Sreeram Chandra wins Indian Idol 5

Hyderabad-based Sreeram Chandra is Indian Idol 5. On Sunday at the grand finale, Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan announced Sreeram as the winner of Indian Idol Season 5. Other two finalists of the popular Indian television music reality show were Rakesh Maini from Agra and Bhoomi Trivedi of Baroda.

24-years old Sreeramchandra is a professional [...]

Jeetu Moni Kalita from Assam wins DID L’il Masters

Assam’s Jeetu Moni Kalita wins "Dance India Dance L’il Masters", a dance reality show on ZeeTV. At the grand finale held in Pune on Saturday, Jeetu Moni defeated Chandigarh’s Atul Banmoria, Pune’s Atul Vaishnavi Patil and Mumbai’s Manoj Rathod to win Dance India Dance Little Master title. Jeetu Moni Kalita has been awarded the coveted [...]

How key enzyme repairs sun-damaged DNA

Researchers have long known that humans lack a key enzyme that reverses severe sun damage. For the first time, researchers have witnessed how this enzyme works at the atomic level to repair sun-damaged DNA. In the early online edition of the journal Nature, Ohio State University physicist and chemist Dongping Zhong and his colleagues describe [...]

India successfully conducts Interceptor Missile Test

India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Monday successfully conducted fourth consecutive Interceptor Missile test. The interception took place in Endo atmospheric regime at 15 Km altitude off the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur, Orissa. The single stage Interceptor Missile fitted with Directional Warhead and other advanced systems neutralized the target.
The target ballistic [...]

OlivePad : India’s First 3G Android Tablet

Olive Telecom today launched OlivePad – VT100, India’s first 3.5G tablet personal computer. Designed to serve as a multi functional device, Olive Pad operates on an Android Operating System and supports 3.5G HSUPA, Wi-fi, and Bluetooth. OlivePad – VT100 features an inbuilt 3 mega pixel camera and a front camera. Other features on OlivePad [...]

Indian Rupee gets a Symbol

India’s currency Rupee finally got it’s own symbol. The Union Cabinet  on 15th July, 2010 approved the symbol – a cross between the Devnagiri ‘Ra’ and the Roman capital ‘R’ without the stem and two parallel lines running at the top. Design for the symbol was submitted by Shri D Udaya Kumar, who is with [...]

India’s PSLV- C15 successfully launches CARTOSAT – 2B Satellite

Today (on July 12, 2010) India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C15) successfully launched CARTOSAT – 2B from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota. The launch of PSLV – C15 was the sixteenth consecutive successful flight of PSLV. PSLV is the first operational launch vehicle of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). PSLV is capable of [...]

ESA probe takes detailed pictures of Asteroid Lutetia

European Space Agency (ESA)’s Rosetta mission has sent back the first close-up images of an asteroid that scientists hope will help in understanding the birth and evolution of the Solar System. The images of asteroid Lutetia were taken during a successful flyby on Sunday. The closest approach took place at 18:10 CEST, at a distance [...]

Antibody may be effective against Influenza outbreaks

Researchers have discovered a monoclonal antibody that is effective against "Avian" H5N1, seasonal H1N1 and the 2009 "Swine" H1N1 influenza. A team of scientists from Sea Lane Biotechnologies, LLC, in collaboration with Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, St. Jude Research Hospital and the Scripps Research Institute, have shown that this antibody potently prevents and treats [...]

Indian Govt to present Nalanda University Bill in Parliament

The Union Cabinet today approved the presentation of the Nalanda University Bill 2010 for the establishment of the Nalanda University in the Monsoon Session of the Parliament at a cost of Approx. Rs.1005 crore. The Ministry of External Affairs has prepared the Nalanda University Bill 2010 for presentation in the monsoon session of the Parliament, [...]

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Latest News

• Sreeram Chandra wins Indian Idol 5
• Jeetu Moni Kalita from Assam wins DID L’il Masters
• How key enzyme repairs sun-damaged DNA
• India successfully conducts Interceptor Missile Test
• OlivePad : India’s First 3G Android Tablet
• Indian Rupee gets a Symbol
• India’s PSLV- C15 successfully launches CARTOSAT – 2B Satellite
• ESA probe takes detailed pictures of Asteroid Lutetia
• Antibody may be effective against Influenza outbreaks
• Indian Govt to present Nalanda University Bill in Parliament