CARTOSAT-I and HAMSAT satellites launched precisely by PSLV-C6, will have longer life

Saturday, May 7, 2005 India’s recently launched satellites, the 1560 kg Indian Remote Sensing satellite, CARTOSAT-1 for stereoscopic cartographic applications and 42.5 kg HAMSAT will have a longer life as per the Project Director, PSLV, N Narayana Murthy. Murthy told reporters that the additional fuel in the satellites for putting them into the right orbit […]

A Brief History Of Stringed Instrument Bow Making}

Here’s An Opinion On: Bava’s Music City Site A Brief History of Stringed Instrument Bow Making by Nathan Weiss The supporting role perception of the violinists bow underestimates its importance. But a certain 18th century Frenchman changed everything. Theres a famous unattributed quote about bowed instruments such as cellos, violins and violas: “The left hand […]

Building partially collapses in New York City’s Upper West Side

Thursday, July 14, 2005 A building being prepared for demolition collapsed this morning in New York‘s Upper West Side around 9 a.m. EDT. Five people are known to be injured from the accident, as well as one rescue worker who was injured in the aftermath. None of the injuries were life-threatening. The building was a […]

Rugby Union: Queensland’s Ballymore Cup quarter finals

Thursday, July 23, 2009 The Ballymore Cup Quarter Finals were played Wednesday. The Ballymore Cup is a state wide Rugby Union competition in the Australian state of Queensland. Schools participating in the Greater Public Schools (GPS) competition do not compete in the Ballymore Cup. The North Queensland quarter finals are played as a round robin […]

Unions battle in Ohio over hospital workers

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 The Service Employees International Union, a trade union in the United States and Canada, was trying to unionize 8,300 workers in nine different Ohio hospitals through elections that were scheduled for this Wednesday and Friday. But then organizers from a second union, the California Nurses Association, visited the hospitals to encourage […]

Get Used Cars From San Diego Car Dealers

Here’s An Opinion On: Toyota Hilux Dealer Online Sunshine Coast Ken Mills Toyota Maroochydore Site Get Used Cars from San Diego Car Dealers by hiroshmill There are specific things that a person should keep in mind when looking for used cars for sale in San Diego. Everyone dreams to have a car that is brand […]

Prices at the pump spike overnight in U.S.

Friday, August 12, 2005 All this week, prices at the pump have been reaching record levels across the United States. Since yesterday, the price for a gallon of gasoline increased by as much as fifteen cents in some places. Large cities in California, such as San Francisco and Los Angeles, have reported gas prices that […]

Iranian International Master Dorsa Derakhshani discusses her chess career with Wikinews

Tuesday, April 14, 2020 In February 2017, the Iranian Chess Federation announced two teenage chess players, Dorsa Derakhshani and her younger brother Borna Derakhshani, were banned from representing the national team. The federation announced their decision although Dorsa Derakhshani had previously decided and informed the chess federation she did not wish to play for Iran. […]

Wikinews interviews DuckDuckGo, Opera, Mozilla, Wikimedia about DoNotTrack feature

This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Tuesday, February 5, 2013 Following the introduction of a “Do Not Track” feature in modern browsers at the end of last year, Wikinews interviewed several companies and groups about the feature. Contents […]

Eco Friendly Furniture Design

Here’s An Opinion On: Leather Sofa Sydney Desired Living By Jakob Momme As responsible citizens, people need to care for the environment. This the individuals may well do by replacing the older furnishings at their home with eco-friendly furniture. As pollution and other such factors have become a serious threat to human life in general […]