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Mumbai/IBNS: Indian equity benchmarks opened in the red on Thursday, with the BSE Sensex slipping 120 points at the opening bell and the NSE Nifty 50 falling below the 25,800 mark, media reports said. Full Article
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The world’s smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots have made their debut at the University of Pennsylvania, powered by a “brain” developed at the University of Michigan. Full Article
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