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Management Student ends in Mental Hospital after Ragging

Sanjay Pal Singh ended in mental hospital after ragging by few seniors. Sanjay recently got admission to MCA course at a private management institute in Lucknow.

As per the reports, Sanjay got admission at Sahara Arts and Management Academy. He was allegedly ragged by students from Lucknow University who were his seniors and were living in the same hostel.

Soon, water bombs to fight forest fires

London, Sept 17: Fires like those that ravaged Greece in August would be easier to combat if more and bigger aircraft could be used, unmodified, to drop water, a US timber company has said.

Weyerhaeuser has said it is developing 1.2-metre-wide PVC bags - each of which can hold 900 kilograms of water and fire retardant.

Each bag is packaged in a box whose lid becomes a parachute when the bag is pushed from a plane's cargo ramp.

New ‘GPS Shield’ system to issue ‘real-time’ tsunami alert

London, Sept 17: Scientists at the National Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam, Germany are developing a Tsunami Early Warning System (GITEWS) that works in real time to quickly warn of potential tsunamis.

The new ground-based system takes real-time measurements of vertical ground motion – the type of fault movement to produce tsunamis and issues warning.

Scientists say this is very different from a GPS method, which detects seismic waves transmitted through the Earth's crust to distant receivers.

Rare medical, astronomical manuscripts ‘rediscovered’ in Egypt’s National Library

Cairo, Sept 17: Egyptian archaeologists have found rare medical and astronomical manuscripts at the country’s National Library (also known as Dar al-Kotob).

A senior official at Alexandria Library said the ancient documents were just laying forgotten in the Dar al-Kotob archives for many years, but were then “technically rediscovered” due to the efforts of the Centre for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage (CULTNAT).

“They are really priceless,” Egyptian State Information Service quoted the official as saying.

“I Was Emotionally Blackmailed and Used By the Reporter” – Rashmi Singh

New Delhi: I was emotionally blackmailed and used by the reporter Prakash Singh, said the girl who allegedly posed as a student of Uma Khurana in the sting operation, Rashmi Singh, on Sunday.

Why male body odour is repulsive for some women, but sexy for others

London, Sept 17: Why male body odour is repulsive for some women, but appealing for a few comes down to the smeller’s genes, a new study has revealed.

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