‘Ice Age: Continental Drift’ - drifting into mediocrity (IANS Movie Review)
July 28th, 2012 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
Directors: Steve Martino, Mike Thurmeier; Voiceovers: Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo; Rating: **What do you do when a film franchise has run its course to such an extent that there's ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Britain shivers in Artic cold
April 4th, 2012 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 4 (IANS) A mild March has given way to Arctic April in Britain after a freeze descended on the country, the Daily Mail reported Wednesday.Snow fell from Devon ... Read more...
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Man survive two months in car in -30C
February 20th, 2012 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 20 (IANS) A Swedish man was pulled of a snow-covered car after having survived two months in sub-zero temperatures.Peter Skyllberg, 44, had eaten nothing but handfuls of snow ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Homai Vayarawalla, grand old dame of Indian photo-journalism, passes away (Obituary)
January 15th, 2012 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 15 (AINS) Till a year ago, Homai Vyarawalla, India's first and oldest photojournalist, was still as spirited as she was in the 1920s when she captured glimpses of ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Korean cargo ship drifts towards Chennai shore
December 30th, 2011 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 30 (IANS) Korean flag cargo ship OSM Arena, with a 14-member crew, has drifted towards Chennai shore and is facing the risk of running aground if another cyclone ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Britain to be hit by recession again in 2012
December 27th, 2011 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 27 (IANS) The British economy was facing a "bleak" new year, with a real risk of recession returning during 2012, a think tank has warned.The only good news ... Read more...
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Exposure to pesticides likely to trigger Parkinson’s
May 27th, 2011 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 27 (IANS) Exposure to pesticides near farmland and homes is also likely to trigger Parkinson's, a degenerative disease which brings on shakiness, slowness of movement, depression and sweating, ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Japan’s tsunami debris all set to reach the US coast
April 11th, 2011 - 7:55 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Tokyo, Apr 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A month after the devastating quake hit Japan, massive debris that have been floating across the Pacific are expected to reach U.S coasts. These include everything that ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Chappell wants Ponting’s suspension for arguing with umpires
December 28th, 2010 - 2:40 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Dec 28 (ANI): Former Australian captain Ian Chappell has demanded the suspension of skipper Ricky Ponting.Ponting was fined 40 per cent of his match fee for his finger-pointing rant at umpires ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Spain to close seven northern airports as ash drifts across Europe
April 18th, 2010 - 3:01 am ICT by BNO News
MADRID, SPAIN (BNO NEWS) -- Spain will close seven airports in the north as ash from a volcano in Iceland continues to drift across Europe.From 20:00 CET Saturday and until ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Heavy snow shuts roads and railways in Germany
January 31st, 2010 - 1:27 am ICT by IANS
Berlin, Jan 30 (DPA) Heavy fresh snow temporarily shut main roads and railways in the north of Germany Saturday, prompting rail company Deutsche Bahn to deploy every available snow-plough to clear the ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Scientists resolve conflict in theory of how galaxies form
January 14th, 2010 - 3:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 14 (ANI): Scientists have resolved the conflict in theory of how galaxies form by using millions of hours on supercomputers to run simulations of galaxy formation (1 million hours is ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
First extragalactic exoplanet may have been found by gravitational microlensing
June 11th, 2009 - 2:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 11 (ANI: A team of scientists has used gravitational microlensing to come up with a tentative detection of the first extragalactic exoplanet in Andromeda, our nearest large galactic neighbour.In gravitational ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
NASA’s UFO Videos on You tube renews conspiracy theories
June 3rd, 2009 - 3:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 3 (ANI): A batch of raw footage from decades-old NASA missions, which have been now posted on You Tube, are renewing UFO conspiracy theories that the US government is hiding ... Read more...
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Europes most ancient civilization discovered in Bulgaria
December 31st, 2008 - 4:20 pm ICT by ANI
Sofia (Bulgaria), Dec 31 (ANI): A team of archaeologists has found the most ancient civilization in Europe, near Yunatsite village, Pazardzhik District, in Bulgaria.In 2008, a joint Bulgarian-Greek team had ... Read more...
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Space radars may revolutionize mine safety on Earth
June 20th, 2008 - 3:26 pm ICT by ANI
Paris, June 20 (ANI): A space radar originally developed to investigate the soil structure on the Moon and other planets on ESA (European Space Agency) planetary missions, is now being used ... Read more...
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Scientists use satellite to track the motion of Arctic ice during summers
February 27th, 2008 - 3:25 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Feb 27 (ANI): Scientists have found a way to track the motion of Arctic ice during summers using the Earth Observing Systems Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E) on the Aqua satellite.For ... Read more...
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