After 20 yrs in Pakistan, Ashraf returns home
25 after he arrived in Pakistan, Muhammad Saleem Ashraf, boarded the Samjhota Express on June 20 at the Lahore Railway Station, to return to India.



With Rapidex and pork loin chops
Along with their rifles and ammunition, the Indian peacekeepers in Sierra Leone are armed with another weapon: a Rapidex English speaking course book. It is the Bible for troops from several countries forming a part of the UNs Mission in Sierra Leone.



NRI builds chip that mimics human brain
NRI scientist with other scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Lucent Technologies' Bell Laboratory have built an electronic circuit on a silicon chip that mimics the wiring of the human brain and its activity.



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