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Chennai :  Superstar Mahesh Babu, who is currently awaiting the release of Telugu actioner "Aagadu", has quashed rumours that he's planning to collaborate with filmmaker Shankar for a yet-untitled project. "Shankar was present at the…
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Apple chief executive Tim Cooks got a standing ovation Wednesday morning in Cupertino, when he announced the "next chapter in our story" at a special event that also launched the iPhone 6 in two sizes. The Apple Watch checked more than…
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Bhubaneswar :  The cattle population in Odisha has declined by 5.59 percent to 11,621,272 against 12,309,000 in 2007, according to the latest livestock census, an official said Wednesday. "The decline is mostly due to farm mechanization,"…
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Kolkata : At a time when student union elections are open season for defacement of city walls and street furniture in many parts of the country, Kolkata's famed Presidency University, a heritage institution, has come up with mobile poster…
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Washington :  The US space agency, NASA, is developing the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) Lidar device to map forests on Earth in 3D and increase understanding of their role in the carbon cycle. The instrument will be the…
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New Delhi :  The AAP Wednesday said it has requested Delhi Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung to revise the letter sent to President Pranab Mukherjee about permission to invite the BJP to form government in Delhi. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has…
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Dear Editor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to schools on Teachers Day was brilliant, but there was no point in making students sweat it out in cramped rooms for two hours. Listening to the address in real time could have been made…
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Dear Editor, It is a fact that communal violence is spreading. Although the Modi Government has rolled out a number of plans in these 100 days, most of the beneficiaries fall in the majoritarian group. It is 67 years since Independence, but…
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Dear Editor, Considering the fact that only 58 per cent of Indian households have access to banking services, the proclamation by the Prime Minister in the course of his Independence Day speech, envisioning the never-before-attempted task…
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Dear Editor, A UNICEF survey says that 60 per cent of the people in India still defecate in the open. And for women, this is not just an assault on their dignity but also their security. Secondly, the report by the RTI Forum shows lack of…
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