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Tibetan Adaptation To Altitude Took Less Than 3,000 YearsBerkeley CA (SPX) Jul 07, 2010 A comparison of the genomes of 50 Tibetans and 40 Han Chinese shows that ethnic Tibetans split off from the Han less than 3,000 years ago and since then rapidly evolved a unique ability to thrive at high altitudes and low oxygen levels. The genome-wide comparison, performed by evolutionary biologists at the University of California, Berkeley, uncovered more than 30 genes with DNA mutations that have become more prevalent in Tibetans than Han Chinese, nearly half of which are related to how the bod ... read more |
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New Delhi (AFP) June 26, 2010Indian rice exporters say the country's rice production could touch nearly 100 million tonnes in the next crop year, helped by plentiful monsoon rains. India is the world's second-biggest producer and consumer of rice after China. "Better rains coupled with government spending on hybrid seeds may help the country produce more than 99 million tonnes of rice" in the next crop year, All-Ind ... more  
Lewisville TX (SPX) Jun 28, 2010Uranium Resources (URI's), a uranium exploration, development and production company, has announced that the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit en banc held recently that the Company's Section 8 property in Churchrock, New Mexico is not Indian Country. Don Ewigleben, President and CEO of Uranium Resources noted, "This ruling enables us to immediately seek to renew the und ... more  
New Delhi, India (PTI) Jun 25, 2010India has asked US to remove its two state-run frontline technology establishments ISRO and DRDO from the entities list, in apparent anticipation of Washington and New Delhi opening cooperation in hi-tech systems. India has also asked American companies to invest in defence sector in the country with the visiting Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma assuring that the major changes i ... more |
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Asia-Pacific millionaires worth more than Europeans: studySingapore (AFP) June 23, 2010 Asia-Pacific millionaires are collectively worth more than their European counterparts for the first time, with the rich in China and India leading the way, a study said Wednesday. More millionaires are expected to be minted in a region that has produced some of the world's richest people, including Hong Kong's Li Ka-shing and India's Mukesh Ambani, as Asia leads the recovery from the global recession. The report on high-net worth individuals (HNWIs) - defined as anyone with investible assets o ... read more |
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