Everything you need to know about C.r. Building: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about C.r. Building: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Washington, May 24 (IANS) Making a shift from a boundless "global war on terror", US President Barack Obama Thursday announced a new counter-terrorism policy narrowing the use of drones that has put it at odds with key allies like Pakistan.
Panaji, May 23 (IANS) Aiming to position Goa as a leader in green practices in construction, manufacturing and hospitality industry, a CII conference on eco-friendly practices will be held later this month, organisers said Thursday.
Washington, May 22 (ANI): A class of pharmaceuticals can both prevent and treat Alzheimer's disease in mice, researchers at USC have found.
New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): In an exclusive interaction with a group of CII CEOs , President Karzai called for Indian Investment in prominent sectors including Healthcare, Agri business, Telecom and Capacity Building.
London, May 16 (ANI): Walmart has planned to conduct safety investigations at its Bangladesh factories by its own and not join accord with other retailers.
Washington, May 16 (ANI): Scientists have demonstrated for the first time that female mosquitoes infected with malaria parasites are significantly more attracted to human odour than uninfected mosquitoes.
London, May 10 (ANI): Gwyneth Paltrow has angered her neighbours in Los Angeles after allegedly erecting a towering gate at the entrance of their mansion.
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday will hear a PIL challenging the implementation of University of Delhi's proposed four-year under-graduate programme with multiple degrees in its present form.
Sydney, May 7 (ANI): Google's Wharf 7 office in Sydney has stated that their building control system, which monitors the building's mechanical and electrical equipment, has been hacked by two IT security researchers.
Washington, May 2 (ANI): Digital cameras with designs that mimic those of ocular systems found in dragonflies, bees, praying mantises and other insects have been created.
Delhi government has launched an ambitious Delhi Swavlamban Scheme to provide pension to the workers after their retirement. The Scheme was announced by the Chief Minister in her budget speech. It conveys government?s concern about the old age of workers as it recognizes the critical role played by the workers in the un-organized and informal sector to make the lives of other comfortable and leisurely.
New York, April 28 (IANS) Construction crews at the 9/11 site will raise the final two sections of a 408-foot spire to the top of the One World Trade Center building Monday, making the building the tallest in the western hemisphere.
Paris, April 28 (IANS) Part of a four-storey residential building in the French city of Reims collapsed Sunday following an explosion, killing two people, BBC reported.
London, Apr 27 (ANI): In a first of its kind operation, a piece of rib and a bone conduction implant have been used to treat an Edinburgh man's hereditary deafness.
Cambridge (Massachusetts, US), April 19 (ANI): A police officer on duty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge was shot dead late Thursday.
Washington, April 19 (IANS) A Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus police officer was shot and killed Thursday night at the school's campus outside Boston, which has been edge since Monday's Boston Marathon bombing.
Boston, April 19 (IANS) A police officer was shot at in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) campus Thursday night, authorities said.
Washington, April 17 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed the most powerful microbatteries ever documented.
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Indians see Australia as a good place to be educated, but there are lingering concerns regarding the issue of safety for Indian students, said an opinion poll whose results were released here Wednesday.
New Delhi, April 17 (ANI): Foreign Minister Bob Carr today welcomed a major opinion poll which has confirmed public support in India for a strong and growing relationship with Australia.
Kolkata, April 13 (IANS) After calling the vandalism at the Presidency University "trivial", the Trinamool Congress Saturday claimed the whole incident was "staged".
Kolkata, April 12 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday telephoned Presidency University Vice Chancellor Malabika Sarkar and said she was "devastated" by the vandalism at the varsity by the activists of her party's students wing.
New York, Apr. 11 (ANI): British scientist Robert Edwards, who won a Nobel Prize award for his pioneering work in developing in vitro fertilisation (IVF), died on Wednesday. He was 87.
London, April 11 (IANS) British scientist Robert Edwards, known as "father" of world's first test-tube baby breathed his last Wednesday, the Cambridge University announced. The 87-year-old died following prolonged illness.
London, Apr 10 (ANI): Russian footballer Andrey Arshavin is reportedly set to quit football when his contract at Arsenal comes to an end this summer following his increasing disillusionment during his final season at the club.
