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Dear Editor, Without basic necessities, the 'Swachch Bharat Abhiyan' will not yield any fruitful results. Today, television and telephone sets exceed the percentage of households with access to toilet facilities. An alarming 45 per cent of…
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NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) has provided scientists with five new findings into how the sun's atmosphere, or corona, is heated far hotter than its surface, what causes the sun's constant outflow of particles called…
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Among patients with an autoimmune disease called ANCA-associated vasculitis, autoantibody increases were linked with an 11-fold increased risk of relapse in patients whose kidneys were affected, a study concludes. Among patients without…
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Scientists have developed a new battery that can be recharged up to 70 per cent in only 2 minutes. The battery will also have a longer lifespan of over 20 years. Expected to be the next big thing in battery technology, this breakthrough…
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London, Oct 16 (AFP) Brent oil hit a fresh four-year low today, after another sharp sell-off in equities, with traders increasingly concerned about the global economic outlook ahead of key US inventories data. Brent North Sea crude for…
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Vienna, Oct 16 (AFP) Iran said today it is against extending a November 24 deadline for troubled nuclear talks, even though major stumbling blocks remain in the way of a deal. "We only have 40 days left to the deadline and... none of the…
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Mumbai, Oct 16 (PTI) Actress Deepika Padukone says the payment disparity between male and female stars in Bollywood is a concern but it should not become a cause for conflict. The 28-year-old actress has had a dream run at the box office…
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Mumbai, (PTI) Karan Johar made his directorial debut with 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hain' and as the film completed 16 years today, the filmmaker said he owes his career to the movie. Besides, Johar, the romantic drama, which hit theatres on…
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Srinagar: Security forces today arrested a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant from south Kashmir's Pulwama district."Arif Magray alias Sujjee was arrested during an anti-militancy operation from Pulwama district," a police spokesman said. He…
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Singapore, Oct 17 (AFP) Oil prices extended a minor rally on bargain-buying today, a day after the US benchmark fell below USD 80 for the first time in more than two years. However, the overall mood remained clouded by a supply glut in…
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