Hong Kong police probe Facebook group planning ‘mass suicide’
November 26th, 2009 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS
Hong Kong, Nov 26 (DPA) Police in Hong Kong were Thursday trying to trace the founder of a Chinese-language Facebook group whose members claim to be planning a mass suicide on ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Flames of Kashmiri chinar still glow on her face (Feature with images)
November 12th, 2009 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS
By F. Ahmed
Srinagar, Nov 12 (IANS) Fahmida, 39, sweeps dry leaves of the chinar tree to gather them into a heap with her broom. Her husband Razak, 43, then quickly moves to ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Evidence indicates Alexander the Great was not first at Alexandria
October 24th, 2009 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 24 (ANI): Researchers have come across evidence in the form of microscopic bits of pollen and charcoal in ancient sediment layers which indicate that Alexander the Great was not the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Suicide rate in Hong Kong goes down
September 10th, 2009 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
Hong Kong, Sep 10 (DPA) Hong Kong, once one of the world's suicide hot spots, has in the past six years seen a steady decline in the number of people taking their ... Read more...
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Archaeologists find 4,000-year-old timber circle in Ireland
August 17th, 2009 - 3:40 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 17 (ANI): A team of archaeologists has uncovered the remains of a timber circle from more than 4,000 years ago in County Tyrone in Ireland.According to a report by BBC ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Artificial bone made of wood may allow broken human bones to heal faster
August 17th, 2009 - 2:24 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 17 (ANI): Italian scientists have developed a new procedure to turn blocks of wood into artificial bones, which may be implanted into large animals and eventually humans, allowing live bones ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
“Peking Man” was able to use fire 200,000 to 500,000 years ago
August 12th, 2009 - 2:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 12 (ANI): A team of archaeologists has come across evidence which proves that the "Peking Man" was able to use fire roughly 200-000 to 500,000 years ago."Peking Man" is referred ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
UK sniffer dog eats Taliban explosives - and lives
June 30th, 2009 - 3:17 am ICT by John Le Fevre
An army sniffer dog on service in Afghanistan with the British Army got more than it bargained for when it swallowed what experts believe was Taliban bomb making explosives.The crafty canine named ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
IDPs identifying LTTE cadres in Lanka refugee camps: Army
May 25th, 2009 - 7:25 pm ICT by ANI
Colombo, May 25 (ANI): The spokesman of the Sri Lankan Army, Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara, on Monday said that Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in welfare camps are identifying several former Tigers hiding among ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Emraan Hashmi turns painter for ‘Tum Miley’
April 29th, 2009 - 9:27 am ICT by IANS
By Subhash K. Jha
Mumbai, April 29 (IANS) He played a painter in the thriller "Raaz - The Mystery Continues" and he will once again essay the role in "Tum Miley". But Emraan ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Taiwan man sentenced for selling ‘cursed’ house
April 12th, 2009 - 5:55 am ICT by IANS
Taipei, April 12 (DPA) A Taiwan man has been sentenced to eight months' imprisonment for selling a house without telling the buyer that someone had committed suicide there, a newspaper said Sunday.
The ... Read more...
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Biomass charcoal heater may herald new era in ultra-high efficiency home heating
February 6th, 2009 - 5:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 6 (ANI): Scientists in Japan are reporting development of an improved biomass charcoal combustion heater that they say could open a new era in sustainable and ultra-high efficiency home ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Archaeologists made new discoveries at Moenjodaro
February 2nd, 2009 - 4:23 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 2 (IANS) Archaeologists cleaning a drain to flush out rainwater from an explored part of the ancient Indus Valley city of Moenjodaro have been pleasantly surprised to come across artefacts ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
New ancient artefacts found at Moenjodaro
February 2nd, 2009 - 3:13 pm ICT by ANI
Larkana, Feb 2 (ANI): A team of archaeologists working on a drain to flush out rainwater from the DK-G area of an explored part of Moenjodaro found some ancient artefacts and ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Post-pandemic reforestation in New World helped trigger Little Ice Age
December 19th, 2008 - 3:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 19 (ANI): A new analysis has suggested that post-pandemic reforestation in the New World helped trigger the Little Ice Age from 1500 to 1750.The analysis, by Stanford University researchers ... Read more...
