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June 1, 2012 9:31 AM

No respite from heat wave sweeping country

There is no let up in heat wave sweeping several parts of the country. National capital Delhi recorded the season's highest temperature of 45.4 degrees celsius yesterday.Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh sizzled as mercury kept on soaring, making peoples life miserable.In Rajasthan, ...

June 1, 2012 9:27 AM

No respite from heat wave sweeping country

There is no let up in heat wave sweeping several parts of the country. National capital Delhi recorded the season's highest temperature of 45.4 degrees celsius yesterday.Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh sizzled as mercury kept on soaring, making peoples life miserable.In Rajasthan, ...

May 31, 2012 8:32 PM

Govt announces austerity drive to contain fiscal deficit

The Centre today launched an austerity drive to contain expenditure in Government Departments. The Finance Ministry has asked all ministries and departments to reduce non-Plan expenditure by 10 per cent in the current financial year. It has banned creation of new posts in government departments, hol...

May 31, 2012 8:22 PM

Bharat bandh: BJP MLAs disrupt Delhi Assembly

The nation-wide bandh called by Opposition against petrol price hike had its echo in Delhi Assembly today as BJP MLAs created ruckus saying the House cannot function on such a day, prompting Speaker to order their removal and their suspension for three days. As soon as the House assembled, BJP MLA r...

May 31, 2012 8:20 PM

Centre launches austerity drive to contain expenditure in Govt Depts

The Centre today launched an austerity drive to contain expenditure in Government Departments. The Finance Ministry has asked all ministries and departments to reduce non-Plan expenditure by 10 per cent in the current financial year. It has banned creation of new posts in government departments, hol...

May 31, 2012 7:10 PM

TGC sequences genomes of domesticated tomato & its wild ancestor

Tomato Genome Consortium, TGC, a group of over 300 scientists from fourteen countries including India, has sequenced the genomes of the domesticated tomato and its wild ancestor, Solanum pimpinellifolium. Announcing this at a press conference in New Delhi today, Secretary in the Department of Biotec...

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