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  Caught On Camera: Woman's Narrow Escape As Ceiling Panel Collapses At US Subway Station

  The incident took place on Friday at Harvard Square station in Cambridge.

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  Indian-American Astronaut Raja Chari Concludes First Spacewalk at ISS: Watch

  According to Chari's biography on the NASA website, he graduated from Columbus High School in Waterloo, Iowa. From the US Air Force Academy in Colorado, he received a bachelor's degree in Astronautical Engineering. He was awarded a master's degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachus...

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  IISc Retains Top Indian University Position; IIT Indore Makes An Impressive Debut In Times Ranking

  The ranking of more than 1250 universities world wide has 49 Indian Universities in the list. In 2017 Times ranking 42 universities had made it to the list of top world universities.

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  Harvard Student Found Naked On Street, Video Shows Police Punching Him

  Police in Cambridge, Massachusetts, are being criticized for the arrest of a black Harvard student in which the 21-year-old was pinned down and struck in the stomach repeatedly by an officer.

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  This $5 Billion Start Up Made Its First Cancer Vaccine - For Just One Person

  Valued at about $5 billion, closely held Moderna, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of the biggest biotechnology startups in the U.S. This start up prepared its first cancer vaccine for just one person. Here's the complete story.

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  QS World University Rankings 2017: IISc Bangalore, IIT Delhi In Top 200

  Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore and Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) have been included in the top 200 in QS World University Rankings 2017 released recently. IISc is placed in the 152 th position while IIT Delhi secured 185 th rank.

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  Climate Change Tied to Lower Birth Rate in US Finds Research

  Climate change has likely been contributing to a steady decline in the US birth rate, researchers said, predicting as many as 100,000 fewer babies born each year by the end of the century.

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  US Seeks 7 Years in Prison for Friend of Boston Bomber

  "The defendant had the tools and the ability to change the course of history," Rogers said. "He chose to say nothing, and because of that, he has taken everything away from us. He has taken our son."

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  NASA Soil Moisture Mission Begins Beaming Key Science

  NASA's new Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission to map global soil moisture and detect whether soils are frozen or thawed has begun science operations.

• Merck to Buy Idenix Pharma for $3.85 Billion

  Merck & Co says the Cambridge, Massachusetts, company has built a promising portfolio of hepatitis C treatments, including three in clinical testing

• Harvard student charged with bomb hoax

  A Harvard University student charged with masterminding a bomb hoax to get out of an exam will appear before a US court in Boston on Wednesday.

• All-clear given after no suspicious devices found in Harvard University buildings

  A Harvard University official says no suspicious devices were found on campus after police received an email claiming that explosive devices may have been hidden inside four buildings.

• All-clear at three of four evacuated Harvard buildings after bomb scare

  Harvard University has reopened a third building that was evacuated because of a report of possible explosives on campus.

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  The Good Road to be screened at Harvard University

  Gujarati film The Good Road, India's official entry in the foreign language film category at the 86th Academy Awards, will be screened at Harvard University's Cambridge campus in Massachusetts, US.

• World's most expensive book sells for $14 million

  The first book printed in what is today the United States of America sold for more than $14 million (Rs 87 crores) at auction in New York on Tuesday.