Egypt’s Cabinet Offers to Quit as Activists Urge Wider Protests

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The cabinet offered its resignation to Egypt’s transitional military rulers as security forces carried out an increasingly lethal crackdown on three days of violent street protests, reviving the uncertainty about Egypt’s future that marked the earliest days of the Arab Spring.</span></span><br /> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><br /> </span></span><br /> </li> <li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; text-align: justify;">The culture minister, Emad Abu Ghazi, has already resigned in protest over the demonstrators’ brutal treatment at the hands of security forces</span></span></li> </ul></div>

Egypt’s Cabinet Offers to Quit as Activists Urge Wider Protests

The cabinet offered its resignation to Egypt’s transitional military rulers as security forces carried out an increasingly lethal crackdo...

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Iran blasts new Western sanctions

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Iran and its powerful ally Russia slammed new Western sanctions imposed on Tehran over its susect nuclear programme, saying they were illegal and futile.</span></span><br /> <br /> </li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The unilateral measures against Iran's financial, petrochemical and energy sectors announced Monday by the United States, Britain and Canada amounted merely to "propaganda and psychological warfare.</span></span><br /> <br /> </li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Russia -- which with China had blocked any possibility of the Western steps going before the UN Security Council for approval -- took a sterner view, saying in a foreign ministry statement the sanctions were "unacceptable and against international law. </span></span><br /> <br /> </li> <li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Iran, which has dismissed the IAEA report as "baseless" and biased, insists its nuclear programme is for exclusively peaceful, civilian purposes.</span></span><br /> <br /> </li> <li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The country is already subject to four sets of UN sanctions designed to force it to give up uranium enrichment, along with additional, unilateral sanctions by the United States and the European Union.</span></span><br /> <br /> </li> <li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">London said it was "ceasing all contact" between its financial system and that of Iran.</span></span><br /> <br /> </li> <li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Canada said it was halting "virtually all transactions" with Iran.</span></span><br /> <br /> </li> <li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">France said it, too, was "in favour of new unprecedented sanctions.</span></span><br /> <br /> </li> <li> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Iran's economy, worth an estimated $480 billion according to the International Monetary Fund, is highly dependent on oil sales, which make up around 70 percent of government revenues. The country is the second-biggest producer in OPEC, after Saudi Arabia.</span></span><br /> </li> </ul></div>

Iran blasts new Western sanctions

Iran and its powerful ally Russia slammed new Western sanctions imposed on Tehran over its susect nuclear programme, saying they were ill...

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Syria Slams UN Draft Resolution

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Syria's envoy to the United Nations has harshly criticized a draft resolution submitted by Germany to the General Assembly's human rights committee, which condemns the eight-month-long crackdown on opposition protests.</span></span><br /> <br /> </li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari said the document, crafted by Germany, Britain and France, was introduced "in the context of declaring a political, media, and diplomatic war on Syria." </span></span><br /> <br /> </li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Germany's U.N. Ambassador Peter Wittig, who introduced the nonbinding resolution, said 60 countries are co-sponsoring the document, including Syria's fellow Arab nations of Bahrain, Jordan, Morocco, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia.  Turkey, a predominantly Muslim country that has become increasingly critical of Damascus, is also co-sponsoring it.</span></span><br /> <br /> </li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The General Assembly's human rights committee is scheduled to vote on the document Damascus has been facing mounting international pressure to end the unrest. The United Nations says the crackdown has resulted in more than 3,500 deaths..</span></span><br /> <br /> </li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Damascus has been facing mounting international pressure to end the unrest. The United Nations says the crackdown has resulted in more than 3,500 deaths.</span></span><br /> </li> </ul></div>

Syria Slams UN Draft Resolution

Syria's envoy to the United Nations has harshly criticized a draft resolution submitted by Germany to the General Assembly's huma...

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Jordan's king meets Abbas on rare West Bank visit

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Jordan's King Abdullah II held talks in Ramallah on Monday with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on his first visit to the West Bank in more than a decade.</span></span><br /> <br /> </li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The rare visit came just days ahead of a key summit between the rival Palestinian movements Fatah and Hamas, which are looking to cement a stalled unity deal that has drawn fierce opposition from Israel and Washington.</span></span><br /> </li> </ul></div>

Jordan's king meets Abbas on rare West Bank visit

Jordan's King Abdullah II held talks in Ramallah on Monday with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on his first visit to the West Ban...

