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NASA discovers granite on Mars

As per a research team from the US space agency NASA, granite – an igneous rock common on Earth— could be found in abundance on Mars. The research backed...

November 22, 2013

Mars refreshes asteroids: Scientists

Scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have found that Mars causes “refreshing” of some near-Earth asteroids, causing the space rocks to appear redder than meteorites. What is...

November 22, 2013

Google launches Wallet debit card in US

Internet search engine giant Google launched Wallet Card in the US. It is a prepaid debit card that will facilitate consumers to buy goods at stores and to withdraw cash...

November 22, 2013

Waheeda Rehman to receive First Centanary Award at 44th IFFI

Legendary actress Waheeda Rehman will be conferred with the first Centanary Award for the Indian Film Personality at the 44th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) to be...

November 20, 2013

CHOGM 2015 to be held in Malta as Mauritius pulls out

The next CHOGM (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting) 2015 will be held in Malta. The south European nation invited the Commonwealth to hold the summit after Mauritius pulled...

November 20, 2013

NASA launches MAVEN to explore Mars

In a bid to dismantle the ancient mystery of Mar’s radical climate change, US space agency NASA launched robotic explorer MAVEN rocketed toward the red planet. The unmanned spacecraft...

November 20, 2013

RBI opens Rs 5,000 crore refinance facility for MSME

In a bid to ease liquidity to Micro and Small Enterprises (MSME) sector, the RBI has extended a Rs 5,000 crore refinance window for a period of one...

November 20, 2013

Nobel laureate Doris Lessing passed away

Doris Lessing (94), one of the UK’s most-influential writer and a Nobel Literature laureate passed away. Doris Lessing: Born: October 22, 1919, in Kermanshah, Iran British novelist, poet,...

November 20, 2013

Abdulla Yameen becomes President of Maldives

Abdulla Yameen has been elected as the new President of the Maldives after a run-off poll.  The event ended nearly two years of political tumult that blighted the incipient democracy...

November 20, 2013

World Bank Study: 53% of Indian households defecate in the open

As per a recent paper/ report titled ‘Effects of Early-Life Exposure to Sanitation on Childhood Cognitive Skills’ released by the World Bank on the eve of the first...

November 19, 2013

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