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Three near-invisible sketches on back of Da Vinci masterpiece discovered
December 19th, 2008 - 1:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 19 (ANI): Three previously unknown drawings have been discovered on the back of one of Leonardo da Vincis major works.Sylvain Laveissiere, a curator, spotted the almost invisible sketches on ... Read more...
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Burning peat bogs may be a good way to capture carbon from the atmosphere
December 6th, 2008 - 2:10 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 6 (ANI): A new research has suggested that burning peat bogs in a controlled way may be a good way to capture carbon from the atmosphere.Peatlands are dense carbon ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
International Energy Agency predicts alarming 6-degree Celsius rise in temperatures
November 7th, 2008 - 2:13 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 7 (ANI): The International Energy Agency has predicted a 6-degree Celsius rise in temperatures in the future, which is far more than what climate specialists say the environment can ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Five live bombs diffused in Punjab
September 28th, 2008 - 10:41 pm ICT by ANI
Dera Bassi (Punjab), Sept 28 (ANI): Five low grade locally made live bombs were diffused in Dera Bassi in Punjab on Sunday.According to Punjab police the bombs were made of plastic ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Pig survives China quake for 36 days on charcoal and rainwater
June 24th, 2008 - 5:36 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 24 (ANI): A 330-pound pig was found alive in a tiny slot among the debris of its sty surviving for 36 days only on charcoal and rainwater in ... Read more...
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Chinese pig that survived 36 days under quake debris
June 23rd, 2008 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 23 (RIA Novosti) A pig, which survived 36 days under the rubble of a collapsed pig farm in the devastating May 12 earthquake in southeast China, was bought by a ... Read more...
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Pumping sulphur gas into atmosphere could slow down global warming
May 20th, 2008 - 12:23 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 20 (ANI): An Australian scientist has proposed a radical solution to slow down global warming, by suggesting a technique which would place sulphur gas into the Earths stratosphere to ... Read more...
Posted in National |
At least 11 killed as ferry capsizes in Haiti
May 12th, 2008 - 11:32 am ICT by admin
Xinhua
Havana, May 12 (Xinhua) At least 11 people, including five children, were killed when a ferry capsized off the coast of southern Haiti, according to reports reaching here Monday. The accident occurred ... Read more...
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Bob Dylans sketches during life on tour to go on display
May 10th, 2008 - 2:12 pm ICT by admin
London, May 10 (ANI): A collection of sketches and drawings produced by Bob Dylan while he was on the road between 1989 and 1992 will be showcased at the Halcyon Gallery ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Scientists dispute virtues of ‘black gold’
May 2nd, 2008 - 3:31 pm ICT by admin
London, May 2 (IANS) The virtues of biochar -- or "black gold" -- in the soil, which was being touted as a possible carbon sink to counteract global warming, has been disputed ... Read more...
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Scientists prove charcoal is not an effective carbon sink
May 2nd, 2008 - 1:50 pm ICT by admin
Stockholm, May 2 (ANI): A new study has questioned the usefulness of charcoal as an effective carbon sink, by showing that it promotes soil microbes and causes a large loss of ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Tower of London to undergo PS2million facelift
April 11th, 2008 - 3:01 pm ICT by admin
London, Apr 11 (ANI): The Tower of London's oldest building is set to undergo a 2 million pounds facelift.The tower would be enfolded with a giant canvas, which will remain there ... Read more...
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Global warming may burn down Arctic tundra
March 5th, 2008 - 12:50 pm ICT by admin
New York, March 5 (IANS) An ecological disaster sparked by global warming - and eventually contributing to it - is waiting to strike the remote Arctic tundra, warns a new study. The ... Read more...
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