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Seawalls can worsen erosion

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Karnataka's coastline is being threatened by the very edifice that was designed to protect it.</span></span><br /> <br /> </li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Granite seawalls, constructed unscientifically along large sections of the State's 320-km coast to ostensibly protect the shore from erosion, are threatening the livelihoods of fishing communities and destroying coastal ecosystems, says the latest State of Environment Report for Karnataka, 2010-11.</span></span><br /> </li> </ul></div>

Seawalls can worsen erosion

Karnataka's coastline is being threatened by the very edifice that was designed to protect it. Granite seawalls, constructed unsci...

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Award for C.N.R. Rao

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">C.N.R. Rao, Honorary President of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, has been awarded the Ernesto Illy Trieste Science Prize for 2011 in recognition of his contributions to materials research.  </span></span><br /> <br /> </li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The award, instituted by the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, was presented in Trieste, Italy. </span></span><br /> <br /> </li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">It comprises a cash prize of $100,000, a medal and citation.</span></span><br /> </li> </ul></div>

Award for C.N.R. Rao

C.N.R. Rao, Honorary President of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, has been awarded the Ernesto Illy Trieste Sci...

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BioAsia-2012 to focus on vaccines, IPR, CROs and investments

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div id="4799" style="display: block;"> <ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The ninth edition of the annual global event, ‘BioAsia-2012' to be held here in February next, is set to focus on vaccines, Intellectual Property Rights, Contract Research Organisation and Investments.</span></span><br /> <br /> </li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">More business support elements like workshops, company presentations, luncheons and BioBazaar would be part of ‘BioAsia 2012'. For the first time, Sri Lanka would participate as a ‘partner country'.</span></span><br /> <br /> </li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">In another new initiative, the organisers have decided to sponsor the visit of top regulator in the life-science field from SAARC countries like Nepal, Maldives and Bangladesh.</span></span><br /> <br /> </li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The global event will be held in Hyderabad.</span></span><br /> <br /> </li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The Genome Valley Excellence Awards 2012 will be given.</span></span><br /> <br /> </li> <li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; text-align: justify;">The Awards would be conferred on Dr. Seth Berkeley, CEO, GAVI Alliance, Geneva, for his extra-ordinary contributions to the vaccine sector and Merck & Co. for its ‘Patient & Health Vaccine Research' in addition to its support and backing to the initiatives focussed on cancers in women. Dr. Kevin Ali, president (emerging markets), Merck & Co., would receive the award on the company's behalf during Bio-asia 2012</span></span></li> </ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div></div></div>

BioAsia-2012 to focus on vaccines, IPR, CROs and investments

The ninth edition of the annual global event, ‘BioAsia-2012' to be held here in February ne...

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Air Vice-Marshal first to be awarded Ph.D

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Air Vice-Marshal Arjun Subramaniam, serving at the Air Headquarters here, has been awarded a Doctorate by the University of Madras for his thesis on “Aerospace Warfare in Fourth Generation Warfare.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div></li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">This was the first time, he said, that an officer who had enrolled for a Ph.D. while serving as a faculty member was given an opportunity to defend his thesis at DSSC, which has been designated by the University as a centre for research</span></span><br /> </li> </ul></div>

Air Vice-Marshal first to be awarded Ph.D

Air Vice-Marshal Arjun Subramaniam, serving at the Air Headquarters here, has been awarded a Doctorate by the University of Madras for hi...

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SEWA to provide solar lanterns and energy-efficient stoves to its members

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div id="4803" style="display: block;"> <ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is helping India’s Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) provide energy-efficient cook stoves and solar lanterns to more than 200,000 of its members in Rajasthan and Gujarat over the next three years.</span></span><br /> <br /> </li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">IFC will guarantee a loan from local banks to SEWA members by signing a memorandum of understanding with SEWA. The project is subject to regulatory approvals. It is in line with IFC’s clean-growth strategy and will also help to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. It will also serve to demonstrate a self-sustaining business model that could also be introduced in other parts of Asia and in Africa.</span></span><br /> <br /> </li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">“This is one of the world’s largest clean-energy projects aimed at the $5 trillion market of consumers, distributors, and entrepreneurs that forms the base of the economic pyramid,”</span></span><br /> </li> </ul></div></div>

SEWA to provide solar lanterns and energy-efficient stoves to its members

International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is helping India’s S...

