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Yahoo email account passwords stolen

February 8, 2014

Yahoo Inc. broadcasted that usernames and passwords of its email customers have stolen and used to gather personal information for those Yahoo mail users who have recently corresponded with. The company didn’t say how many accounts have been affected. Danger: ..

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101st Indian Science Congress

February 8, 2014

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh inaugurated the 101st Indian Science Congress at Jammu University, Jammu. The five-day (Feb 3-7, 2014) event will see deliberations and presentation of papers by the scientific fraternity from across the globe. The focus is on ..

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Saving Asia's Vultures from Extinction (SAVE)

February 5, 2014

The Saving Asia’s Vultures from Extinction (SAVE) programme declared that it has plans to release up to 25 birds into a 30,000-sq-km drug-free “safe zone”. A project hopes to start releasing captive-bred birds into the wild by 2016, after experiencing ..

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Butterfly Bacteria Study revealed certain surprises about Metamorphosis

February 3, 2014

Scientists from the University of Colorado Boulder sequenced the bacteria of the red postman butterfly to learn more about the insect’s three major stages of life. The new study that has sequenced internal bacteria makeup of a butterfly has revealed ..

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IAMAI: India to have 243 million internet users by June 2014

February 2, 2014

As per the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), the Internet user base in the country stood at 190 million at the end of June, 2013. For the whole year 2013, the internet user base grew 42% to 213 ..

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Chinese scientists invented 'Water-jet' printer

February 1, 2014

Scientists of the Jilin University, China have invented a printer that uses water to print, instead of ink. After about 22 hours, the paper fades back to a plain sheet of white paper, allowing it to be re-used. The “water-jet” technology ..

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Second Supermoon of 2014 will be visible on Jan 31, 2014

January 31, 2014

The second of the five supermoons of 2014 would be visible on Friday around 3.30 p.m. January 1, 2014 was the year’s first supermoon and January 31, 2014 will be the second. January is the only month with two supermoons ..

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Google doodle 'Daredevil motorcyclists-The Tornadoes' celebrates India's 65th Republic Day

January 26, 2014

India’s 65th Republic Day celebrated on January 26, 2014 is being marked with a Google doodle portraying “Janbaz (Daredevil) motorcyclists”. The Daredevil motorcyclists representing a unit of the armed forces, are seen carrying the doodle which has been painted in the ..

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NRI scientist AJ Paulraj wins Tech ‘Nobel’- 2014 Marconi Prize

January 25, 2014

The Indian-born scientist and Professor (Emeritus) at StanfordUniversity, Mr. Arogyaswami Joseph Paulraj (69), won the prestigious Marconi Society Prize 2014 for developing the theory and applications of Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) antennas. His idea for using multiple antennas at ..

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India successfully test fired long range nuke-capable Agni-IV missile

January 23, 2014

India successfully test fired a nuclear-capable Agni-IV strategic missile from the Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast near Dhamra in Bhadrak district, about 200 km from state capital Bhubaneswar. About nuke-capable Agni-IV missile Type: Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (surface-to-surface missile) ..

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