1. Earthquake in Indonesia, tremors felt in India

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    Update : This is the directivity map released by INCOIS, the tsunami tracking centre in Hyderabad, showing the maximum wave energy direction. Earlier tremors were felt in Chennai, Bangalore, Thiruvananthapuram and several other cities across South India following the 8.6 magnitude earthquake in Indonesia. There were later aftershocks measuring 8.2...
  2. Hyderabad’s 12000 sky lanterns

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    Hyderabad entered the Guinness Book of World Records when 12000 sky lanterns were released by over 8000 people on Sunday during the Annual Sky Lantern festival. In the process, Hyderabad broke the world record of sky lanterns which was held by Indonesia with 10318 lanterns. These pictures on TSR courtesy...
  3. Kerala could be monkey’s own country too !

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    It is a huge task getting expert coconut pluckers in coconut country, Kerala. Exasperated by this shortage, two agriculture officials in the state have proposed using monkeys to do the job. Monkeys are used in Thailand, Sri Lanka and Indonesia for the purpose, reports Deccan Chronicle. The proposal explains that a...

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