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US: Leakage reported in 6 underground nuclear waste tanks

Radioactive leaks have been reported in at least six underground nuclear waste tanks in one of the most contaminated nuclear site on earth -- in northwestern US state of Washington -- raising......

Uniting the power of diverse Indian Americans: Indiaspora

Stalwarts come together to harness the power of the Indian-American community. Aziz Haniffa reports. A cross-section of influential Indian American leaders from a diverse set of disciplines......

Brahma Chellaney wins Asia Society award

India's leading strategic thinker and analyst, Brahma Chellaney has won the 2012 Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Book Award for his recently published book Water: Asia's New Battleground. Chellaney......

Assam grieves Dr Bhupen Hazarika's death

The news of death of legendary singer-composer, Dr Bhupen Hazarika (Bhupen Da for all in Assam) has whipped up a tear-soaked reaction from all and sundry in Assam and other parts of the north-east......

Astad and Delhi's street kids ready to woo CWG

Anisha Ralhan meets dance maestro Astad Deboo and his students from the Salaam Baalak Trust ahead of their performance at the Commonwealth Games on Monday.Fluid as a river, sometimes strikingly......

Stunning pedestrian bridges across the world

These pedestrian bridges offer mind blowing views and have innovative features making them architectural marvels and tourist hotspots. Travel + Leisure magazine lists the world's most......

People migration is focused on big cities, says expert

How can you have proper planning of cities and towns when the basic data is not there, says Jyoti Hosagrahar, Adjunct Associate Professor, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and......

Citigroup elated over WEF honour for Shamina Singh

The World Economic Forum last week named former Clinton Administration official, erstwhile Congressional staffer and longtime Democratic Party activist Shamina Singh, 41, as one of its Young Global......

Recession: Some US cities will be safer

Oct. 13's 937-point surge in the Dow notwithstanding, the economic crisis has left Americans -- even those with no obvious connection to Wall Street -- wondering about their own future. The 401(k)s......

'India will become bigger than the US!'

"By mid century India could overtake the United States by absolute size," says Jeffrey D Sachs, Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General on Millennium Development Goals and one of the world's......

A taste of Cannes in India

Rajeev Srinivasan on one of the best film festivals in India.This is the second year in a row that I have managed to make it to the International Film Festival of Kerala in Trivandrum from December......

ps sex makes toes curl!

A few minutes into the intense and haunting melodrama ps, there is a sex scene between a radiant Laura Linney and a Columbia University-bound student considerably younger than her 39 years.The long......

Hollywood releases this Friday

There is plenty of variety for movie fans in the US this week including a sweet but old fashioned story about a bored man trying to ignite his lost passion through dance (Shall We Dance?); a......

Big Fish swims in bigger seas

For four weeks, director Tim Burton's Big Fish has done excellent business in limited release, grossing $8 million, but the real test of its popularity will come on Friday when the film, which has......

Rahman's tunes to set the tone at IFFM

The Chinese film Warriors Of Heaven And Earth, the soundtrack of which was composed by A R Rahman, will begin the sixth International Film Festivalof Mumbai (IFFM), scheduled to begin on November......

Sania determined to thrill home fans

The sore ankle may be a cause of concern for Indian sport's new pin-up girl but Sania Mirza is determined to showcase her skills in front of home fans at the Hyderabad Open beginning next week.The......

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Q. What is the specialty of 08-09?
Sigma: A. more

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Q. Where is the river Snake?
Sigma: A. It is a tributary of the Columbia river in the US (states of oregon, washington,Idaho and Wyoming) more

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Q. Chinook... what is this?
L KINI: A. This the name given to the warm, dry wind that blows down the eastern side of the Rocky mountains in the US. Chinook winds are so named because...... more

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Q. What is called a Chinook?
Rajender : A. This the name given to the warm, dry wind that blows down the eastern side of the Rocky mountains in the US. Chinook winds are so named because...... more

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Torch River Announces Closing of Private Placement And Sets Date for its Annual Meeting of Shareholders

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