Why bigger animals aren't always faster

The Hindu Above a certain size, lizards were changing the way they ran, according to a new research. File Photo: K. Gopinathan    Researchers have shed light on why bigger is not always better when it comes to running speed. "Typically, bigger animals tend to run faster than smaller animals, because they have longer legs,” said Christofer J. Clemente of Harvard University,...

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The Govt may hike up more D.A. from July,2012 on the basis price index

New Delhi, May  1, 2012:   All India Consumer Price Index Number for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) on base 2001=100 for the month of March, 2012 increased by 2 points and stood at 201 (two hundred one). During March, 2012, the index recorded maximum increase of 7 points each in Bhilwara,Vijaywada  and  Salem centres, 6 points each in Belgaum, Ajmer,...

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Huge increase in candidates seeking central jobs

Mumbai, May 1, 2012(IANS): There has been a whopping eight-fold increase in the number of applicants for the prestigious Staff Selection Commission examinations, from one million to nearly nine million in the past four years, a top official said here Tuesday. In 2008-2009, the SSC exams hopefuls were one million, which shot up to 8.85 million in 2011-2012, said SSC chairman N. K. Raghupathy. “We...

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