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Lalima: Female buffalo calf cloned by National Dairy Research Institute

June 3, 2014

Scientists of National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) in Karnal, Haryana have cloned a female buffalo calf named as Lalima. The cloning is the work of advanced “hand-guided cloning technique”. Lalima is NDRI’s seventh cloned calf. The institute had produced the ..

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Union Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde dies

June 3, 2014

Rural Development Minister and senior BJP leader from Maharashtra Gopinath Munde (64) died in a road accident in Delhi, while he was on his way to Delhi airport when his car was rammed by a speeding Indica, leading to his death. Although he didn’t suffer any ..

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Uttar Pradesh Govt. to launch helpline for women in every district

June 2, 2014

The UP government which is facing criticism from all quarters over resent assaults and killing of two teenage girls in Badaun district, has directed authorities to launch a helpline in every district of the state to deal with women harassment complaints. The helpline ..

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India ranked 2nd in global textile export: UN Comtrade

June 2, 2014

As per the data released by UN Comtrade, India has emerged as the second largest textile exporter in the world beating rivals like Italy, Germany and Bangladesh in calender year 2013.China has retained the top position. India commands 5.2% share ..

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'Velocirobot' : Robotic dinosaur which can faster than Usain Bolt

June 2, 2014

Researchers at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in Daejeon have built a robotic dinosaur which has a top speed is 28.5mph (46km/h). The robot which has been named Velocirobot has two nimble legs and a tail for balance and ..

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Sushil Kumar, Yogeshwar Dutt clinch medals in Italy

June 2, 2014

Well-known Indian wrestling players Yogeshwar Dutt and Sushil Kumar put up an impressive performance on debut in new weight categories by clinching a gold and silver medal respectively in the International Competition in Sassari city, Italy. London Olympics bronze-medalist Yogeshwar ..

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CSO releases provisional estimates of national income for the financial year 2013-14

June 2, 2014

The Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, released the provisional estimates of national income for the financial year 2013-14 and the quarterly estimates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the fourth quarter (January-March) of 2013-14, both ..

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Telangana now officially 29th state of India

June 2, 2014

Telangana formally became the country’s 29th state of India and Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) took oath as Telangana’s first Chief Minister. Telangana consists of the 10 north-western districts of Andhra Pradesh. Backgrounder: In the history of India, it happened ..

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MoEFCC launches online system for green nod

June 1, 2014

The Ministry of Environment and Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) launched a “system for online submission of applications for environment clearance”. It is expected that the new user-friendly system would bring transparency in the controversial issue of environmental clearance. The ..

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Salvador Sanchez is the new president of El Salvador

June 1, 2014

Salvador Sanchez Ceren (69) of the FMLN party has become the first former guerrilla to sworn-in as the President of the Central American country following his March win. Mr. Sanchez defeated the conservative candidate Norman Quijano by just 0.2% in ..

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