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Commonwealth Games Federation bans Fiji from 2010 Games

10/14/2009 12:00:00 AM

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) on Monday decided to ban Fiji from the 2010 Games after the island country's membership was suspended by the Commonwealth.

CGF president Mike Fennell told reporters after the General Assembly tha

A Nobel first: Economics Prize Goes To a Woman

10/13/2009 12:00:00 AM

A U.S. academic who proved that communities can trump state control and corporations became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in economics on October 12, 2009, sharing it with an expert on how companies make decisions whose work could influence

Free access to ATMs of other banks closes on Thursday

10/12/2009 12:00:00 AM

There would be limits to one's freedom to walk into any bank's automated teller machine from Thursday as third-party ATM usage would carry a cap on the withdrawal amount and the number of transactions each month.

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NASA to 'bomb' Moon in Search of Water Today

10/9/2009 12:00:00 AM

A US rocket is to crash into the moon on October 9, 2009, in an experiment which according to scientists may provide data about ice hidden in the perpetually dark lunar craters.

Astronomers around the world are prepared to capture the impact

India-born scientist wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

10/8/2009 12:00:00 AM

An India-born structural biologist whose quest for scientific excellence took him from undergraduate schools in India to graduate and Dr Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (AP) Post-doc studies in US and research in UK was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Ch

Onion Prices on Fire

10/7/2009 12:00:00 AM

Onion prices are on fire all over the country owing to concerns of an expected decline in production and delayed arrivals. The price rise has been sharper in the past one week following heavy rains in the producing centres of Maharashtra and floods i

IPL sources rule out ban on Akram

10/5/2009 12:00:00 AM

Sources from the Indian Premier League have, on Monday, have said that there is 'no ban' on Wasim Akram commentating in India. The clarification comes after reports emerged in Pakistan that the pacer-turned-commentator had reportedly been