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Sutherland: UK selects Scottish site for first spaceport

July 18, 2018

UK Space Agency has selected site at Sutherland on A’Mhoine peninsula on north coast of Scotland for its first spaceport to launch rockets vertically and put satellites in orbit. For development of this spaceport, UK Government is going to provide ..

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World's first wind farm being built off Scotland coast

July 25, 2017

The world’s first full—scale floating wind farm is being built off the coast of Scotland in the North Sea. The wind farm, known as Hywind is a trial project which aims to bring power to 20,000 homes. The floating wind ..

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Mhairi Black, youngest elected MP in United Kingdom

May 9, 2015

Mhairi Black at the age of 20 became the youngest elected Member of Parliament (MP) in United Kingdom in over 300 years. She was elected as MP to House of Commons i.e. lower house of UK Parliament from Paisley and ..

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Scots stand United with the Kingdom

September 19, 2014

The Scots have given a clear mandate to stay with the United Kingdom along with England, Wales and Northern Ireland in a historic referendum. There were 55% votes which went in favour of the No-campaigners who said a ‘no’ to ..

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David Cameron makes an emotional appeal to Scots

September 11, 2014

British PM David Cameron along with the former PM John Major have come out in a major way to reach out to the Scots emotionally by appealing them to refrain from voting a ‘yes’ to the Scottish independence referendum. His ..

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Scotland sliding towards referendum

September 8, 2014

The demands for independence in Scotland are getting louder as a recent poll suggested that chances that it gets separate from United Kingdom have shown an upwards trend. There are more votes with the ‘yes’ tag than otherwise. Such polls ..

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Glasgow Commonwealth Games: With Kashyap's historic gold India finishes 5th

August 4, 2014

Parupalli Kashyap created history as he clinched Gold in the men’s singles badminton at 20th Commonwealth Games being held in Glasgow, Scotland.  With his gold medal, the country earned a fifth-spot finish with 64 medals, including 15 gold. He created ..

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Dipa Karmakar: First Indian woman gymnast to win a medal in Commonwealth Games

July 31, 2014

Dipa Karmakar (20) scripted history as she clinched bronze in the vault event in the Commonwealth Games 2014 at Glasgow, Scotland, by becoming the first Indian woman gymnast and second person of the country to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games. ..

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20th edition of Commonwealth Games begin at Celtic Park in Glasgow, Scotland

July 25, 2014

The 2014 Commonwealth Games kicked off with a spectacular opening ceremony that witnessed some enchanting performances by singers Rod Stewart, Susan Boyle and violinist Nicola Benedetti at the Celtic Park, Glasgow (Scotland). The British Queen Elizabeth II declared the Games ..

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Novak Djokovic overcomes Roger Federer to win Wimbledon men’s title

July 7, 2014

Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat Roger Federer (Switzerland) in the final of 2014 men’s Wimbledon championship in a challenging contest. It was the first time since 2007 that Federer and Djokovic had met for a Grand Slam title. Djokovic, who had 6 major ..

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