Delhi Cabinet decided to provide additional amount of 54 cr to Rajiv Gandhi Super-specialty Hospital (RGSH), Tahirpur to complete remaining works and upgrade it as per the norms of Green Building Concept. The decisions were taken at a Cabinet Meeting held under the Chairmanship of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) The Delhi government Tuesday decided to provide Rs.54 crore to Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital for its completion and upgradation under the norms of Green Building Concept.
Moscow, April 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia is not obligated to notify western countries beforehand of its recent snap military exercises, a top Russian defence ministry official said Monday.
Moscow, March 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia plans to put 68 spacecraft into orbit by 2015 and to almost double the number of its communications satellites to 44 by 2020, an official said.
Moscow, March 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The first in-flight tests of Russia's domestically designed PD-14 engine for MS-21 passenger planes are scheduled for 2014, an official said.
New York, Mar 25 (ANI): Blake Lively is apparently obsessed with cooking.
Duba, March 13 (IANS) Cricket Australia and New Zealand Cricket, the hosts of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, Wednesday appointed Ralph Waters as chairman of the local organising committee for the tournament.
Washington, March 13 (IANS) A new study has found that stem cells from the patient's own body fat could help seek out and destroy cancer cells in a type of brain tumour.
London, March 12 (IANS) Singer Mollie King, who is currently single, is hopeful of finding love when she travels to New York.
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Wellington, Feb 27 (IANS) The New Zealand government Wednesday announced it will commit a further 60 million NZ dollars ($49.46 million) to its venture capital program and take steps to reduce interest rates on debt in a bid to boost the capital markets.
Dubai, Feb. 27 (ANI): The JW Marriott brand has officially opened the 72-storey JW Marriott Marquis Dubai - which acquired the title of the tallest hotel from Guinness World Records in the world - on Tuesday.
Kolkata, Feb 20 (IANS) Claiming that the two-day countrywide strike called by trade unions was a damp squib, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday asked the Election Commission (EC) to ban parties calling shutdowns.
Seoul, Feb 15 (IANS) Sales of LG Electronics' Optimus L Series smartphones topped 15 million units globally since its introduction in February 2012, the company said Friday.
Bangalore, Feb 14 (IANS) Former chief justice of Karnataka high court Y. Bhaskar Rao, who Thursday took over as the state's Lokayukta (ombudsman), declined to respond to allegations that he had illegally obtained a house plot in Bangalore.
London, Feb 12 (ANI): Tom Cruise is allegedly in contract to sell his New York condominium for 3million dollars after 29 years.
London, February 11(ANI): Building new roads could be as simple as rolling out a carpet, thanks to a Dutch inventor.
New York, Feb 8 (IANS/EFE) Australia's Mark Bourne won the race to the top of the Empire State Building, an event that drew more than 730 runners who vied to be the first up the 1,576 steps inside New York's most famous skyscraper, while countrywoman Suzy Walsham took the women's crown.
Havana, Feb 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) French climber Alain Robert, popularly known as "Spiderman", took his climbing career to new heights when he scaled Cuba's landmark Hotel Havana Libre.
Washington, Jan. 29 (ANI): Workers in World Trade Center have been ordered to clean the racist and sexist graffiti symbolizing national unity in bathrooms.
Washington, JAN. 25 (ANI): Jon Favreau, director of speechwriting for the White House, has said writing the inaugural address for President Barack Obama was one the hardest speech he has ever written.
Washington, Jan 18 (IANS) As President Barack Obama works on his "big part of my plans" for India in his second term, an influential US think tank has made four concrete proposals to advance their shared priorities, including pitching for a second presidential visit to India.
London, Jan. 16 (ANI): Research from the University of Sheffield has discovered that the ancient civilisation of Crete, known as Minoan, had strong martial traditions, contradicting the commonly held view of Minoans as a peace-loving people.
Washington, January 15 (ANI): In a new study, researchers have extended out understanding of genes related to autism spectrum diseases (ASDs) and advances methods for early detection and treatment.
Kolkata, Jan 5 (IANS) Educationists Saturday expressed concern over India's university system, saying it is in a "mess".
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 5 (IANS) ITC Infotech, a fully-owned subsidiary of ITC Limited, the US$ 7 billion diversified conglomerate, is all set to expand in the Technopark campus here in a big way, according to a top Technopark official.
