Now an iPhone app that translates languages
July 15th, 2012 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 15 (IANS) If you are on foreign shores trying to interpret a parking sign or a menu in vain, then an application for Android and iPhone could help ... Read more...
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‘Bulletproof’ case for your iPhone
April 16th, 2012 - 12:02 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 16 (IANS) A Japanese firm called Marudai has unveiled a $650 bulletproof case for your iPhone.It could offer the perfect protection for those planning to recreate the infamous ... Read more...
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Shammi Kapoor was like a mentor to me: Asha Parekh
August 17th, 2011 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 17 (IANS) Asha Parekh remembers her late co-star Shammi Kapoor as a mentor who taught her how to perform in the songs and how to do lip-sync in ... Read more...
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Ferguson’s wife saw Rooney’s FA ban coming
April 10th, 2011 - 4:43 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 10(ANI): Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed that his wife's first reaction, on his return home from the eventful Premier League game against West Ham United last ... Read more...
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Campus employee in US arrested for filming female students in showers
February 11th, 2011 - 6:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 11 (ANI): A former equipment manager at the University of Texas has been arrested and charged for filming women taking showers in the school's locker room.According to MyFoxAustin, Rene Zamora ... Read more...
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Jennifer Love Hewitt All Set To Mark Her Directorial Debut With “Wait Till Helen Comes”
January 19th, 2011 - 7:55 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Jan 19, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Jennifer Love Hewitt is all set to direct her first film! The actress will be marking her directorial debut in films with "With Till Helen ... Read more...
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Close encounter for landing passenger jets at San Francisco airport
December 15th, 2010 - 6:28 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 15 (ANI): Two passenger jets approaching the dual runways of San Francisco International Airport for parallel landings looked like they were about to collide with one another.From the picture ... Read more...
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Google Street Viewers spot ‘God’ floating over lake in Swiss skies!
October 20th, 2010 - 1:53 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Oct 20 (ANI): Google Street View has spotted a god-like figure floating midair above a lake in Quarten, Switzerland.Although the image, discovered by the Gawker blog, is apparently the result of ... Read more...
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Russel Brand Nervous About His Wedding Speech
October 11th, 2010 - 5:59 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
October 11, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): British comedian Russell Brand who is tying the knot with singer Katy Perry this month, says, he is becoming increasingly nervous as the D-day is approaching; ... Read more...
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Teri Hatcher moonlights as sexy cleaner on Desperate Housewives
October 5th, 2010 - 5:24 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 5 (ANI): Actress Teri Hatcher's next role on 'Desperate Housewives' will see her moonlighting as a sexy cleaner for voyeuristic website.Hatcher, 45, strips down to a provocative lingerie set as ... Read more...
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Bruce Springsteen accidentally captured in Ed Dwyer & Jennifer Smith’s engagement pics
September 29th, 2010 - 8:26 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sep 29 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Ed Dwyer and Jennifer Smith are set to wed on Oct. 23 this year, but the couple will look at their engagement pictures years from that ... Read more...
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Vertical pupils help snakes stalk their prey
August 7th, 2010 - 1:45 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 7 (ANI): Vertical pupils don't just help snakes see at night, but also help them stalk prey without being seen.Richard Shine and Francois Brischoux at the University of Sydney, ... Read more...
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Scientists use Calvin Klein cologne to lure jaguars
June 14th, 2010 - 8:42 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Guatemala, Jun 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Biologists at the Wildlife Conservation Society said that they used Calvin Klein's Obsession for Men, which is a well known cologne to lure the highly secretive ... Read more...
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Divorced man blogs 101 uses for ex-wife’s wedding gown
May 24th, 2010 - 3:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 24 (ANI): A divorced man has found a unique way to take revenge from his wife who spurned him - inventing 101 uses of her wedding gown - and blogging ... Read more...
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London 2012 Olympics mascots unveiled
May 20th, 2010 - 2:12 am ICT by IANS
London, May 20 (IANS) Organisers of the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics Wednesday unveiled the one-eyed mascots - Wenlock and Mandeville - saying they will be a big hit among children and ... Read more...
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LCD screen that works by interpreting hand gestures
December 16th, 2009 - 4:31 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 16 (ANI): Scientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a novel LCD screen that works by interpreting hand gestures, without touching the screen.They insist viewers can control on-screen objects ... Read more...
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Revolutionary digital cameras to see in gigapixels
October 2nd, 2009 - 4:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 2 (ANI): A Duke University scientist will soon be developing futuristic digital cameras that could capture images in giga or even terapixels.Working with the U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Advanced ... Read more...
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Chashmish Dulhan goes for a makeover
September 30th, 2009 - 2:10 am ICT by Sampurn Wire
Did you know that your favorite tele-bahu Divyanka Tripathi was Chashmish It was barely known to her close associates, but our favorite bahuriya would wear contact lens in the front of camera ... Read more...
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Two men quizzed over `poison dart’ plot
February 20th, 2009 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Hong Kong, Feb 20 (DPA) Two men were questioned by the police in Hong Kong Friday in connection with a plot to rig big money races by shooting poison darts at horses.
The ... Read more...
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Internet watchdog lifts Wikipedia ban
December 10th, 2008 - 12:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 10 (ANI): In an unprecedented move, the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has lifted its ban on a controversial page on Wikipedia which showed an image of a record album ... Read more...
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Water and sound pave way for futuristic mobile liquid camera lenses
September 23rd, 2008 - 2:45 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 23 (ANI): You may soon get to buy a cell phone with smarter and lighter cameras, for researchers at a private research university in New York have devised a ... Read more...
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Pete Dohertys arrest warrant withdrawn
July 20th, 2008 - 7:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 20 (ANI): Rocker Pete Dohertys arrest warrant has been withdrawn just hours after it was issued - in an ongoing row over missed court appearances.The Babyshambles frontman was expected ... Read more...
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Looking at Tibet through filmmaker Tsetan’s camera lens
July 7th, 2008 - 12:57 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Meet Sonam Tsetan, one of the many young Tibetan filmmakers living in exile outside their country, who is trying to redefine the political turbulence in ... Read more...
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Mischa Barton caught topless by snapper
May 5th, 2008 - 6:47 pm ICT by admin
Sydney , May 5 (ANI): Holidaying in Hamilton Island was a relaxed affair for Mischa Barton, until a snapper caught the OC star sunbathing without her top on.It was when ... Read more...
Posted in National |
US documentarist explores Indian caste system
April 8th, 2008 - 12:57 pm ICT by admin
By Prabhat Sharan
Mumbai, April 8 (IANS) In India, the caste system exists at the "subterranean level" of society, and while nobody wants to talk about it everybody believes in it "at some ... Read more...
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