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Saturday, September 23, 2017
1,800-year-old dot is the first ‘zero’, say researchers
Scroll containing the mathematical symbol was found in a village in northern Pakistan.
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dot on a third-century manuscript considered to be the first recorded use of the mathematical symbol for ‘zero’, 500 years earlier than previously thought. Scientists from the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries, have used carbon dating to trace the figure’s origins to the famous ancient Indian scroll,� the university said in a statement. The birch bark scroll is known as the Bakhshali manuscript, named after Bakhshali village in Pakistan near Peshawar,
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India mourns death of war hero Arjan Singh
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Last minute reprieve for Jassi’s mom & uncle
Mom & uncle of slain BC woman taken off BECOME A CERTIFIED DENTAL ASSISTANT the plane as judicial review approved A B.C. mother and uncle accused in an honour killing in India had already boarded a plane to be extradited to India when that extradition was suddenly halted Thursday. Malkit Kaur Sidhu, 67, and Surjit Singh Badesha, 72, are accused of ordering the 2000 death of Jaswinder (Jassi) Sidhu, Malkit Sidhu’s daughter. Two weeks ago, the Supreme Court
of Canada ruled the pair should be extradited to India to face trial. But on Thursday, the Department of Justice confirmed that their surrender order had been stayed, because the pair has filed an application for a judicial review. Sidhu and Badesha had already travelled from Maple Ridge to Vancouver and then flown to Toronto. But while they
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Fraser Health recalls Original Kulfi from Supreme Ice Cream Public Health officials with Fraser Health are asking everyone who bought Original Kulfi brand product from Supreme Ice Cream in Surrey to immediately discard the product. Any of the same product bought in convenience stores should also be thrown out due to possible contamination, health officials said. The business is licensed to sell only pre-packaged ice cream.Fraser Health Environmental Health officers discovered the homemade ice cream product being prepared
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Arjan Singh Tributes are being paid to Marshal Arjan Singh, India’s last five-star officer and the only member of the Indian Air Force (IAF) to be awarded the accolade. Singh died of a heart attack on Saturday at an Army hospital in the Indian capital Delhi. He was 98. A state funeral was held on Monday in Delhi, with the national flag lowered to half-
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support. Well, too bad because that is exactly what Premier Horgan and his NDP-cum-Green Party government are proposing to do. Horgan, who had claimed during the election campaign that he will do no such thing, is saying that the end justifies the means. You do whatever you want to as long as the end result is good. His government is proposing as had also been promised by the previous Liberal government), to remove business and union
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