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Mumbai, June 27 -- It's an original dating concept for singles. Positioned along the lines of speed dating, where strangers are given a few minutes to make conversation and gauge their chemistry, Mingle is a pub quiz for singles. For 23-year-old Maneka Sacchar, it's a way to make cerebral connections. Sacchar ...

General Traces of water found on Moon. The Chandrayaan 1 probe had found traces of water across the surface of the moon. It now challenges the long-held view that the Earth’s natural satellite is bone dry. The spacecraft also found indications that water is being produced that water is being ...

The 24-year-old Pankaj Advani outclassed Mike Russell at Leeds to become the 2009 World Professional Billiards Champion. In a surprising one-sided five-hour final he outclassed Russell 2031-1253. With this, he finally conquers the ONE title that has eluded him for long. With this Advani became the Second Indian to win ...

‘Sowa-Rigpa’, also known as ‘Amchi’ is an ancient system of medicine. It is practised in Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Darjeeling (West Bengal), Lahaul and Spiti (Himachal Pradesh), and Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir. On September 10, 2009, the Union Cabinet approved the Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2009 for ...

Chandrayyan-1 Mission Aborted: In a Major blow to India’s maiden mission to the Moon, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) abruptly lost contact with Chandrayaaan-1 at 01.30 a.m. on August 29. The Chandrayaan-1 mission had come to an end in ten months instead of its slated life of two years. The ...

New Naval Chief: Vice Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma has been appointed as the new Navychief. He once commanded India’s sole aircraft carrier INS Viraat. Vive Admiral Verma, who was till now the Eastern Naval Commander at Visakhapatnam, assumed responsibility as the head of The World’s fourth largest Navy from incumbent Admiral ...

Scientists from the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in collaboration with researchers at Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health and the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT studied genetic relationships between all Indians. The study broke the hitherto held and believed fact that Aryans and Dravidians ...

Prithvi-II missile developed by the DRDO blasted off from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur-on Sea in Orissa on October 12, 2009. Two surface-to-surface missiles were successfully test-fired. Prithvi-II has a range of 350 Km and can carry nuclear warheads. The successful test-firing established the army's capability to attack multiple targets ...

No Board Exam for Class X from 2011 Union Human Resource Minister Kapil Sibal announced on September7, the abolition of Class X Board Examinations. Beginning 2011, students will be promoted to Senior Secondary through an internal assessment. The students will be graded into nine Categories, from Exceptional to Unsatisfactory. The grading ...