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Merit-cum-Means Scholarship for Minorities 2011-12: Date Extended

In continuation of the notification dated 03-04-2011, calling for Govt. of India Merit-cum-Means Scholarship applications - the last date for submission of fresh online applications by students has been extended from10-09-2011 to 30-09-2011. Last date for receiving hard copy of online application

August 16, 2011 Naqsh E Nawayath

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Astronomers claim biggest haul of other worlds

London - 13 Sep 2011 (AFP): Astronomers on Tuesday unveiled a haul of more than 50 planets orbiting other stars, including a "super-Earth" which inhabits a zone where, providing conditions are right, water could exist in liquid form. It is the biggest single tally in the history of exoplanet hunti

Oceansat to provide fishing location data ?

Hyderabad - 13 Sep 2011: Chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has said development along the coastal belt should not be at the cost of affecting the livelihood of the poor, particularly of the fishermen community. Speaking at the inauguration of the ground station to receive data from the OCEANSAT-II

'Google's next Android OS, Jelly Bean'

New Delhi - 12 Sep 2011: Close on the heels of Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt announcing the arrival of the upcoming version of Android OS termed Ice Cream Sandwich in October or November, speculations have started on the next version of Android. According to a report citing trusted so

African fossils put new spin on human origins story

Professor Chris Stringer, with the help of a cast of a fossil skull, describes the similarities that this species has with modern humans The ancient remains of two human-like creatures found in South Africa could change the way we view our origins. The 1.9-million-year-old fossils were first descri

Apple making 1,50,000 iPhone 5 a day

New Delhi - 09 Sep 2011:Appleis gearing up to meet the anticipated heavy demand foriPhone 5following its launch next month.Apple's contract manufacturerFoxconnis reportedly working overtime to produce 150,000 units of iPhone 5 every day, thereby taking the total production to approximately between 5

World's smallest electric motor measures just 1 nanometre across!

London - 06 Sep 2011 (ANI): Chemists at Tufts have developed the world's smallest electric motor made from a single molecule, a development that may potentially create a new class of devices with applications ranging from medicine to engineering. In the new study, the Tufts team reports an elect

Domino's plans first pizza restaurant on Moon

London - 03 Sep 2011:Domino's Pizzahas announced plans to launch its first pizza restaurant on the Moon.After rival chain Pizza Hut delivered a pizza to astronauts orbiting the Earth in the International Space Station in 2001, Domino's hit back last year in a series of events to mark the 25th annive

Underground River discovered beneath Amazon

Rio de Janeiro - 02 Sep 2011: An underground river has now been discovered beneath the mighty Amazon River, flowing miles below the surface. Scientists detected this river after they analyzed data from 241 wells that Brazilian oil company Petrobras drilled in the Amazon region in the 1970s and 1980

NASA admits ISS may stay unmanned for a while

Washington - 30 August 2011 (DPA): A recent Russian rocket failure could make it necessary to leave the International Space Station (ISS) unmanned for a while, the North American Space Agency (NASA) admitted Monday. If the reason for the Soyuz capsule's failure last week are not identified and s

BMJ Riyadh - Eidmilan 2011

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New planet found, that's blacker than coal

Paris - 13 August 2011 (AFP): A planet orbiting a distant star is darker than coal, reflecting less than 1% of the sunlight falling on it, according to a paper published on Thursday. The strange world, TrES-2b, is a gas giant the size of Jupiter, rather than a solid, rocky body like Earth or Mar

British Royal Air Force University Dean convert to Islam

The head of studies at the Royal Air Force pilot training college is a convert to Islam who has criticised Nato air strikes on Libya in a Muslim magazine. Dr Joel Hayward is dean of the college at Cranwell, the RAF's equivalent of Sandhurst, and has taught many of the pilots spearheading the militar

Spacecraft Blasts Off for Jupiter

05 August 2011: NASA's solar-powered Juno spacecraft blasted off on its five-year mission to Jupiter on Friday, the first mission launched after the end of the space shuttle program last month and the first representing NASA's new emphasis on unmanned space missions. Juno will explore the largest

Why the Moon is lopsided: a new explanation

Thiruvananthapuram - 04 August 2011: A whack from a smaller sibling could, it seems, account for one of the abiding mysteries about the Moon - why the side seen from the Earth is so different from its other hemisphere. The nearside is low and flat, with lava-filled basins that are readily visible

Scientists Developed the 'World's Smallest Battery'

Technology will definitely never stop its amazing venture. Who cares big bang theory? For us, the cosmos is shrinking at the velocity of knots. The world is getting smaller by every means. Communication, technology or gadgets, everything comes in a pocket edition, and of course, at a lightening

August 1, 2011 NAqsh E Nawayath

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