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Obama appoints blind Indian-American to key post

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The Obama administration has announced to appoint a blind Indian-American to a key administrative post in an independent US agency devoted for people with disabilities.

Sachin Dev Pavithran has been

Two Pak-American brothers arrested on terrorism charges in US

Two American brothers of Pakistani descent have been arrested in Florida for plotting to provide material support to terrorists and to use a weapon of mass destruction within the US.

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2 share $550m jackpot in US

Two people had winning tickets in the $550 million Powerball jackpot, beating the one in 175 million odds for the second largest lottery in American history, the game’s website said early Thursday.

Black hole with record X-ray jet

Taylor Swift poses at the Australian music industry Aria Awards in Sydney on Thursday. 	— AP

A supermassive black hole emitting a record setting X-ray jet some 12.4 billion light years from earth has been discovered by Nasa.

Newly discovered fish named after Barack Obama

A newly discovered species of colourful, freshwater fish has been named after US President Barack Obama due to his ‘global vision of environmental protection and conservation’, scientists say.

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US declines to name China currency manipulator

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The Obama administration said on Tuesday that China's currency remained 'significantly undervalued', but stopped short of labeling the world's second-biggest economy a currency manipulator.

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Mechanism behind origin of life found?

Researchers have found that a “molecular network” with self-perpetuating capability may have triggered a possible mechanism by which life got a foothold on the early earth.

Flying alone? Now, a website for 'airport dating'

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Love at first flight! Stranded airport passengers are increasingly turning to travel dating websites to combat boredom and meet new people while they wait at the departure gate.

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‘Human brain & Cosmos have the same structure’

The structure and the growth of the universe may be similar to that of human brain and the Internet, a new study has found.

Braille pattern sent to retina to help blind read?

Researchers for the first time have streamed braille patterns directly into a blind patient’s retina, allowing him to read four-letter words accurately and quickly with the help of a device.

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.