Monday, May 11th, 2009
London, May 11 (ANI): Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are working on a modern "cone of silence", inspired by American comedy TV series 'Get Smart', aimed at making confidential conversations possible in open-plan offices and canteens.
Engineers Joe Paradiso and Yasuhiro Ono, who have filed a patent application ...
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
Kuala Lumpur, May 7 (ANI): Internal Security Act (ISA) detainee P. Uthayakumar has failed in his bid to get the Sessions Court to strike out his sedition charge on grounds that the consent signed by the Attorney-General was invalid.
Uthayakumar is charged with publishing a letter with seditious contents on the ...
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
Ipoh (Malaysia), May 6 (ANI): The Malaysian High Court has temporarily stayed a decision handed down by another court giving interim custody of three children to a Malay Indian mother M. Indira Gandhi.
According to The Star, High Court Justice Wan Afrah Wan Ibrahim yesterday granted an ad-interim stay on the ...
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
Washington, May 5 (ANI): Obstructive sleep apnea, or periodic interruptions in breathing throughout the night, can increase the risk of several forms of heart and vascular disease, researchers have found.
What's more, the common sleep apnea thickens sufferers' blood vessels, the study published in the May 1 issue of the American ...
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Monday, May 4th, 2009
Jorhat, May 3 (ANI): The Indian Government is encouraging bamboo cultivation in a big way in the country's northeast region with the aim of improving the lives of local communities.
Several steps have been taken to enhance bamboo conservation and productivity in the region.
The Rain ...
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Sunday, May 3rd, 2009
Abu Dhabi, May 2 (ANI): Upset over his teams lack luster performance against Australia which handed out an eight wicket defeat to Pakistan in the fourth match to take an unbeatable lead of 3-1 in the five match Dubai one-day series, captain Younis Khan has said that he can ...
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Sunday, May 3rd, 2009
Washington, May 2 (ANI): By mapping a draft version of the date palm genome, scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCMC-Q) have unraveled the genetic secrets stored in the fruit.
Date palm trees play a significant role in agriculture throughout the Middle East, Northern Africa and Pakistan and the ...
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Saturday, May 2nd, 2009
Kuala Lumpur, May 1 (ANI): A Malaysian Sessions Court has dismissed Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF) legal adviser P. Uthayakumar's application to drop the sedition charge against him.
Judge Sabariah Othman ruled ...
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Thursday, April 30th, 2009
London, April 30 (ANI): Scientists have demonstrated the fastest imaging system ever devised, a camera that snaps images less than a half a billionth of a second long, capturing over six million of them in a second continuously.
According to a report by BBC News, a research team from University ...
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
New Delhi, Apr 28 (ANI): An application was moved in the Supreme Court on Tuesday challenging the Central Bureau of Investigation's decision to remove the name of the lone surviving suspect in the Bofors ...
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