Indian scientists hoist Tricolour at South Pole
Braving sub-zero temperatures and chilly winds, a team of Indian scientists on Monday hoisted the tricolour at the South Pole after a treacherous nine-day expedition.
“We feel at the top of the world at the bottom here,” Rasik Ravindra, Director of the National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR), told a tele-conference from the South Pole on Monday evening.
The eight-member team of scientists and technicians raised the tri-colour at the South Pole at 0130 IST on Monday, the first Indian scientific team to do so.
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It's Uttar Pradesh government’s primary duty to save Ganga from pollution: Allahabad high court
The Allahabad high court today said it was the primary duty of the Uttar Pradesh government to save river Ganga from pollution and directed it to file an affidavit on steps taken by it to make contaminated water fit for use in agriculture.
A division bench asked the state government to inform the court about the measures taken by it to purify effluents discharged from industrial units across the state, especially those located along the river Ganga.
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Dalai Lama honoured with doctorate at Jamia
The Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of six millions Tibetans and a global icon of peace and inter-faith harmony, was Tuesday conferred an honorary doctorate by Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia, a government-funded central university with a 90-year-old rich history. The honour had the nod of the Indian government.
The university vice chancellor, Najeeb Jung, awarded the degree to the Dalai Lama in the presence of Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal and thousands of students and members of the faculty, besides diplomats and leading lights, at the university campus.
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UK to send students to India for better skills
British students could soon sit and study alongside Indians in lecture halls at universities in India as part of plans to make UK students more employable by giving them international experience of living in other countries. There is much hand-wringing among Britain's education leaders and employers who seek to expand abroad but find that students here do not know the language and other life skills to live and function outside UK.
There are several student exchange programmes allowing British students to spend a period of time to study abroad, particularly in European universities, but there is less enthusiasm among the students.
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Orissa sculptor creates 15-foot Buddha in Berlin
Orissa's Sudarsan Patnaik has created a 15 feet high image of Buddha in sand as his entry in an international sand sculpture championship in Berlin, the artist said on Friday. The artist who belongs to Orissa's Puri city, some 56 km from here created the image of the sitting Buddha for the 2nd United Sand Festival (USF) World Solo Sand Sculpture Championship 2009 held June 4-11 in the German capital.
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