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Chandrayaan-1 to be launched tomorrow

Chandrayaan-1Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), Oct 21 : Chandrayaan-1, India''s spacecraft mission to moon will be launched tomorrow from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikotta.

Presently, Chandrayan-1, is undergoing final checks, prior to its launch at 6.20 a. m on Wednesday.

The spacecraft would be carrying 11 payloads (scientific instruments) and weigh about 1,380 kg at the time of its launch, according to reports.

Chandrayaan-1 satellite would orbit the Moon at an altitude of 100 km mapping the topography and the mineralogical content of the lunar soil.

Bhuapthi-Knowles Reach The Madrid Masters' Final

Bhuapthi-Knowles Reach The Madrid Masters' Final It was a proud moment for Mahesh Bhupathi and his Bahamian partner Mark Knowles, when they had a straight-set win over Swede-Zimbabwean pair of Jonas Bjorkman and Kevin Ullyett in Madrid, and thus made in the finals of ATP Madrid Masters.

It took little more than an hour for the fourth seeded Indo-Bahamian pair to beat the fifth seeded Swede-Zimbabwean pair by 6-2 6-4 to make it into the finals.

Now Bhupahti and Knowles will compted with seventh seeds Marcin Matkoswki and Mariusz Fyrstenberg of Poland.

Next-Gen Interactivity On DTH Service Unveiled By Airtel

Next-Gen Interactivity On DTH Service Unveiled By Airtel  With the aim to provide extraordinary experience to the customers of Airtel digital TV, its Direct To Home (DTH) TV service, Bharti Airtel gladly announced today that it has entered into an innovation and technology partnership with Infosys Technologies Limited (Infosys). Bharti Airtel is considered to be the India’s greatest integrated telecom services provider.

Mumbai Champs Defeated By Bengal Tigers

Mumbai Champs Defeated By Bengal Tigers A moment of glory flew in the air for Royal Bengal Tigers, when in the Indian Cricket League match held at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday; they defeated Mumbai Champs with 12 runs.

Skipper Craig McMillan from Bengal Tiger, won the toss and the team opted to bat first. Following this they had a great start as Hamish Marshall and Deep Dasgupta shared an 84-run partnership in 9.5 overs.

One soldier killed in clash with Muslim rebels in Philippines

One soldier killed in clash with Muslim rebels in Philippines Cotabato City, Philippines- One soldier was killed Tuesday in a clash with Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines, a regional military spokesman said.

Major Randolph Cabangbang said the firefight between government troops and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels erupted in Mamasapano town in Maguindanao province, 960 kilometres south of Manila.

"The fighting is ongoing," he said. "We have one killed in action, but we withheld his identity pending notification of his relatives."

Studying disease proteins’ interaction may lead to effective therapies

Washington, October 21: A leading European scientist has revealed that his new research has provided significant insights into how proteins in human cells interact and “talk” to one another, and thereby led to a better understanding of how medications work.

Giulio Superti-Furga, a professor at the Centre for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, hopes that such insights may result in more effective therapies.

"Most of the time the mechanism of action of drugs is ill understood and we often do not even know the primary target of the drugs we swallow daily. We do not know how these drugs work at the molecular level, and side effects can have serious consequences," he said.

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