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In 2006, NASA launched 75 fruit flies on STS-121 for 13 days; Discovery returned with about 3,000, including a new generation that developed in spaceNASA's experiments with fruit flies in zero gravity unveiled significant weaknesses in their immune systems. Observations indicated these f...- Sunita Williams retires: How Indian-origin astronaut’s 286-day stuck space trip became the final odyssey of 27-year careerIndian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams retired from NASA after a 27-year career, concluding a mission where she and Butch Wilmore were str...
- Gujarat assembly elections: AAP bled the Congress, not BJPAAP, which ran a high-decibel campaign in Gujarat, peddling its "Delhi model" of free paani-bijli and mohalla clinics, bled the Congress an...
- 1.75 million forest rights claims rejected by state governmentsThe latest statistics of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, accessed by ET, reveal that 20 states have rejected 17,52,553 claims under the Sch...
- Indian School of Mines faces big dip in popularity as it readies to don IIT avatarUnlike in IITs, ISM also has a system of spot admissions. Simply explained, spot admissions take place after the entire process gets over.
- 2014: A politically eventful year for IndiaThe states of Jharkahand, Maharashtra and Haryana witnessed a regime change and Jammu and Kashmir saw a hung Parliament in the recent elect...
- Have government schemes failed Muslims?In a unique exercise, it was calculated that providing education to Muslim and SC/ST would on its own boost the GDP growth rate up to 12%.
- Gurjars will be back on tracks soonNegotiations between the Rajasthan government and Gurjar leaders have hit a roadblock after Gurjar Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti leader Kirori...
- Budget '06: Full textTwenty months ago, when I presented the first Budget of the UPA Government, I asked Honourable Members - and the people of this country - t...
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