Saturday, April 17, 2010

Dahlias

Dahlias
Dahlias
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Monday, April 12, 2010

Wonder lust: The Great Stalacpipe Organ - environment - 11 April 2010 - New Scientist

Wonder lust: The Great Stalacpipe Organ - environment - 11 April 2010 - New Scientist: "CAVES are disorientating at the best of times, especially ones as baroque as Luray caverns, deep beneath Virginia's Shenandoah valley. But as you descend underground, past Titania's Veil (a gleaming white calcite formation), crossing Giant's Hall and skirting the mirror surface of Dream Lake, you will hear an ethereal music start to fill the dripping hush. Soon it feels as if you are standing inside a marimba made of stone, in a setting designed by Salvador Dalí. The songs seem to come from all around, as if the cavern itself were singing."

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Indigenous cryogenic technology to power latest ISRO satellite - Yahoo! India News

Indigenous cryogenic technology to power latest ISRO satellite - Yahoo! India News: "Nearly 18 years after Indian space scientists began working on it and over a decade after the technology was denied to India by the US, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is ready to send into space a rocket powered by indigenously developed cryogenic technology."

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Human chain protest over donations and capitation fees - Yahoo! India News

Human chain protest over donations and capitation fees - Yahoo! India News: "Chandigarh, April 6 (IANS) A human chain was organised here Tuesday to protest the huge capitation fees and donations charged by various educational institutes and to sensitise people about the issue."

Monday, April 5, 2010

Fighting corruption ingeniously – Zero Rupee Note | India, Money, corruption, rupee

Fighting corruption ingeniously – Zero Rupee Note | India, Money, corruption, rupee Corruption is a huge problem is India – Trust me, even if we are able to bring down the corruption even by 50%, it will skyrocket India’s GDP. More than 90% of all government transactions are fraught with corruption either directly or indirectly