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India-Tanzania-Thailand Scientists to Study ‘Bitter Gourd’ for anti-diabetes

Sun, Jan 22, 2012

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HYDERABAD(South India),Jan 22: A group of scientists belonging to three developing countries – India, Thailand and Tanzania – is trying to find out the ideal variety of the ‘bitter gourd’ (Karela) that is believed to check diabetes from ancient times. They are studying 10 hybrids of the Indian bitter gourd by analyzing the  germplasm and [...]

World Homoeopathic Congress: Sri Lanka Invites India to Popularize Medicine

Thu, Dec 8, 2011

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New Delhi, Dec 1,2011: Impressed by the rapid progress India has made in popularizing Homoeopathic School of Medicine, Sri Lanka has invited Indian expertise to help assist spread of homoeopathy in the beleaguered island nation which incidentally has a significant number of migrants from peninsular India as also China. “We want to open doors for [...]

Tele-Homoeopathy Benefits Remote Tribals in North-East India

Mon, Nov 28, 2011

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Hyderabad (South India): The Homoeopathic School of Medicine, founded by German physician Samuel Hahnemann in 1972 by propounding the “Law of Similars”, got a bog boost with the medical system reaching the remote tribals of north–eastern India. Thanks to the vision and dynamism of the Tripura state government, committed Homoeopaths and ICT wizards for evolving [...]

India announces $35 tablet computer to help out people living in poverty

Wed, Oct 5, 2011

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I have to say I’m not surprised by this one bit, India has announced the latest in a long standing series of cheapest products: the cheapest tablet computer, priced at just $35. In the same series we should also include the $2000 Nano car, the $2000 heart surgery and the $15 water purifier. Developer DataWind, [...]

India – Pakistan border is so bright it can be seen from outer space (shorties)

Sat, Sep 10, 2011

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Taken from outer space, this dazzling picture shows that the border between India and Pakistan unlike it has ever been seen before. The stunning picture taken from the International Space Station also shows busy cities as bright clusters hundreds of miles apart. The indian government made this decision toerect floodlights along the terrain separating India [...]

Indian man dies after fasting in protest of Ganges pollution

Thu, Jun 16, 2011

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The river Ganges has literally been at the center of Indian life for thousands of years, both socially and spiritually. Millions of people have been fed, bathed and enlightened by it. It’s a sacred river, regarded as the most important stream in Hindu mythology – it’s also very dirty. The Ganges is considered to be [...]

Insects trapped in amber offer a precious glimpse on prehistoric bugs

Tue, Oct 26, 2010

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Amber is not very common, but you can’t say it’s really uncommon either. Bugs in amber – that’s rare, but a huge “stash” such as the one that was found in India – that’s really something out of this world. The bug “collection” that was unearthed seems to suggest that the Indian continent was not [...]

India launches first mission to the moon

Thu, Oct 23, 2008

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Chandrayaan-1 is the name of the first mission India has ever launched towards the moon, and it was launches succesfully in the morning of October 22, from inside their country. This started the journey which will also imply a major manoeuvre – the lunar orbit insertion – about 2 weeks from the launch date. After [...]

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