2021
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'Trump executive order could ban Chinese equipment-makers in US'

Washington: US President Donald Trump is preparing to sign an executive order next week, banning American carriers from using equipment from Chinese technology players, the media reported on Sunday. The decision is expected to be announced ahead of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona from February 25, the Android Police reported. “Both the White House […]

  • Tuesday, 04 May 2021
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Trump may not even be a free person in 2020: Warren

Washington: Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren, who has officially launched her 2020 presidential campaign, said that President Donald Trump might be unable to finish his term by the time Election Day comes next year. “By the time we get to 2020, Donald Trump may not be President… In fact, he may not even be a free […]

  • Tuesday, 04 May 2021
NASA's new space telescope to explore origins of universe

Washington: US space agency NASA has unveiled a new space telescope that would begin a two-year mission in 2023 to look for life’s ingredients and probe how the universe evolved. The Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionisation and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) mission is a planned two-year mission, funded at $242 million, […]

  • Tuesday, 04 May 2021
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