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Biofuels Can Cut Jet Engine Pollution By Half
Using biofuels to help power jet engines cuts particle emissions in their exhaust by as much as 50 to 70 per cent, says a NASA study. ....
Spurned Lover Kills Cousin, Commits Suicide
In a gruesome incident, a youth stabbed his cousin to death after she spurned his love and later committed suicide by jumping on to the high-tension electric wires.....
Council Likely To Meet To Approve UTGST
The Goods and Service Tax (GST) Council will meet on Thursday to discuss the remaining two draft laws -- UTGST (Union Territory GST) and sGST (state GST) -- to enable a likely rollout of the new indirect tax regime by July 1. ....
New Zealand River Granted Legal Status As 'a Person'
New Zealand's Whanganui River has gained its own identity with all the corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a legal person, after a 170-year battle, the media reported on Thursday.....
WhatsApp Brings Back Text 'Status' Feature
Soon after attracting backlash over its Snapchat-like 'Stories' feature, WhatsApp has revived its text 'Status' option while keeping its image-based replacement, a media report said. ....
The quaint hill destination of Basar at the centre of Arunachal Pradesh is a place that one often dreams about travelling to, but seldom does it find its way into your itinerary.....
Court Defers Ajmer Shrine Blast Sentencing
A court here on Thursday deferred to Saturday the sentencing in the Ajmer Sharif Dargah blast of 2007 which left three people dead.....
Shivraj Not Being Shifted To Delhi: BJP
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will not be taking up any ministerial post in the Modi government, BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya has said.....
Actress Priyanka Chopra feels that "Good work should be applauded. I believe that there is enough work out there for everyone." ....
Two IS Suspects Arrested In Manipur
Assam Rifles have arrested two Islamic State suspects from a border town in Manipur, police sources said on Thursday.....
