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PIL on US online snooping to be heard
The Supreme Court today agreed to give an urgent hearing to a PIL on the issue of US National Security Agency snooping on Internet data from India
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New Google format to promote Indian products
Global search engine Google is offering a new format in India to advertise products and brands for users, the company's Indian subsidiary said.
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Scientists identify 280 craters on moon
A team of Australian scientists has identified 280 craters on the moon's surface using a combination of gravitational data and topographical images
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PTI
Control live cockroach from your phone
Roboroach! Now, you can control the movements of a live cockroach from your own mobile device with the help of the world's first commercially available cyborg.
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PTI
'Tweet' enters Oxford English Dictionary
The word 'tweet' in the sense of social networking has entered the hallowed pages of the Oxford English Dictionary.
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PTI
Ban dissecting frogs in labs: NBC
If the ban goes through, science students will no longer get to dissect frogs in biology lab class
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IANS
China builds world's fastest supercomputer
The world's fastest supercomputer is capable of performing 33.86 quadrillion operations per second, surpassing the US Titan supercomputer