In the past decade or so, bicycles have taken western cities by storm. London has introduced both bike-sharing and bike lanes, and Paris even has a bike-sharing programme for children. In Copenhagen, ever the bicycle champion, 41% of rides to work and education now take place on bicycle seats. But what if you’re not super […]
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GAIL (India) Limited has been ranked 11th amongst India’s Best Companies for CSR 2014 as per the recently published study by ET together with Futurescape and IIM Udaipur The study looked at top 115 Indian companies to arrive at the ranking. It covered industries as varied as automobiles, banks, diversified, FMCG, infrastructure, information technology, metals
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At first glance, it could be a dramatic scene from a science-fiction movie.But this giant hole of fire in the heart of the Karakum Desert is not the aftermath of an attack on Earth, launched from outer space.It is a crater made by geologists more than 40 years ago, and the flames within have been
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On 17th October 1956, at 12.16 GMT the British queen pulled the lever which would direct electricity from the power station into the National Grid for the first time. A large clock on the wall of the power station registered the first kilowatts of energy to be produced. The town of Workington, 15 miles (24
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This fastest Indian, Anil Kumar, is 35 now and not is running anymore. He still holds the national 100 metres record of 10.30 seconds. Also, he ran the 200 metres in 20.73 seconds— another national record. A record Milkha Singh previously owned for 39 long years. From 1996 till the time he hung up his
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