Exciting races on cards
September 14th, 2012 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 14 (IANS) With a maximum of 75 points up for grabs, the three LGB Formula 4 races scheduled for the weekend are likely to generate a lot of ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
‘Lahore-Paris-Lahore in blink of an eye, only on PIA’
August 24th, 2012 - 1:03 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 24 (IANS) A leading Pakistani daily Friday suggested that national carrier Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) should use as an advertisement an incident in which a woman slept through ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Olympic hockey: Jittery India suffer third defeat
August 3rd, 2012 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 3 (IANS) A jittery India crashed to a 2-5 defeat against Germany for their third straight reverse in Group B of the Olympic men's hockey competition here Friday.The ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Rihanna scared of falling in love
July 8th, 2012 - 6:40 am ICT by IANS
London, July 8 (IANS)Singer Rihanna has said she dreads falling in love because she doesn't want to get heartbroken again.The singer, who has not had a serious relationship since ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Seven new BlackBerries to be unveiled soon
July 13th, 2011 - 10:54 am ICT by IANS
Toronto, July 13 (IANS) Warding off investors' anger at their annual meeting at Waterloo near here Tuesday, BlackBerry co-CEOs announced that seven new smart phones running a new operating system ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Connect to your computer in blink of an eye
May 12th, 2011 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 12 (IANS) In movies like "Minority Report" and "Demolition Man", iris recognition opens access to top secret files. Now a New York-based biometric security company is set ... Read more...
Posted in World |
We are doing everything possible for a peaceful summer: Omar Abdullah
April 27th, 2011 - 7:23 pm ICT by ANI
Jammu, Apr.27 (ANI): In an expansive television interview to ANI (part 1), the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah, said that his administration was leaving no stone unturned to ensure ... Read more...
Posted in National |
UAE films honoured at New York festival
April 16th, 2011 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
New York, April 16 (IANS/WAM) Short films and documentaries produced in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been honoured at the New York Festival's International Television and Film Awards.The UAE ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
How those ‘Aha’ moments are imprinted in memory
April 2nd, 2011 - 6:46 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 2 (ANI): We can practically feel the light bulb click in our head when we suddenly find the answer to a riddle or understand the solution to a problem.But ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Amazon Black Friday Deals Disappoints Many
November 23rd, 2010 - 8:14 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Nov 23, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The shoppers of United Kingdom and United States were happy yesterday as Amazon UK offered lucrative Black Friday deals for the customers. However, to the utter ... Read more...
Posted in World |
‘Copenhagen Wheel’ bicycle uses peddlers’ energy to zoom uphill
August 20th, 2010 - 4:27 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 20 (ANI): A new 'Copenhagen Wheel' bicycle captures energy from pedalling to power a cyclist uphill is being hailed as one of the world's best new inventions.The cycle is fitted ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Briton defeats death with blink of an eye
July 14th, 2010 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
By Venkata Vemuri
London, July 14 (IANS) A blink of an eye stood between life and death of a supposedly brain-dead Briton. When doctors were about to go ahead with his family's decision ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Global wind-shift caused Earth’s last ice age to end
June 26th, 2010 - 5:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 26 (ANI): A global shift in winds is what led to the end of Earth's last ice age- an event that ushered in a warmer climate and the birth of ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Scientists figure out what ended last ice age
June 26th, 2010 - 2:27 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 26 (IANS) The answer to what ended the last ice age, an event that ushered in a warmer climate and the birth of human civilisation, may be blowing in the ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Genetic on-off switch behind evolution of complex life
June 21st, 2010 - 6:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 21(ANI): A simple on-off switch seems to be the answer to the evolution of complex life.The process of the formation of multi-cellular organisms from single cells has long been a ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Charlotte Church may reunite with Gavin Henson
June 3rd, 2010 - 3:59 am ICT by IANS
London, June 3 (IANS) Singer and television star Charlotte Church and rugby player Gavin Henson may reunite as they have not come to any final decision about their relationship.
Church and Hensonm, who ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Couples calling it quits for petty reasons, divorce rate rising in Malaysia
May 11th, 2010 - 2:54 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, May 11 (ANI): The Islamic Development Department (Jakim) is alarmed at the rising rate of divorce in Putrajaya, a district in Kuala Lumpur. The divorce rate has been increasing by ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Gul hoping to get fit in time for ICC T20 World Championship
April 13th, 2010 - 3:42 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Apr.13 (ANI): Injured Pakistan fast bowler, Umar Gul, has expressed the hope of getting fit in time for the upcoming ICC World T20 Championship in West Indies.Gul, who suffered a shoulder ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Ancient galaxies come together after 10 billion years
February 19th, 2010 - 1:08 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 19 (ANI): Astronomers have found the astronomical equivalent of prehistoric life in our intergalactic backyard, in the form of a group of small, ancient galaxies that has waited 10 ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Wenger says Chelsea’s Drogba still deadly on the field
December 2nd, 2009 - 1:38 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec.2 (ANI): Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has claimed that Chelsea's Didier Drogba "doesn't do a lot", but is still quite deadly when on the field of play.New Zealand skipper Nelsen, ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Injured Safina pulls the plug, Williams back to number one
October 29th, 2009 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
Doha, Oct 29 (DPA) The tight race for the year-ending world number one ranking ended in sudden and dramatic fashion Wednesday at the Sony Ericsson Championships when a tearful Dinara ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Not two months in job and Obama going grey
March 5th, 2009 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
New York, March 5 (IANS) The job is telling on Barack Obama. The 47-year-old president is going grey in less than two months in the White House.
"Well, that didn't take long. ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Obama is going gray, 44 days after assuming US presidency
March 5th, 2009 - 5:08 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar.5 (ANI): President Barack Obama is going gray, 44 days after assuming office as the 44th President of the United States.
It happens to all of them. Bill Clinton still ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Handcuffed militant blasts grenade at media meet in Bangladesh
February 21st, 2009 - 11:50 am ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Feb 21 (IANS) An arrested Islamist militant being paraded before the media in Bangladesh threw himself on a pile of grenades on display and detonated one of them, killing himself and ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Strong winds and powerful radiation detected in Carina Nebula
February 13th, 2009 - 3:20 pm ICT by ANI
Munich, Feb 13 (ANI): The latest image by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has detected strong winds and powerful radiation coming from an armada of massive stars in the Carina Nebula.The ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Cancer-stricken Swayze says hes scared and angry
January 7th, 2009 - 1:51 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 07 (ANI): Hollywood actor Patrick Swayze, who is battling pancreatic cancer, told of his fear as he fights the deadly disease."Yeah, I''m scared. Yeah, I''m angry. Yeah, I''m (asking), ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Biological reactions take 2.4 billion years - minus enzymes
November 11th, 2008 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 11 (IANS) Biological reactions that occur in the blink of an eye within cells, thanks to enzymes or catalysts, would take 2.4 billion years otherwise!"This enzyme is essential for both ... Read more...
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