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Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, former Philippine president, arrested

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was arrested on Friday for electoral fraud, which carries a life sentence, at aManila hospital, preventing her departure from the country to seek medical treatment. </span></span><br /> <br /> </li> <li style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">President Benigno Aquino and his government have long accused Arroyo of corruption during her two terms in office, from 2001-2010, though until Friday, authorities had not formally charged her. </span></span><br /> </li> </ul></div>

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, former Philippine president, arrested

Former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was arrested on Friday for electoral fraud, which carries a life sentence, at aManila...

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Nepal awaits Pranab Mukherjee’s visit

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">After  Nepal's Prime Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai's official visit to India, New Delhi is sending its finance ministerPranab Mukherjee to Kathmandu to sign aDouble Taxation Avoidance Agreement</span></span></div>

Nepal awaits Pranab Mukherjee’s visit

After  Nepal's Prime Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai's official visit to India, New Delhi is sending its finance ministerPranab Muk...

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HONOURS AND AWARDS

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">a.<strong>NATIONAL:</strong></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">1.Jnanpith Award 2009 and 2010 announced : Eminent Hindi authors Mr. Amar Kant and Mr. Shrilal Shukla were chosen for India’s highest literary honour Jnanpith Award for the year 2009, while renowned Kannada writer Mr. Chandrashekar Kambar won it for the year 2010. The selection board chaired by noted writer and Jnanpith Award winner Dr. Sitakant Mahapatra made the selections for the 45^th and 46^th Jnanpith Awards.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">86-year-old Kant is a leading author whose famous novel Inbin Hathiyaron Se earned him Sahitya Akademi Award in 2007. His short stories like Hatyare, Dopahar Ka Bhojan and Diptee Kalaktari have found place in the syllabi of several Indian Universities. Mr. Shukla, born in 1925 in Uttar Pradesh, is an eminent novelist and a satirist whose works threw light on the falling moral values of the Indian society in the post Independence era. His noted works include Raag Darbari, Makaan, Sooni Ghaati Ka Sooraj, Pehla Padaav, Agyatvas, and Bisrampur Ka Sant. He is winner of several awards which included Sahitya Akademi Award and Vyas Sammaan. In 2008, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan for his contribution to Indian literature and culture. 74-year-old Kambar, who won the Jnanpith for the year 2010, is a novelist and playwright.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">2.Eleven scientists selected for Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award : Eleven scientists have been selected for the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology this year. The award was announced by director general of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Mr. Samir Brahmachari, at the foundation day celebration of CSIR at Vigyan Bhavan on September 27, 2011. It will be given away by the Prime Minister later.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The award for Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences category went to Mr. Shankar Doraiswamy of National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, In the Engineering Sciences category, Mr. Sirshendu De of IIT-Kharagpur and Mr. Upadrasta Ramamurty of Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, were nominated for the award. Mr. Mahan Maharaj of Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, Howrah and Mr. Palash Sarkar of Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata were picked for the award in Mathematical Sciences category. In the Medical Sciences category,  Mr. Kithiganahalli N. Balaji of IISc, Bangalore, was nominated while the award for Physical Sciences category went to Shiraz Minwalla of Tata of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">3.Dadasaheb Phalke Award : Mr. K. Balachander, doyen of Tamil cinema, was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award by Hon’ble President Ms. Pratibha Patil at the National Film Awards 2010 ceremony at Vigyan Bhawan on September 9, 2011. A frail but spirited-looking Mr. Balachander, who walked up to the podium to collect the highest award in cinema, received a standing ovation from the gathering. Describing Mr. Balachander as a film-maker of distinction, Ms. Patil said that he has made mainstream films with an artistic sensibility that has touched upon social, political and middle class issues.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">4.IGNOU award : Indira Gandhi National Open University honoured the Azim Premji Foundation with the Rajiv Gandhi International Prize for Technology in Education and Development on September 28, 2011 for its significant contributions to education, particularly to educational technology, in developing countries across the world.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">5.First Hridayanath Award goes to Lata Mangeshkar : Bollywood super star Mr. Amithabh Bachan presented the first Hridayanath Award  to Ms. Lata Mangeshkar on her 82^nd birthday in Mumbai on September 28, 2011.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">6.Indian Football Awards : East Bengal’s Mehtab Hussain won a double at the Indian Football Players Association of India, in a glitzy ceremony in Kolkata on September 26, 2011. The midfielder won the Best Indian Player Award and also the Fans Player of the Year Award through online voting. Mehtab was instrumental in East Bengal’s stupendous success last season in which the club won the Federation Cup, local league and finished runner-up in the I-League.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The other awardees were as follows : Best Foreign Player: Roberto ‘Beto’ Mendes Silva (Dempo SC); Best Coach: Karim Benchirifa (Salgocar SC); Best Young Player: Jeje Lalpekhula (Pune FC) ; Fans Player of Asian Cup (online voting): Subrata Paul (Pune FC); Fans Player of the Year (online voting): Mehtab Hussain (East Bengal).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">b.INTERNATIONAL</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">1.Angolan beauty crowned Miss Universe : Angola’s Ms. Leila Lopes became the new Miss Universe, edging out beauties from from Ukraine, Brazil, Philippines and China as the Miss Universe beauty pageant marked its 60^th anniversary on September 15, 2011. Ninety-eight young women took part in the contest – in South America’s largest city, Brazil’s industrial hub of Sao Paulo – watched by an estimated one billion people around the world.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">2.ICC Awards: The Indian skipper M.S. Dhoni won the ‘Spirit of Cricket Award ‘ at the annual International Cricket Council (ICC) Awards function in London on September 12, 2011. Meanwhile, West Indies leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo was chosen the ICC Emerging player of the year award and Aleem Dar was again chosen as the ICC Umpire of the year.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Other awardees were: LG People’s Choice Award: Kumar Sanghakara.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">ICC Associate Cricketer : Ryan ten Doeschate.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">ICC T20 Performance of the Year : Tim Southee.</span></span></div></div>

