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George H.W. Bush Released From Hospital After 16 Days
Former President George H.W. Bush was released from a Houston hospital after a 16-day stay for pneumonia, media reports said.....
US Attorney General Files Suit Against Trump
State Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed suit seeking to block US President Donald Trump's executive order temporarily banning foreign refugees, media reports said.....
NASA Telescope Spots Most Extreme Blazars Yet
NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray space telescope has identified the farthest gamma-ray blazars, a type of galaxy whose intense emissions are powered by super-sized black holes.....
Can Trump Make The Whole Earth Green Again?
In the barrage of criticism against US President Donald Trump for his utterances on refugees and Muslims, what has been missed is that he has an "open mind" on environmental issues. He should now again see with an open heart the image of the "whole Earth" taken by the Apollo 17 mission commanded by Eugene Andrew Cernan (who died on January 16, four days before Trump assumed office). That may trigger action to make not only America, but the entire Earth, great again.....
President Pranab Mukherjee arrived at the Parliament House in a traditional coach-and-six from Rashtrapati Bhavan to address the joint sitting of Parliament.....
H-1B Reform Bill Introduced In US House Of Representatives
A legislation that calls for doubling the minimum salary of H-1B visa holders to $130,000 from the current minimum wage of $60,000, has been introduced in US the House of Representatives -- a move that could impact Indian techies. ....
Mukund Recalled, Saha Back At Parthiv's Cost For Bangladesh Test
Tamil Nadu opening batsman Abhinav Mukund's consistency in domestic cricket was on Tuesday recognised by the BCCI selectors, who picked him for the one-off Test against Bangladesh, starting February 9 in Hyderabad.....
100% Penalty On Cash Transaction Above Rs 3 Lakh
Anyone transacting in cash above the newly imposed limit of Rs 3 lakh will have to pay a penalty of a similar amount, according to a top government official.....
This Biomimetic Tree Can Generate Electricity
It is true that money does not grow on trees but electricity might someday, as scientists have developed a prototype biomimetic tree that mimics the branches and leaves of a cottonwood tree and generates electricity when its artificial leaves sway in the wind.....
Rs 10,000 Cr Will Be Pumped In BharatNet In 2017-18 : Arun Jaitley
Aiming to strengthen its Digital India push, the government on Wednesday said it will pump Rs 10,000 crore in 2017-18 in its BharatNet project to lay optical fibre cables (OFC).....
