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Indian American state senator quits to join utility board

Iowa's influential Indian American State Senator Swati A Dandekar, a Democrat, who represented the state's district 18, has resigned from the legislature to take up a major position as one of three......

Atul Nakhasi to attend Obama inaugural

Atul Nakhasi is among several students from Iowa University attending the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States. "Iowa had a special place in the election as the......

US judge Srinivasan a step closer to creating history

US Principal Deputy Solicitor General Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan on Wednesday moved a step closer to creating history, reports Aziz Haniffa. Srikanth ‘Sri’......

Is Bobby Jindal preparing for 2016 US prez run?

Bobby Jindal, Indian American Louisiana Governor and a rising star in the Republican party, is laying the groundwork for a likely presidential run in 2016 and taking up higher-profile initiatives......

One-third of US has already cast its vote

As polling centres in the United States open on Tuesday morning to decide who will sit in the White House for the next four years, over one-third of the total number of voters have already......

Forget small retailers, can UPA stand up to Walmart?

As multilateral negotiations have paused, multi-national corporates have increasingly become aggressive; and our bureaucrats restless, writes M R Venkatesh. "There is strong evidence that rural......

New process improves solar cell efficiency by 20%

A new process that improves the efficiency of polymer solar cells by 20 per cent by increasing light absorption is the latest feat in solar technology, achieved by researchers from Iowa State......

Telecom body urges India to liberalise the sector

Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India (AUSPI) is the representative industry body of Unified Access Service Licensees providing telecom services in the country with CDMA......

H-1B visas: US slams Indian IT firms

Two influential US Senators have renewed the campaign against the biggest users of H-1B visa workers in the US, including Indian heavyweightsInfosys, Wipro, Satyam and Tata Consultancy Services.......

Relax 'arbitrary' H-1B visa cap: Bill Gates

The 'counterproductive' US immigration policies should be revamped to allow more people to get into the country on H-1B visas aimed at highly-skilled professionals, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates......

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Q. How to Kill Dandelions..??? Plz ASAP...Plz...
: A. 1) Mow, Mo' Often:When dandelions are blooming, mow frequently to prevent the yellow blossoms from maturing into seeds.how to kill dandelions2)...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/how-to-kill-dandelions..-plz-asap...plz...//answers/20015425

Q. WHO INVENTED FIRST COMPUTER GAME AND WHAT WAS ITS NAME AND IN WHICH YEAR?
Valobasa: A. Unfortunately this question has no easy answer because of all the different types of classifications and types of computers. Therefore this...... more

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Q. What is the best way to sit
Ramesh Agarwal: A. Many people sit for long periods while on the job. Engrossed in work, they often don't notice that they've been in the same position for hours....... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-is-the-best-way-to-sit/17216955/answers/15814313

Q. what is the difference between Bio Physics and Bio Chemistry?
Anand Agarwal: A. These two majors are similar in the course work requirements. The major difference is that a six-credit sequence in Biochemistry (BBMB 404, 405)...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-is-the-difference-between-bio-physics-and-bio-chemistry/15814062/answers/16106045

Q. Where is the world"s heaviest BELL
Dare Devil: A. THE WORLD'S HEAVIEST BELL IS IN CARILLON MEMORIAL, IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY, USA more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/where-is-the-worlds-heaviest-bell/16106025/answers/3157423

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Columbia University seeks to change whites-only fellowship

Columbia University is seeking to alter the 1920 charter of one of its graduate school fellowships which is still limited to persons of the... ...

http://www.universitiesnews.com/2013/05/19/columbia-university-seeks-to-change-whites-only-fellowship/

Winning numbers drawn in huge Powerball jackpot

Des Moines, Iowa: Last-minute fortune seekers across the US rushed to buy lottery tickets on Saturday, undeterred by the astronomically low odds of... ...

http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/winning-numbers-drawn-in-huge-us-powerball-jackpot-368663?pfrom=home-world

Virus found in Iowa hog population, possibly beyond

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratories has detected porcine epidemic diarrhea (PEDV), a virus associated with... ...

http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/05/17/us-usda-hogs-virus-idINBRE94G0VQ20130517?feedType=RSS&feedName=health

Researchers

The complete genome of a Scarlet macaw was successfully sequenced for the first time by researchers at Texas A and M University. This is a... ...

http://www.medindia.net/news/genome-sequencing-may-shed-light-on-parrots-longevity-and-intelligence-researchers-119051-1.htm

NJIT Scientist Creates New Algorithm That can Data Mine Electronic Health Records

A new report, titled 'Adverse Drug Effect Detection', published by NJIT computer scientist Lian Duan in the IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health... ...

http://www.medindia.net/news/njit-scientist-creates-new-algorithm-that-can-data-mine-electronic-health-records-118967-1.htm

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