HONOURS AND AWARDS

a. NATIONAL: 1.Jnanpith Award 2009 and 2010 announced : Eminent Hindi authors Mr. Amar Kant and Mr. Shrilal Shukla were chosen for India’...

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Places in news

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><strong>a.Kabul (Afghanistan) : </strong>The place made the headlines when a Taliban suicide bomber assassinated the former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani on September 20, 2011. He was attacked at his Kabul residence, because he was leading government peace efforts through the Afghan High Peace Council.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><strong>b.Mangan (Sikkim) :</strong> The place hit the headlines due to being the most-badly-affected area of the earthquake which was felt in the most part of north India on September 9, 2011. Around 60 people were dead in Sikkim while many casualties were reported from Bhutan, Nepal, Bihar, West Bengal and Jharkhand on September 20, 2011. Mangan is 65 km from Gangtok, closest to 6.8-scale quake’s epicenter.</span></span></div></div>

Places in news

a.Kabul (Afghanistan) : The place made the headlines when a Taliban suicide bomber assassinated the former Afghan President Burhanuddin Ra...

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Space Research

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">a.Astronomers discover a new planet</strong></span></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Astronomers, using National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s Kepler planet-hunting spacecraft announced on September 15, 2011 that they had discovered a new planet. On this planet, from double sunrise to double sunset, the show goes on, always changing. Sometimes the orange sun rises first. Or the red one, though they are never far apart and one can see them moving around each other, casting double shadows across the firmament and periodically crossing right in front of each other.</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The official name of the new planet is Kepler 16b, but astronomers are already referring to it informally as Tatooine, after the home planet of Luke and Anakin Skywalker, in the George Lucas “ Star Wars” movies, which also had two Suns.</span></span></li> </ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><strong>b.India to have one more satellite launch site :</strong></span></span></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Amid reuests from various countries for launch of their satellites, India has decided to set up one more launch site to expand its capacity in this aspect. At a meeting held by the Prime Minister’s Prinicipal Secretary Mr. T.K.A. Nair on September 11, 2011 to review performance of the Department of Space, it was decided that feasibility study would be conducted for a new site, souces said, The decision to find a new site was taken after the meeting was told that </span><strong style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">ISRO </strong><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">has only two satellite launch pads, both of which are affected during the cyclone season</span></span></li> </ul></div>

Space Research

a.Astronomers discover a new planet Astronomers, using National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s Kepler planet-hunting spacec...

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