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1000-year-old Gautam Buddha statue is a self-mummified monk

February 24, 2015: Museum researchers of the Drents Museum in the Netherlands were shocked to find a 1,000-year-old mummified monk inside a antique Gautam Buddha Statue. In a statement, the museum said that the mummy looks like a statue of Buddha, which on further scanning revealed that it belonged to a Buddhist...

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Inaccurate estimation behind India’s increased Tiger Count?

A team of scientists from the University of Oxford, Indian Statistical Institute and Wildlife conservation society has found out that the increase in Tiger...

Government planning to set up Science Cities in India

The Central Government of India is planning to set up ‘Science Cities’ in four or five zones across the country. This news has been revealed by Y S Chowdary, the Union Minister of State Science and Technology. The minister added that these cities will be built in four or five various zones which consists of more than three states each. Y S Chowdary while addressing...

Tapan Misra appointed New Head of ISRO’s Space Application Centre

Renowned scientist Tapan Misra has been appointed as the New Head of ISRO’s Space Applications Centre at Ahmadabad, Gujarat. As per the Space Agency...

Kerala girl Shraddha Prasad shortlisted for one way trip to Mars

For Shraddha Prasad, this is going to be the journey of a lifetime. The destination being Mars, 19 year old Shraddha has reasons to smile. For, she is...

Two women scientists get prestigious Nayudamma Award

Two women scientists, Geeta Vardan and Tessy Thomas have won the prestigious “Y Nayudamma Memorial Award” for 2014. Tessy is a Director at the ‘Advanced...

SpaceX aborts the launch of Falcon 9 rocket

Due to an unexpected failure in the critical radar system, SpaceX has called off their plan to launch a deep space observatory and the revolutionary attempt...

Budget will initiate efforts to tackle climate change: Prakash Javadekar

Prakash Javadekar, the honorable Environment Minister said that the Government will give prime preference for efforts to tackle climate change. The Minister...

Studies explain rich diversity in mammals

New studies by some researchers in the European Molecular Biology Laboratory has unveiled the prime reason behind the rich diversity found in mammals....

Rover Curiosity back to drilling on Mars after software upgrade

NASA’s Mars rover is in no mood to stay idle. After the period of recess for its software upgradation, Curiosity has now returned to its own self by...

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