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Cabinet Nod For 31 Bids For Small Oil, Gas Fields Exploration
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved 31 contracts for exploration of small oil and gas contract areas under the Discovered Small Fields (DSF) Bid Round 2016, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced here.....
ED Attaches Rs 17.17-crore Assets In Coal Scam Case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday attached properties worth Rs 17.17 crore of Nagpur-based company Central Collieries and its Director Govinddas Daga in its ongoing probe in the coal block scam case.....
Mumbai Dabbawalas To Help Recycle Tetrapak Cartons
Packaging and processing major Tetra Pak has tied up with Mumbai's famed 'dabbawalas' or lunch box carriers for a unique initiative -- Cartons Le Aao, Classroom Banao -- to fund education efforts from recycled tetrapak cartons, an official said here on Wednesday.....
'Dimpi' To The Rescue Of Diabetics
In a breakthrough that could transform the despair of diabetics into dimples of relief, Indian scientists have designed an insulin-like oral substance, nicknamed "Dimpi", which they claim can be used to tackle both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.....
Malaria Vaccine Found Effective In Early Human Trial
When administered together with antimalarial medication, an experimental malaria vaccine has been found to protect people in early clinical trial. ....
Antarctic Sea Ice Hits Record Low
Sea ice in the Antarctic has shrunk to its lowest level since records began nearly four decades ago, preliminary US satellite data has shown. ....
Indian Space Programme Deserves Kudos: Chinese Daily
India deserves kudos for sending a record 104 satellites into the orbit at one go but it was way behind than China in space technology, a Chinese newspaper said on Thursday. ....
24% MPs/MLAs Say They Don't Need To Pay Tax Or Have No Income
In tax returns filed a year before they were elected, 72 per cent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress MPs and MLAs claimed they earn less than Rs 10 lakh, according to an analysis of affidavits of 4,848 (of 4,910) lawmakers.....
Kid Wants Job With Google, Pichai Encourages Her
For most of the kids, toys are what fascinate them. But this seven-year-old girl from Britain wrote a letter to Indian-born Google CEO Sundar Pichai asking him for a job -- and received an encouraging reply.....
EC Checks Security Of EVMs In Punjab
A team of the Election Commission arrived in Punjab on Thursday to inspect the security of buildings where electronic voting machines (EVMs) of the Punjab assembly elections have been kept.....
