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Victoria Kjaer Theilvig's Miss Universe Win Sparks Wave Of Reactions Online. Here's Why
Victoria Kjaer Theilvig of Denmark was crowned Miss Universe 2024 on Saturday, and avid watchers of the competition are already using the occasion to sarcastically celebrate the winner being a biological woman.
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Scientists From China And Sri Lanka Conduct Joint "Marine Scientific" Research Onboard Chinese Vessel
According to sources, Sri Lanka was delaying granting permission for the arrival of the vessel due to concerns raised by India. However, there is no official confirmation of the same.
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350 Elephants Killed By Rare Bacteria In Botswana And Zimbabwe, Researchers Say
The sudden deaths of African elephants in Botswana and Zimbabwe in 2020 provoked considerable public interest and speculation.
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Blue Beetle: Sharon Stone Said to Be Cast in DC Movie as New Villain Victoria Kord
Sharon Stone is set to play the antagonist Victoria Kord as part of the upcoming Blue Beetle movie. Part of the DC Extended Universe, Blue Beetle hails from filmmaker Angel Manuel Soto and writer Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer.
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Moderate Drinking May Not Be Good for Your Heart
According to a new study, alcohol may not be good for your heart after all. This latest researchcarried out by Tim Stockwell, director of the Centre for Addictions Research at the University of Victoria in Canada, finds previous studies misleading.
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China To Build First Underwater Observation Platform In South China Sea
China is planning to build an underwater observation platform in the resource-rich South China Sea, where it has territorial disputes with many south-east Asian countries including Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam.
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Indian Historian Sujata Mukherjee To Teach Science, Gender Issues In New Zealand
Historian Sujata Mukherjee will teach history of modern India with special emphasis on science, gender issues and health care at the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand as the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) visiting Chair for 2016.
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Spin Bowling's Mystery Solved: Australian Scientists
Scientists from Victoria University and University of New South Wales in Australia have used mathematics to deduce significance of small variations in the proportion of different spin types applied to the ball by slow bowlers
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Experts Question Long-Term Effectiveness of Border Fences and Walls
Globalisation was supposed to tear down barriers, but security fears and a widespread refusal to help migrants and refugees have fuelled a new spate of wall-building across the world, even if experts doubt their long-term effectiveness.
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Michelangelo's Last Surviving Bronzes 'Identified in Britain'
The only two surviving bronzes by Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo are thought to have been identified with the help of a tiny clue in a 500-year-old sketch, British researchers said on Monday.
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Australia endures hottest year on record
Australia experienced its hottest year on record in 2013, the Bureau of Meteorology said on Friday, enduring the longest heatwave ever recorded Down Under as well as destructive bushfires.
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Memories of John F Kennedy, 'Uncle Ted' at Caroline Kennedy hearing for Japan post
Caroline Kennedy faced a friendly US Senate confirmation hearing today on her nomination as President Barack Obama's next ambassador to Japan, amid memories of her father, the late US President John F Kennedy, and uncles who served in the chamber.
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Victoria Beckham in demand to design clothes for Fifty Shades of Grey movie
The makers of the movie version of Fifty Shades of Grey, an erotic novel by British author E.L. James, are reportedly keen to rope in singer-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham to design the clothes and make an appearance in it.
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Indians enrolment drops by 40% in Victoria colleges
Against the backdrop of racial attacks and stricter immigration rules, Indian students' enrolment in universities in Australia has recorded a massive drop.
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Australian police delay release of survey on racism
An Australian university research paper providing new evidence that Indian students here feel racially targeted has been delayed for over two months by Victoria Police.
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Victoria Kjaer Theilvig's Miss Universe Win Sparks Wave Of Reactions Online. Here's Why
Victoria Kjaer Theilvig of Denmark was crowned Miss Universe 2024 on Saturday, and avid watchers of the competition are already using the occasion to sarcastically celebrate the winner being a biological woman.
-
Scientists From China And Sri Lanka Conduct Joint "Marine Scientific" Research Onboard Chinese Vessel
According to sources, Sri Lanka was delaying granting permission for the arrival of the vessel due to concerns raised by India. However, there is no official confirmation of the same.
-
350 Elephants Killed By Rare Bacteria In Botswana And Zimbabwe, Researchers Say
The sudden deaths of African elephants in Botswana and Zimbabwe in 2020 provoked considerable public interest and speculation.
-
Blue Beetle: Sharon Stone Said to Be Cast in DC Movie as New Villain Victoria Kord
Sharon Stone is set to play the antagonist Victoria Kord as part of the upcoming Blue Beetle movie. Part of the DC Extended Universe, Blue Beetle hails from filmmaker Angel Manuel Soto and writer Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer.
-
Moderate Drinking May Not Be Good for Your Heart
According to a new study, alcohol may not be good for your heart after all. This latest researchcarried out by Tim Stockwell, director of the Centre for Addictions Research at the University of Victoria in Canada, finds previous studies misleading.
-
China To Build First Underwater Observation Platform In South China Sea
China is planning to build an underwater observation platform in the resource-rich South China Sea, where it has territorial disputes with many south-east Asian countries including Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam.
-
Indian Historian Sujata Mukherjee To Teach Science, Gender Issues In New Zealand
Historian Sujata Mukherjee will teach history of modern India with special emphasis on science, gender issues and health care at the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand as the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) visiting Chair for 2016.
-
Spin Bowling's Mystery Solved: Australian Scientists
Scientists from Victoria University and University of New South Wales in Australia have used mathematics to deduce significance of small variations in the proportion of different spin types applied to the ball by slow bowlers
-
Experts Question Long-Term Effectiveness of Border Fences and Walls
Globalisation was supposed to tear down barriers, but security fears and a widespread refusal to help migrants and refugees have fuelled a new spate of wall-building across the world, even if experts doubt their long-term effectiveness.
-
Michelangelo's Last Surviving Bronzes 'Identified in Britain'
The only two surviving bronzes by Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo are thought to have been identified with the help of a tiny clue in a 500-year-old sketch, British researchers said on Monday.
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Australia endures hottest year on record
Australia experienced its hottest year on record in 2013, the Bureau of Meteorology said on Friday, enduring the longest heatwave ever recorded Down Under as well as destructive bushfires.
-
Memories of John F Kennedy, 'Uncle Ted' at Caroline Kennedy hearing for Japan post
Caroline Kennedy faced a friendly US Senate confirmation hearing today on her nomination as President Barack Obama's next ambassador to Japan, amid memories of her father, the late US President John F Kennedy, and uncles who served in the chamber.
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Victoria Beckham in demand to design clothes for Fifty Shades of Grey movie
The makers of the movie version of Fifty Shades of Grey, an erotic novel by British author E.L. James, are reportedly keen to rope in singer-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham to design the clothes and make an appearance in it.
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Indians enrolment drops by 40% in Victoria colleges
Against the backdrop of racial attacks and stricter immigration rules, Indian students' enrolment in universities in Australia has recorded a massive drop.
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Australian police delay release of survey on racism
An Australian university research paper providing new evidence that Indian students here feel racially targeted has been delayed for over two months by Victoria Police.
