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of articles posted on 10-Oct-2008.
New chopper-mounted ‘eye’ promises to help disaster-response efforts
Friday, October 10, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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Technology
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As was seen during the recent flood relief efforts in Bihar, aid organisations don’t have quick and accurate ways to determine how many people need assistance in the case of a natural disaster.
Satellites can collect aerial images of areas affected by a natural disaster, but this has restrictions, and cloud cover can prevent collection of images.
“Without a real-time map, it’s very hard to do de
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CDC
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The Indian Institutes of Technology Delhi and Bombay have managed to get into the top 200.
Friday, October 10, 2008 www.dnaindia.com
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Foreign Affairs
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LONDON: Two of India’s top academic institutions have finally made it into league of the top 200 universities in the world.
The annual rankings are produced by the prestigious Times Higher Education-QS and this year The Indian Institutes of Technology Delhi and Bombay have managed to get into the top 200.
IIT Delhi has made the most staggering leap in the entire league table by jumping from its
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Bal Thackeray attacked Congress president Sonia Gandhi and chided her for lecturing the Sikhs
Friday, October 10, 2008 justsamachar.com
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Politics
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MUMBAI: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Thursday attacked Congress president Sonia Gandhi and chided her for lecturing the Sikhs on their own religion.
Addressing the 43rd Dussehra rally at Shivaji Park, Mr. Thackeray asked Ms. Gandhi what was the need to speak to Sikhs about their own Guru. “What do you know about Guru Gobind Singh,” he asked.
‘Strength gone’
Mr. Thackeray, who had to be prom
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Bal-Thackeray
Sonia-Gandhi
Dussehra
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The striking similarity in some scenes in Mohit Suri's Raaz and Vikram Bhatt's 1920 has created pa
Friday, October 10, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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Entertainment
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The buzz is that Mohit Suri has to reshoot some portions of Vishesh Films Raaz The Mystery Continues because some scenes are strikingly similar to the ones in Vikram Bhatt's 1920.
Our source said, "Emraan Hashmi saw 1920 some days ago at a suburban theatre. He panicked when he saw that some of the scenes in 1920 were very similar to the ones in his upcoming film Raaz.
So he called up the produc
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Kangana-Ranaut
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Not enough incentives for prospective buyers to queue up at builders’ pavilions
Friday, October 10, 2008 www.dnaindia.com
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Local
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The stubbornly-high property prices on Wednesday saw prospective flat purchasers shying away from finalising their dream homes at the property fair, hosted by Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCHI) at Bandra-Kurla-Complex grounds. This in spite of discounts of various kinds — from stamp duty reimbursements to waiver of floor rises, car park and club membership to subvention of home lo
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Jankovic survived a scare before reaching the Kremlin Cup quarter-finals
Friday, October 10, 2008 justsamachar.com
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Sports - Others
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World number one Jelena Jankovic survived a scare before reaching the Kremlin Cup quarter-finals with a 6-7, 6-3, 6-2 win over Vera Dushevina on Thursday.
The Serb, who replaced Serena Williams [Images] at the top of the WTA rankings on Monday, was in danger of becoming the third high-profile player to bow out of the $2.3 million tournament.
Jankovic, making her Moscow [Images] debut, lost the f
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External affairs minister and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will sign the Indo-US nuclear d
Friday, October 10, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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Nations
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New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee leaves for Washington early on Friday morning to sign the bilateral 123 civil nuclear cooperation agreement with the US.
With the US law on the India-US civil nuclear deal in place, Mukherjee and US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice will ink the bilateral 123 agreement at 4 pm on Friday in Washington (1.30 am IST on Saturday).
The historic a
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Scared people across globe are cutting down on spending as worst financial crisis unfolds
Friday, October 10, 2008 www.dnaindia.com
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Stock market
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CHICAGO: A London businessman may have to put off his wedding. A Hong Kong housewife is too worried to make investments. A student in Slovenia sees an automobile loan fall out of reach. And a real estate agent in Chicago says she’s just plain scared.
The worst financial crisis since the 1930s was stark reality for millions on Wednesday as retirement savings evaporated, jobs disappeared, stock mar
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London
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Ekta Kapoor's Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii will finally down its curtains this week
Friday, October 10, 2008 justsamachar.com
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Entertainment
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Ekta Kapoor's Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii will finally down its curtains this week, after a successful eight-year run on television. The show, which brought its protagonist Sakshi Tanwar [Images] instant fame and made her character Parvati a part of our lives, has been one of the longest shows on TV.
Kahaani Ghar Ghar Ki had everything that a family audience was looking for -- tradition, values and fa
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Ekta-Kapoor
Sakshi-Tanwar
Parvati
Dusshera
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Western India were endangered by ‘strangles’, a lethal respiratory disease.
Friday, October 10, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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Sports - Others
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Last summer, race-horses in Western India were endangered by ‘strangles’, a lethal respiratory disease. The disease caused such panic within the racing fraternity that not only were scores of horses quarantined first at Pune and later at Mahalaxmi, the Bangalore Turf Club authorities too refused entry for all Western India horses including those trained by Imtiaz Sait and Mansoor Shah, who were to
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India
Bangalore
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Mansoor-Shah
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