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Hillary declares White House run
Monday, 13 April 2015 10:39Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has formally entered the 2016 race for the White House in a bid to become the first woman US president.
Battery to charge phone in 60 seconds
Thursday, 09 April 2015 14:45Stanford University researchers have developed an ultra-fast charging aluminum battery that they’ve hailed as a cheaper, safer alternative to the current batch of lithium batteries that power most mobile devices.
World record attempt to fly longest kite fails
Wednesday, 08 April 2015 17:00As attempts to break a world record go, it was pretty impressive.
Castro makes rare appearance after 14 months
Monday, 06 April 2015 09:19The former president of Cuba, Fidel Castro, has made his first appearance in 14 months.
Sheikh to build 6-storey car park in Lodon for his cars
Sunday, 05 April 2015 12:19The ruler of Dubai is set to build a personal six-storey super car park in London for his fleet of more than 100 luxury motors.
Indian village plants 111 trees every time a girl child is born
Saturday, 04 April 2015 15:53While a vast majority of Indians continue to prefer sons, a small village in the Indian state of Rajasthan has its own unique tradition of celebrating their daughters. Since 2006, the residents of Piplantri village, in southern Rajasthan’s Rajsamand district, have been planting a whopping 111 trees to celebrate the birth of a girl!
4 arrested after Smriti finds ‘peeping cam’ in clothing store
Saturday, 04 April 2015 13:12Union minister Smriti Irani spotted a camera in the trial room of an apparel store in Goa on Friday, sparking a debate over privacy concerns at such facilities in the tourism-dependent coastal villages in the state. Irani, on a two-day visit to Goa, came across the camera when she was at a Fabindia showroom at Candolim village, 20km north of state capital Panaji, to buy clothes.
Scientists discover strongest known natural material
Saturday, 04 April 2015 12:37What’s stronger than spider silk? Limpet teeth! And what’s a limpet? They’re small aquatic snails with wide, conical shells. Their tiny, millimeter-long teeth are now the record holders for the world's strongest natural material, according to findings published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface this week.