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“Project A-119” – US planned to nuke Moon !!!

Project A119, also known as “A Study of Lunar Research Flights”. A top-secret plan developed in 1958 by the US Air Force. The existence of the project was...

December 1, 2012

Aurobindo Pharma recalled anti-depressant drug from US

Hyderabad based Aurobindo Pharma Ltd recalled Mirtazapine drug from the US market due to the product not meeting a specification for a known degradation product during routine stability...

November 27, 2012

Indian Origin Autar Kaw among recipients of U.S. Professor of the Year award

Autar Kaw, an Indian born professor of mechanical engineering at the University of South Florida, is among the four recipients of the 2012 US Professor of the Year...

November 26, 2012

US lifts ban on most Myanmar imports

In order to boost reform in Myanmar US President Barack Obama has trashed a nearly decade-old ban on most imports from Myanmar. Thus, US economy will now open...

November 23, 2012

Dr Ami Bera: 3rd Indian-American elected to Congress

Dr. Ami Bera Indian-American physician from California Won the Congressional election from California 3rd person of Indian-origin to be elected to the US House of Representatives Other Indian-Americans...

November 19, 2012

BP agrees to pay $4.5 billion in penalties for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster

BP Plc will pay $4.5 billion in penalties and plead guilty to felony misconduct in the Deepwater Horizon disaster, which caused the worst US offshore oil spill ever....

November 18, 2012

By 2017, US can become world's biggest oil producer

The world’s foremost energy watchdog, the  International Energy Agency (IEA) in its recent report “World Energy Outlook 2012” has held that US can become the world’s largest oil...

November 16, 2012

Obama wins a second term as US President

Barack Obama has won a second 4-year Presidential term in the US. He defeated his main challenger Republican Mitt Romney. Mr. Obama, America’s first African-American President, bagged more...

November 8, 2012

Superstorm Sandy

Superstorm Sandy batters New Jersey coast of US Hurricane Sandy (also referred to as Superstorm Sandy) a tropical cyclone that severely affected portions of the Caribbean, Mid-Atlantic and...

November 1, 2012

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