Curitiba, Dec 31 (IANS) The Arena da Baixada, in the southern state of Curitiba, is 50 percent complete as 2012 draws to a close.
New Delhi, Dec. 27 (ANI): India and Pakistan reviewed the implementation of existing Conventional and Nuclear Confidence Building Measures (CBMs), including the ceasefire along the LoC and exchanged ideas to further advance the process during the sixth round of expert level talks here on Thursday.
New Delhi, Dec 27 (ANI): India and Pakistan will hold the expert level meetings on Conventional and Nuclear Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) in New Delhi today.
New Delhi, Dec 26 (ANI): The expert level meetings on Conventional and Nuclear Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) between India and Pakistan are scheduled to take place here on Thursday and Friday.
Beijing, Dec 22 (IANS) Twenty people were injured early Saturday in China's Shaanxi province when a fire raged through a high-rise building, authorities said.
Washington, Dec 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) If you're one of the people across the globe worried about Friday's so-called "Mayan apocalypse" and what some say will be the end of the world, you can keep watch over the heavens online for impending signs of doomsday.
Wellington, Dec. 18 (ANI): Peter Jackson has revealed that he played the role of a dwarf fleeing the dragon Smaug in his new flick 'The Hobbit: Unexpected Journey.'
New Delhi, Dec. 12 (ANI): To address Canada's growing demand for skilled tradespersons, a new Federal Skilled Trades Program is being launched on January 2, 2013, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced on Monday.
Property tax Department of South Delhi Municipal Corporation issued notices to various telecom companies for non-payment of property tax for their towers installed on the Building or on vacant land in SDMC areas.
While there has been a flurry of visits to India by high-powered Australian trade delegations and politicians, observers are baffled by the slow pace at which the bilateral ties are growing.
Mumbai, Dec 5 (IANS) The team of "Dabangg 2" will go full throttle for the movie's promotion soon. Producer-director Arbaaz Khan says it was vital to maintain the curiosity for the movie until now.
Sydney, Nov 29 (ANI): Apple's senior vice president of Internet Software and Services Eddy Cue, who took charge of map software last month, has urged partners to improve data amid an escalating rivalry with Google.
Sydney, Nov 19 (IANS) Australian scientists have edged closer to printing live tissue replacements into 3D structures for diseased or damaged body parts using inkjet printers, thanks to the development of specialised bio?ink.
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) A major fire broke out in the 15?storey Himalaya Building in Connaught Place Monday morning, a fire service officer said.
Washington, November 10 (ANI): NASA scientists have designed and tested a new rotor landing system in an attempt to enable spacecrafts to land like helicopters.
Moscow, Nov 10 (IANS/RIA -Novosti) The football stadium in the Russian city of Saransk for the 2018 World Cup will cost $276 million.
Beijing, Nov 8 (IANS) China will strive to complete military mechanization and make major progress in full military IT applications by 2020, President Jintao said here Thursday.
New Delhi, Nov. 7 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of External Affairs are jointly hosting two-day International 'East Asia Summit (EAS)-India workshop 'Building a regional framework for earthquake risk Management' on November 8-9 in New Delhi.
New Delhi, Nov. 6 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee will undertake a two-day visit to Chhattisgarh beginning on Tuesday during which he will inaugurate the new Integrated Terminal Building at Swami Vivekananda Airport, Raipur.
New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will fly into Chhattisgarh Tuesday to inaugurate the new secretariat in Raipur, it was announced Monday.
New Delhi, Nov. 5 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee will undertake a two-day visit to Chhattisgarh beginning tomorrow during which he will inaugurate the new Integrated Terminal Building at Swami Vivekananda Airport, Raipur.
Kolkata, Nov 3 (IANS) With Brazil hosting the 2014 football World Cup and the 2016 Olympics, the country would be making "massive" investments in infrastructure and hopes Indian investors will play a big role in this, a top diplomat said Saturday.
Sharjah, Nov 2 (IANS/WAM) Sharjah will host an art exhibition that will run from Nov 3 to Jan 3, 2013.
Toronto, Nov 2 (IANS) Expanding populations are forcing housing and office structures skywards, which are billowing toxins and pollutants from their rooftops and are dirtier than we think, says a new study.
