Hope ‘Shanghai’ forces people to ask fundamental questions: Abhay
June 7th, 2012 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 7 (IANS) Actor Abhay Deol, who plays an IAS officer in Dibakar Banerjee's forthcoming political-thriller "Shanghai", hopes that the film has an impact on viewers and impels them ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
An identity crisis for tribal communities
April 18th, 2011 - 6:41 pm ICT by ANI
By Baljeet KumarNew Delhi, Apr 18 (ANI): Today, there are several regions, many of them forested and inhabited by the tribal communities, which have become flash-points of violence where Naxalism has taken ... Read more...
Posted in Feature |
World’s biggest radio telescope to have its base in UK
April 3rd, 2011 - 2:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 3 (ANI): It's official! The world's biggest radio telescope will have its base at Jodrell Bank Observatory near Manchester, UK.The Square Kilometre Array (SKA), a 1.5-billion-euros multinational science project, will ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
How it may be now possible to leave your body and enter another!
February 21st, 2011 - 2:41 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 21 (ANI): In a series of studies, a Swedish neuroscientist has found that the brain's perception of its own body can alter remarkably.Through the coordinated manipulation of the different ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
NASA craft prepares for Valentine’s Day date with comet
January 20th, 2011 - 12:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 20 (ANI): NASA's spacecraft Stardust-NexT is preparing for a date on Valentine's Day with comet Tempel 1 at 11:37 p.m. EST.The mission will enable scientists to study the changes that ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Indian journalist defends WikiLeaks at British parliament
January 15th, 2011 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 15 (IANS) Whistle-blower website WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange "do not deserve to be treated like common criminals" for upholding "such precious freedom" that does not exist in many ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Giant observatory comes up 8,000 feet beneath Antarctic
December 24th, 2010 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 24 (IANS) The world's strangest observatory, as big as a cubic kilometre, has come up 8,000 feet beneath the Antarctic ice at the South Pole.The gigantic telescope, known as IceCube ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
New study lays foundation for building on the Moon
September 30th, 2010 - 2:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 30 (ANI): To build a structure anywhere, testing the nature of its foundation is of utmost importance, but it is difficult to test some building sites in advance - such ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Fruit flies’ ’sniffing techniques’ pave way for new insect repellents
September 23rd, 2010 - 3:48 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 23 (ANI): Scientists are studying fruit flies in order to better understand how they differentiate between smells, paving the way for better insect repellents, according to a new study.Yale scientists ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Researchers create first artificial human ovary
September 15th, 2010 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 15 (IANS) Researchers have created the first artificial human ovary.
The advance provides a potentially powerful new means for conducting fertility research and could also yield infertility treatments for cancer patients."An ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
First artificial human ovary created
September 15th, 2010 - 2:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 15 (ANI): Scientists have created the first artificial human ovary, an advance that provides a potentially powerful new means for conducting fertility research and could also yield infertility treatments for ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Ayodhya verdict to be pronounced Sep 24
September 8th, 2010 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 8 (IANS) The much-awaited verdict in the 125-year-old Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid legal dispute in Ayodhya will be pronounced by a special bench of the Allahabad High Court Sep 24.
An announcement to ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Uttar Pradesh seeks security ahead of Ayodhya verdict
August 31st, 2010 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
By Sharat Pradhan
Lucknow, Aug 31 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh has sought 35,000 paramilitary personnel for security duty from the centre as the state prepares to deal with any fallout of the much-awaited verdict ... Read more...
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Scientists simulate ‘God particle’s’ expected sound
June 23rd, 2010 - 4:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 23 (ANI): Researchers have simulated the sounds that are expected to be generated by sub-atomic particles such as the Higgs boson after they are produced at the Large Hadron ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Afghan guards suspected of colluding with insurgents
June 7th, 2010 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
Maidan Shahr (Afghanistan), June 7 (ANI): Afghan mercenaries have been bribing Taliban insurgents to let American and other NATO convoys pass through the tribal badlands, which they escort.According to the ... Read more...
Posted in World |
There’s more to Life than Money: Explore Yourself, Connect with Society, and Find Happiness
April 5th, 2010 - 6:25 pm ICT by admin
By Rahul Pandey and Dr Sandeep Pandey
Convocation address of Dr Sandeep Pandey, who was the Chief Guest, at Indian Institute of Management (IIM-C) KolkataDear friends, as you complete yet another milestone in ... Read more...
