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Researchers develop tsunami atlas

A team of researchers has created a tsunami travel time atlas to assist in predicting the time taken by a giant wave to travel in the Indian Ocean.Tsunami expert T R Murthy, who was part of a team......

AP police releases sketches of bicycle used in blasts

The Andhra Pradesh police have released sketches of a bicycle used in the twin bomb blasts in Dilsukhnagar in Hyderabad last month which killed 17 and had injured more than 100 people. Cyberabad......

VVIP helicopter shadow on billion dollar torpedo sale

Italian defence company, Finmeccanica, is grappling with allegations that kickbacks were paid in group company AgustaWestland's Euro 560 million (Rs 3,880 crore) sale to India of twelve AW101 VVIP......

India among countries MOST vulnerable to natural hazards

Some important growing economies of Asia including India, Bangladesh and Myanmar face the highest financial risk from the threat of natural hazards, according to 2nd Natural Hazards Risk Atlas......

The Higgs Boson: Is it the end of physics?

Rajeev Srinivasan wonders about the meta-events surrounding the apparent discovery of the 'God particle'. It has been well-nigh impossible to open a newspaper or browse a Web site in the recent......

Climate change: 3 Indian cities face high risks

Kolkata was ranked seventh in the fifth annual 'Climate Change and Environmental Risk Atlas 2013', recently released by Maplecroft, a British firm specialising in risk analysis. While Kolkata......

RIL weighs options in fight for Atlas

With Reliance Industries openly expressing displeasure about the merger between its joint venture gas partner, Atlas Energy, with Chevron, all eyes are now on Atlas' special shareholder meeting on......

Delhi HC paves way for Altas group division

The Delhi high court has cleared the decks for division of the Atlas group among the three Kapur family descendants, after almost three years of dispute in the promoter family.\nWhile upholding the......

Travelling? Use the new road atlas

The country's first comprehensive road atlas, developed by the Survey of India incollaboration with a private company, was launched on Saturday."India Road Atlas is a unique product and only one of......

2 Indian NGOs win top US prizes

Two Indian NGOs have won the prestigious 2005 Atlas Templeton Freedom Prizes for promoting free market solutions to poverty and social entrepreneurship.India's Centre for Civil Society won first......

Tom Hanks: Cloud Atlas is as risky as Inception

One of the year's most eagerly anticipated films seems also to be one of its weirdest. Raja Sen emailed Tom Hanks, star of Cloud Atlas, that released on October 26, and here's what the......

Halle Berry: James Bond makes me nostalgic

She's worn many hats. Academy-Award winner Halle Berry has been Catwoman, romanced James Bond, taken a helluva paycheck for Swordfish, and basically been one of the hottest and most versatile......

Tom Hanks praises Aamir Khan!

Get your lowdown on what's going on in the world of Hollywood, right here!Hollywood superstar Tom Hanks has praised Aamir Khan for his work towards the Indian society. Aamir has been actively......

Anupam Kher's Silver Linings Playbook sets off Oscar buzz

A few months ago, there wasn't much buzz for Silver Linings Playbook, an engaging comedy-drama about a man returning home from a psychiatric ward. The film stars Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence,......

Sonakshi's enticing moves in Joker

Director Shirish Kunder tweeted an exclusive picture of his leading lady Sonakshi Sinha from his upcomg film Joker. Sonakshi tweeted: 'dance karle english mein aur nach le tu hindi mein! filhaal......

Doping weighs heavily on lifters

Staged in a grand theatre in the land of mythical strongmen Hercules and Atlas, the Athens Olympics were supposed to herald a rebirth for the sport of weightlifting.But buried under an avalanche of......

Pakistan champs; India fifth

Majid Khan and Khalid Atlas came up with brilliant performances as Pakistan dethroned four-time champions England to winthe team title after a gap of 20 years, in the 12th World junior men's squash......

Public, private sectors must encourage future Olympians

T Thomas writes that the governments-- central and states -- should, along with the Private sector, work towards supporting and grooming young sporting talent in an effort to increase medals tally......

Dhoni's dream will rise and fall with middle order

The Indian batting lineup is quiet easily the most feared in this tournament but how the middle order plays the middle overs when the top-order calls in sick is where matches will be won and lost......

Olympic champion Bindra, Narang to lead India's charge

Led by Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra and Commonwealth Games hero Gagan Narang, Indian shooters would look to carry forward their stupendous CWG form into the Asian Games as the competition begin......

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Q. Have u seen the Bay of Bengal ?
Ghost Singh: A. more

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Q. Hi Brinda! Meri ghutane par gumadi (funsi)ho gayi hai. Mein cycle mei kaise hawa bharu?
Piaa: A. Yes, seen in atlas more

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Q. where is the ATLAS and AXIS in our body ??
Ajit Kulkarni: A. Dear PIAA TIHAR tak ho aaye ho aur HAWA bharne ki chinta kar rahe ho ? Dekho........Right side mein jo CYCLE stand hain ..wahan jaao........apni...... more

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Q. What mountains are in northern of Algeria?
Jameel Ahmed: A. In anatomy, the atlas is the most superior (first) cervical vertebra of the spine.It is named for the Atlas of Greek mythology, because it...... more

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Stocks as on May 23, 2013

D ata for 800 companies from Bombay Stock Exchange. Values are: days closing price, previous closing price in brackets, 52-week low and high in... ...

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/334204/stocks-may-23-2013.html

Mass. Boy Takes Geography Bee

Passion for geography runs deep in Sathwik Karnik's family. When he was about 6, his mother began challenging Sathwik and his older brother,... ...

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Epiq Solutions Announces the Matchstiq(TM) Z1 Handheld Software Defined Radio

/PRNewswire/ -- Epiq Solutions, an engineering firm specializing in the development of flexible wireless communications systems, has announced the... ...

http://www.itnewsonline.com/showprnstory.php?storyid=272306

We expect our mining business to grow three-fold by 2015

Swedish equipment company Sandvik AB's subsidiary Sandvik Asia is hopeful that impediments in the Indian mining sector's growth will go away... ...

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/we-expect-our-mining-business-to-grow-threefold-by-2015/article4739963.ece

Cogeco Cable Expands its High Definition Video On Demand Coverage in Ontario

Cogeco Cable (TSX:CCA) ("Cogeco") announces today the expansion of its High Definition Video On Demand coverage in Ontario. Most of Cogeco Digital... ...

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