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  Volcanic activity on Mercury ended 3.5 billion years ago, claim researchers

  World | August 07, 2016 10:44 IST

  Researchers have discovered that major volcanic activity on the planet Mercury most likely stopped about 3.5 billion years ago. According to researchers from North Carolina State, this new study shed light into the geological evolution

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  Scientists discover toxic form of mercury in Antarctic sea ice

  World | August 02, 2016 11:12 IST

  Australian scientists have found a toxic form of mercury in Antarctic's atmosphere and sea ice. According to a research, led by the University of Melbourne, the significant amounts of methylmercury, an especially dangerous strain of

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  India's highest temperature registered in Rajasthan's Palodhi, Ahmedabad breaks 100 year record

  India | May 20, 2016 10:40 IST

  Jaipur: Severe heat wave conditions continued to affect normal life in Rajasthan with mercury crossing 50 degrees Celsius in at least two of places in the state. Phalodi in Jodhpur district was hottest at 51

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  In a rare celestial crossing, Mercury will transit Sun on May 9

  India | May 06, 2016 0:00 IST

  New Delhi: A transit of Mercury over the disc of the Sun will take place in the afternoon of May 9 and will be visible from India after a gap of about ten years. The

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  Mercury dips below 30°C, perceptible cold in Delhi air

  India | October 28, 2015 22:55 IST

  New Delhi: There was perceptible nip in the air under partly overcast skies as the mercury today dived to settle below the 30 degrees Celsius-mark in the national capital.The maximum temperature was recorded at 26.3

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  Hottest day in Delhi as mercury shoots to 44.5 deg C

  India | May 23, 2015 21:28 IST

  New Delhi:  Delhiites today wilted under intense heat wave conditions as the mercury shot up to the season's highest of 44.5 degrees Celsius and crossed 46 degrees mark at the Palam observatory.  As the heat

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  India's Gagan Toor suggests winning name for Mercury crater

  World | May 14, 2015 10:52 IST

  Washington: Enheduanna, the name suggested by Gagan Toor of India, is one of the winners of a contest to name five new craters on the planet Mercury.Toor chose the name after Enheduanna, a princess of

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  Doomsday at Mercury: NASA spacecraft falls from orbit into planet

  World | May 01, 2015 7:19 IST

  Cape Canaveral(Florida): The only spacecraft ever to orbit Mercury ended its four-year tour with a crash landing on Thursday.NASA's Messenger plunged from orbit as planned and slammed into the sun's closest planet at about 8,750

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  Mercury reaches freezing point in Himachal Pradesh

  India | January 31, 2015 19:52 IST

  Shimla: Mercury hovered around freezing point in most parts of Himachal Pradesh today and the state's higher reaches reeled under arctic conditions where mercury stayed between minus 18 to minus 28 degree Celsius.Keylong experienced the

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  Rain in Himachal brings down mercury

  India | October 14, 2014 10:59 IST

  Shimla: The hills of Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday saw drop in temperature due to rainfall.The state capital recorded a low of 8.8 degrees Celsius, a fall from Monday's 12.3 degrees.Most of the prominent tourist towns

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  Mercury plunges to 5.2 degrees in Odisha town

  India | December 18, 2013 7:12 IST

  Bhubaneswar: Several places in Odisha continued to reel under a cold wave with Phulbani town recording 5.2 degrees Celsius Tuesday, the day's lowest in the state.Phulbani, the district headquarters town of Kandhamal, about 210 km

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  Mercury settles close to normal in Punjab, Haryana

  India | September 01, 2013 18:46 IST

  Chandigarh: Mercury in Punjab and Haryana today settled close to normal today with no report of rains from any part of the region.Union Territory of Chandigarh recorded a maximum of 33.8 degrees Celsius, the MeT

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  Cold wave sweeps Punjab & Haryana as mercury dips further

  India | January 21, 2013 11:58 IST

  Chandigarh, Jan 21: Cold conditions today intensified in most parts of Punjab and Haryana, with mercury dipping by a few notches below the normal level.Chandigarh experienced the chill recording a minimum temperature of 5.4 degrees

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  Closest planet to sun, Mercury, harbors ice: NASA

  World | November 30, 2012 10:26 IST

  Cape Canaveral (Florida),Nov 30: Just in time for Christmas, scientists have confirmed a vast amount of ice at the north pole - on Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun.The findings are from NASA's Mercury-orbiting

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  Mercury launches ICS tablet for Rs 6,500

  October 09, 2012 11:37 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 9: Kobian, a leading player in computer peripherals and tablets, has launched a new low cost 7 inch tablet, called mTab7. The tablet comes with comes with a 7 inch capacitive light

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  Rains bring down mercury in Delhi, water logging in many areas

  India | August 24, 2012 21:41 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 24: Heavy rains today lashed the national capital, bringing down the temperature but Delhiites had to face troubles while commuting due to waterlogged roads and traffic jams.The city received 10.9 mm rains

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  Fog Disrupts Normal Life, Mercury Dips In National Capital

  India | January 20, 2012 13:46 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 20: Dense fog in the early hours affected air and rail traffic for the third day today in the capital even as mercury plummeted below five degree Celsius.The minimum temperature was recorded

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  Coldest Day In Delhi At 5.9 Celsius

  India | December 15, 2011 22:14 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 15: Mercury slipped further in the capital today with the mimimum temperature recorded below six degree Celsius to make it the coldest day of the season.The minimum was recorded three degrees below

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  Nasa's Messenger Starts Orbiting Mercury: A First

  World | March 18, 2011 12:30 IST

  Washington, March 18: For the first time, Earth has a regular orbiting eye-in-the-sky spying on the solar system's smallest and strangest planet, Mercury.NASA's spacecraft called Messenger successfully veered into a pinpoint orbit Thursday night after