Posted in Feature |
‘CIA should follow British Raj-era type spying techniques to win in Afghanistan’
January 6th, 2010 - 5:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 6 (ANI): The top US intelligence officer in Afghanistan, Major-General Michael Flynn, has launched a scathing attack, demanding urgent changes to the way the military does business in the country.Major-General ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Copenhagen: Success for some, catastrophe for most (Comment)
December 27th, 2009 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
By Joydeep Gupta
Politicians and bureaucrats from large developing countries and some developed ones are congratulating themselves for having protected their traditional industries at the Copenhagen climate summit. But for the vast majority ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Bush backs India for UNSC, but says it’s difficult (Lead)
October 31st, 2009 - 3:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Former US president George W. Bush Saturday backed India's claim for a seat in the UN Security Council (UNSC), but indicated that it's going to be a ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Physicist for Large Hadron Collider arrested for terror links
October 9th, 2009 - 11:04 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Geneva, Oct 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A physicist who was employed with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) near the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva, Switzerland has been arrested on suspicion of terror links ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Physicist working on LHC arrested in France
October 9th, 2009 - 10:23 pm ICT by BNO News
GENEVA (BNO NEWS) – A person working on the Large Hadron Collider beneath the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva, Switzerland has been arrested on suspicion of links to terrorist organizations, the European ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Scientists create first detailed maps of dry ice deposited in Martian polar regions
September 16th, 2009 - 4:15 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 16 (ANI): Scientists from the Tucson-based Planetary Science Institute have created the first detailed maps that show the amount of dry ice (solid carbon dioxide) deposited in the polar regions ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Jaswant Singh cannot be excused of expedient silence (Comment)
September 1st, 2009 - 9:23 am ICT by IANS
By Mayank Chhaya
The more expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh exposes embarrassing machinations and failures in his former political sanctuary, the more he also implicitly acknowledges his own ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Large Hadron Collider may start collisions by Christmas
August 8th, 2009 - 2:13 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 8 (ANI): Reports indicate that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's most powerful particle smasher, should yield its first data by Christmas, smashing protons at energies high enough ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
A miserable future awaits the Universe
February 17th, 2009 - 2:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 17 (ANI): A cosmologist has predicted a dark and gloomy future for our Universe, where an observer would see that all evidence of the big bang has disappeared and ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
What makes invasive ants tick?
January 22nd, 2009 - 12:41 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 22 (IANS) Certain invasive ant species that successfully invade large swathes of land do so by cooperating to form a super-colony. While common ant colonies compete with neighbouring colonies for ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Bali bombing victims families dissatisfied by execution
November 9th, 2008 - 5:13 pm ICT by ANI
!-- NO IMAGE --London, Nov.9 (ANI): The execution of three Indonesian militants for the serial bomb blasts in the tourist resort of Bali that claimed the lives of 202 people, including ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Relocate species endangered by climate change, urge scientists
July 18th, 2008 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 18 (IANS) In a pointer to the gravity of the situation, scientists have called for a last-resort conservation measure like the relocation to safer habitats of species endangered by climate ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Scientists try to trace the history of cancer development
July 17th, 2008 - 3:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 17 (ANI): Weizmann Institute scientists have devised a way to reconstruct a cells family tree, and applied the technique to trace the history of the development of cancer.
The ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Eminent environmentalist questions viability of Indo-US nuke deal
May 8th, 2008 - 1:01 pm ICT by admin
Bodhgaya, May 8 (ANI): Noted environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna has questioned the viability of the controversial Indo-US nuclear deal by leading a peace march in Bodhgaya.
A regional group called 'Sarva Seva Sangh' ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Brain processes typing and scribbling activities differently
April 18th, 2008 - 1:16 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Apr 18 (ANI): Doodling on paper or typing on a keyboard might seem like similar activities, but according to a new motor development research, there is a significant difference in ... Read more...
Posted in National |
RNA mirrors history of life
March 10th, 2008 - 6:19 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Mar 10 (IANS) A certain kind of RNA is like a great historian - it preserves some of the earliest and most profound events of our evolutionary past in its unique ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |