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Facebook unveils first data centre outside U.S. in Sweden

June 15, 2013

Social networking website Facebook opened its first data centre outside the United States, in Luleaa, a coastal Swedish town near the Arctic Circle. With this, Facebook joins Google and other tech companies attracted by chilly temperatures that seldom exceed levels that ..

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American author Lydia Davis wins Man Booker International Prize 2013

June 15, 2013

American author Lydia Davis has been announced the winner of Man Booker International Prize 2013. She was chosen winner out of ten shortlisted authors.  About Man Booker International Prize 2013 The prize, worth £60,000, recognizes an authors’s achievement in fiction. It is awarded every ..

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India-US collaborate on Space Solar Power Initiative

June 13, 2013

Working in the direction of realizing the idea of tapping solar energy from space and beaming it to earth to meet the energy needs of the future and mitigate climate change, India and a top US science body have forged an ..

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French Open 2013: Serena Williams won the women's title

June 11, 2013

World no.1 American tennis player Serena Williams defeated her Russian opponent Maria Sharapova to clinch the French Open 2013 women’s title. This victory brought up her 16th grand slam title, taking her to within two of the great 1980s duo of ..

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Susan Rice will be US National Security Adviser

June 7, 2013

President Barack Obama to appointment Ms Susan Rice as national security adviser for US Govt. Ms Susan Rice who currenttly US ambassador at the UN, will take over the position in July 2013 from Mr Tom Donilon. The decision to ..

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India, 8 other nations exempted from sanctions for Iranian oil import

June 6, 2013

The United States has exempted India and eight other nations from sanctions for importing oil from Iran, keeping in view that these countries have considerably cut their dependence on Iranian oil in the last six months. Who have qualified for ..

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Scripps National Spelling Bee contest: Indian-Americans dominate for 6th consecutive year

June 4, 2013

Indian-American Arvind Mahankali (13) won the Scripps National Spelling Bee contest, as children from the community created history by dominating the prestigious contest for the 6th year in a row, holding top three positions this year. This is the sixth consecutive year that an Indian-American ..

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Japan restarts operating Dreamliner flights

May 30, 2013

Japan’s biggest airline- All Nippon Airways (ANA) has resumed Boeings 787 Dreamliner flights. It is for the first time for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner when its flights were resumed after the planes were grounded worldwide after two incidents on Japanese-owned ..

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India-US to expand Co-Operation in Knowledge Sector

May 22, 2013

HRD Minister Dr. Pallam Raju who was leading Indian delegation for a round table discussion a discussion on Advances in US-India Academic Partnership in Washington announced that India will intensify co-operation in knowledge sector with the US. Both nations have finalized eight more ..

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U.S. grants conditional authorization for shale gas export to India

May 22, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DoE) has given conditional authorization to Freeport Terminal in Texas for the export of domestically-produced Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) of US to countries that do not have a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with it. Given ..

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