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In the last few months , there has been a spate of bomb blast throughout north india , with even national capital being rocked with explosions in a month. These series of bombings were follower to the bombings in ahmedabad , botched bombing in surat and bangalore. due to all these serial blast which have resulted in around 100 civilian lives being lost , it makes me wonder what the central govt is really doing about this..when ever a blast occurs , all the po...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), is set to achieve another major milestone with the full duration test of the indigenous "cryogenic stage" rocket engine for its Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV). The indigenous cryogenic stage would fire for 720 seconds at the Liquid Propulsions Systems Centre (LPSC) at Mahendragiri near Nagercoil tomorrow, marking a big leap from the 50-second successful test conducted on October 28 last year.A successful test w...

The PSLV-C7, carrying four satellites, lifted off successfully from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here. All the four satellites of the PSLV-C7 were injected into orbit at an altitude of 638.7 km, 949.8 seconds after the lift off. The entire process took 20 minutes. Based on the velocity during the first three stages, the fourth stage, an unpowered flight called `Coasting` lasted for 15 seconds, moving purely under the influence of gravity.The PSLV C7 carries four ...

well, iam not sure how many of you are aware of MOSSAD..atleast i think guys interested in espionage will be aware of massad.. for those who know nothing about the world around you...mossad ia an israeli intelligence agency specialising in epionage and counter intelligence... for starters....mossad is "The Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations"... The Mossad was formed in December 1949 as the "Central Institute for Coordination", at the recommendation of Pri...

WORLD MAP OF CHILD SOLDIERS (2000/2001)India does it. So do Pakistan, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Nepal, Indonesia, the Philippines, East Timor and several Central Asian states. United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has labeled the practice one of the most morally reprehensible acts of systematic abuse worldwide, and even took the extraordinary step of publicly naming the culprits last year. As the UN Secur...

THE HANGING of Saddam Hussein on 30 December had nothing to do with obtaining justice for his victims or the working people of Iraq and everything to do with satisfying the agenda of the elite Iraqi Shia-dominated government and US imperialism.It has further polarised sectarian divisions in Iraq, with the predictable consequence that ordinary Iraqis will pay a heavy price due to reprisal bombings and other attacks.Those who lost family members and friends at the hands of S...

I became interested in the discoveries made at Alexandria because of my interest in artArt is a direct outlet to the maker's emotions and purpose for creating it. Ancient Alexandria is full of ancient artifacts that lie in the sea bed which diplay it's richness in religion, politics, and culture. The Bay of AlexandriaAlexandria is known as "the Pearl of the Mediteranian". It is located on the northwest of the Nile Delta. It is the capit...

It’s a macabre story. Moninder Singh Pandher, an alumnus of Bishop Cotton School, Shimla, and St Stephen’s College, Delhi,allegedly partnered his servant Surendra, to slaughter 30, many of them children, after sexually abusing them. TOI tracked down his classmates to piece together the story of the man. Among his 1973 school batchmates are a top hotelier, a leading horticulturist and Deepak Thakur, a Delhi lawyer, who is ready to defy the Bar Association fatwa and defen...

Excessive drinking is known to increase blood pressure, however, a new research suggests that men with high blood pressure have a lower risk of heart attack if they have a drink or two per day. According to a research , small amounts of alcohol may act to thin the blood while increasing levels of HDL ("good") cholesterol in such patients, resulting in a protective effect. The research was led by Joline Beulens of Wageningen University in the Netherlands who a...

What a difference a year makes. One year ago, we were dazed, dazzled, and beguiled by the arrival of dual-core processors. Offerings from Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) had analysts, journalists, IT pros, and enthusiasts all gushing with praise for a bright new multitasking future. Amazingly, both Intel and AMD were able to deliver on the potential of dual-core processing. Throughout 2006, desktop PCs played host to a series of processors that, while sl...