Clear skies and cool winds welcomed the third edition of the Mumbai International match race that started with a show starter event on Saturday off H20 Chowpatty with six corporate teams competing for the coveted trophy. The teams are Kingfisher, West Coast Marine, ISS, Trident, Z3 and H20.The qualifying race was a fleet race which Trident won closely followed by ISS. India's all-girls Kingfisher sailing...
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Three managers at a cleaning company in a London hospital have been arrested on suspicion of blackmailing illegal migrant workers.The managers at private firm ISS Mediclean, aged 47, 43 and 28, were arrested on Thursday during a raid at Kingston Hospital, south-west London.Foreign employees without the right to work had allegedly been warned they would be reported to the authorities.UK Border Agency...
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The Fifth National Symposium on Spices and Aromatic Crops will be held at the Conference Hall, Police House, Chumudedima, Dimapur on October 30 and 31 under the aegis of the Indian Society for Spices (ISS) Calicut under the theme “Harnessing the Potential of North Eastern States for spices Production through Technological Interventions”. The local organizer of the symposium is Central Institute for...
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Nasa officials have announced that an astronaut on board the space shuttle Atlantis has become a father while in orbit, when his wife back on Earth gave birth to their baby daughter.According to a report in a newspaper, the astronaut in question is Randy Bresnik, who became a father for the second time when his wife, Rebbeca Burgin, gave birth."Abigail Mae Bresnik arrived at 12.04am Sunday, November...
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Indian Railways is planning to run pilot trains before premier trains pass through the Maoist-dominated territory spread over Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Orissa and Bihar.Also, the railway ministry has revived plans to raise a commando force and implement the Rs 350-crore Integrated Security System (ISS) — conceived three years back.The ISS will have CCTVs, electronic access...
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Japan's new space freighter has burned up in the Earth's atmosphere after completing its mission to the International Space Station (ISS).The H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) carried 4.5 tonnes of supplies to the orbiting platform, including scientific equipment for its Kibo laboratory.A series of engine firings then took the vehicle into a controlled but destructive dive over the Pacific.A statement from...
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day one of the qualifying round for the ISS Mumbai International Match Race 09, which kicked off today, India's top-ranked Comander Mahesh's team won all seven matches.Nitin Mongia fought his way to the second largest number of wins for the day. His team won five of the seven races followed by Arjuna awardee and skipper Aashim Mongia who won three well fought matches.Two surprise wins came when Skipper...
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space shuttle Atlantis on Pad 39A November 15, 2009 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Courtesy: AFP.The space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts lift off on Monday on a mission to bring vital supplies, and spare parts to the nearly-completed International Space Station (ISS).Liftoff is set for 2:28 pm (1928 GMT) from the Kennedy Space Center near Florida's Cape Canaveral, NASA said.Atlantis...
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BioSoteria announced that its President and CEO Sally Van Doren, PharmD, will present at the 9th DIA Conference for Contemporary Pharmacovigilance and Risk Management Strategies, which takes place January 10-13, 2010, in Washington, DC. Dr. Van Doren will present on the topic of the Integrated Summary of Safety.) November 18, 2009 -- BioSoteria, Inc., a drug safety service provider and training company,...
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Thousands of visitors watched the launch along with a group of NASA-selected users of the micro-blogging website Twitter, who were giving their impressions of the launch online in real time.The all-American crew wearing orange jumpsuits were earlier strapped into their seats by ground crew after leaving their quarters to cheers and applause from the gathered crowd. They will spend 11 days in space.The...
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