NASA’s Kepler discovers new exoplanets NASA´s Kepler space telescope has discovered 41 new exoplanets in 20 distant star systems. They up the total number to 116 planets in 67 systems. The new transiting planets range from Earth-size to more than seven times the radius of Earth, but are too close to stars to be habitable. […]
Aug 28 2012 | Posted in
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Damascus: (Wednesday, July 18, 2012) President Bashar al-Asad, after the death of his defence minister General Daoud Rajha in a suicide bomb attack yesterday, has appointed a new minister for defence today. According to the news sources, Fahd al-Freij has been appointed as the new minister for defence of Syria.
Jul 18 2012 | Posted in
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In a surprising search, deep-sea dives around the historic Galapagos Islands have discovered a new species of catshark which is about 1.3 feet long. The biological name of this species is Bythaelurus giddingsi and it was discovered by scientists during a research. The scientists were able to find as many as seven catsharks. Comparisons later on […]
Mar 9 2012 | Posted in
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Government contemplates on names for next ISI chief Islamabad: The government is faced with the difficult question all over again. Given the deteriorated relations with America, it is finding it difficult to come up with a name to be put in to the saddle of the director general of Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) as Lt. […]
Feb 15 2012 | Posted in
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Who wouldn’t have been surprised to see advertisements of travel agencies in your Gmail inbox just when you were planning your vacation? It is no accident as Google’s mail server utilizes the information it has to offer users personalized ads. However, such situations will become more common as of March 1. Google announced that […]
Jan 25 2012 | Posted in
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With multiple sectors industrial sectors and domestic user in Punjab suffering from a limited supply of gas, the Ministry of Petroleum has assured that the delivery of gas will improve shortly. Dr. Asim Hussian, Minister of petroleum, made a commitment on Friday to reinforce the prior schedule of gas suspension of just two days a […]
Jan 8 2012 | Posted in
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