New Delhi, Nov.1 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the Amendment to the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) { BOCW (RECS)} Act, 1996 and Building and Other Construction Workers' Welfare Cess Act, 1996 and the introduction of the Building and Other Construction Workers Related Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2012 in Parliament in its ensuing session.
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) The union cabinet Thursday cleared amendments to the laws relating to construction workers' registration and welfare and lined up the changes for parliament's approval during the winter session, an official said.
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) The union cabinet Thursday cleared amendments to the laws relating to construction workers' registration and welfare and lined up the changes for parliament's approval during the winter session, an official said.
Wellington, Nov 1 (IANS) The New Zealand government Thursday laid out its infrastructure building programme, involving plans to rebuild the earthquake-battered city of Christchurch and initiatives to support business growth.
London, Oct 31 (ANI): A composer dubbed 'King Canute' has become the first in the world to perform music created by waves in a swimming pool.
Mumbai, Oct 27 (IANS) Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems Corporation, a unit of $200 billion Japanese conglomerate Toshiba Corporation, Saturday formed a joint venture with Chennai-based Johnson Lifts to expand operations in India.
London, Oct 27 (ANI): A radical new unpowered rotor design space capsule could allow astronauts to land anywhere in the world - even on the top of a building - without a single bump.
Moscow, Oct. 12 (Xinhua-ANI): Russia would launch a lunar mission in 2015, a space research association head said Friday.
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) A total of eight lakh families will come under the health insurance cover as Delhi government has decided to extend Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna to domestic workers, railway porters, street hawkers and vendors in the capital.
London, Oct 9 (IANS) A British researcher who won the 2012 Nobel Prize for Medicine was once dismissed by his school teacher about his ambition to become a scientist as "quite ridiculous", the Guardian reported Tuesday.
Sydney, Oct 4 (ANI): Late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs initiated the effort to replace Google Maps on the iPhone with the firm's own mapping application, it has emerged.
London, Oct 3 (IANS) A building made entirely from waste and surplus material from building sites and other industries will soon come up in Britain.
Washington, October 3 (ANI): Scientists have developed a new breast cancer therapy that delivers a sneak attack to the disease, similar to a Trojan horse.
Washington, Oct 3 (ANI): Elizabeth Hurley has dressed herself in pink in October for nearly two decades now to mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
London, October 2 (ANI): Elizabeth Hurley, who has often been seen in a variety of shades of pink to promote breast cancer awareness, ensured she was pretty in pink yet again as she celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Estee Lauder Companies' campaign on Monday.
Beijing, Sep 27 (IANS) Frustrated with traffic jams, Shanghai residents are increasingly leaving behind their cars and adopting "BMW" -- bus, metro,walk.
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Communications Minister Kapil Sibal Monday said the government is against controlling the Internet and suggested that stakeholders should help evolve a consensus on a clear-cut roadmap and policy for the sector.
Washington, September 15 (ANI): Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez are reportedly in the process of building a house for themselves and have decided to purchase a plot of land in the Tarzana area of Los Angeles for the purpose.
Astana, Sep.14 (ANI): Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazabayev hopes to transform the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) into a formal organisation.
Washington, September 14 (ANI): Nanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego have developed a novel technology that can fabricate, in mere seconds, microscale three dimensional (3D) structures out of soft, biocompatible hydrogels.
Washington, September 14 (ANI): On Sept. 12, the U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) unveiled a new laboratory designed to demonstrate that a typical-looking suburban home for a family of four can generate as much energy as it uses in a year.
Islamabad, Sep 13 (IANS) Describing industrial buildings as "death traps" and "concentration camps", Pakistani dailies Thursday sought regular inspections of factories as well as rigorous application of the law following the deaths of over 300 workers at two factories in the country.
Washington, Sep 11 (IANS) Eleven years after terrorist attacks destroyed New York World Trade Center's twin towers, thousands gathered Tuesday at ground zero and elsewhere to mark the traumatic event in sombre ceremonies sans politicians.
Washington, August 29 (ANI): Building a universe from scratch that brims with galaxies resembling those around us is now possible on supercomputers for the first time, according to researchers.
Kolkata, Aug 28 (IANS) Asserting that her party was prepared for mid-term polls anytime, Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday, however, said that she wanted the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government to complete its full term.
