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Culling of birds to be completed in 3 days, says govt
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 28 (PTI) Kerala government today decided to complete within three days culling of birds hit by H5N1, the strain of avian influenza that has killed thousands of ducks in three districts and stepped up preventive…
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Live: PM Narendra Modi Addresses Rally in Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir
Ahead of the second phase of polls in Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing a rally in Udhampur. He is also stated to address a rally in Poonch.
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Modi concludes his speech worth chants of 'Bharat…
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BJP to restart talks with Sena today over joining govt
Mumbai, Nov 28 (PTI) Ending weeks of acrimony between the former saffron allies, the BJP and Shiv Sena will today resume talks on the issue of the latter joining the four-week-old government in Maharashtra.
The BJP, facing the heat from…
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Govt believes 39 Indians held hostage by ISIS still alive
New Delhi, Nov 28 (PTI) Government believes that 39 Indians held hostage by ISIS in Iraq are still alive as there is no confirmation of reports that they have been killed, Parliament was told today amid concerns express by members over…
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I requested Imtiaz to cast Alia in ‘Highway’: Karan Johar
Panaji,28 Nov(PTI): Karan johar says he requested Imtiaz Ali to cast Alia Bhatt in 'Highway', which required a mature performance in the lead role.
Johar, who launched Alia in his 2012 college drama 'Student of Year' along with Varun…
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Heat-conducting plastic: 10 times better than conventional counterparts
The spaghetti-like internal structure of most plastics makes it hard for them to cast away heat, but a research team has made a plastic blend that does so 10 times better than its conventional counterparts.
Plastics are inexpensive,…
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Invisible shield found thousands of miles above Earth blocks ‘killer electrons’
An invisible shield has been discovered some 7,200 miles above Earth that blocks so-called 'killer electrons,' which whip around the planet at near-light speed and have been known to threaten astronauts, fry satellites and degrade space…
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Jet shares ride high, up 14% on rating upgrade by ICRA
Mumbai,28 Nov(PTI): Shares of Jet Airways surged nearly 14 per cent today after ICRA upgraded rating of Rs 3,210-crore loan facility given to the company based on improvement in cash flows.
Jet Airways's stock went up by 13.78 per cent to…
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Fresh firing in Arnia; Army begins operations to kill holed up ultra
Udhampur,28 Nov(PTI) Fresh firing today erupted near the Arnia border belt of Jammu district when security forces launched a cordon and search operation to track down a militant hiding in a bunker and retrieve bodies of civilians killed in…
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Jhumpa Lahiri, Shamsur Rahman Faruqi in DSC Prize shortlist
London,28 Nov(PTI): Indian writer critic Shamsur Rahman Faruqi and Indian-American author Jhumpa Lahiri are among five authors shortlisted for next year's USD 50,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature.
The shortlist for 2015 was…
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