Python in car stuns British holidaying couple
September 7th, 2012 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 7 (IANS) A British couple on a South African safari were in for a surprise when they discovered a snake hiding in their car bonnet.Marlene Swart, 38, and ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
World’s deadliest snake found in Essex
August 31st, 2012 - 8:35 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Essex, Aug 31 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The deadliest snake in the world has just reached Essex from India. The snake was transported to the UK on a container ship from India.
The snake ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Man tries to board train in Wimbledon with his sheep
August 1st, 2012 - 6:47 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Wimbledon, Aug 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A man was on Monday forced to take the highway on twos after he tried to get into a train with his sheep. The man wanted to ... Read more...
Posted in Odd news |
Olympic flame lit in Greece (Lead)
May 10th, 2012 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
Ancient Olympia (Greece), May 10 (IANS) The flame for the 2012 London Games was lit here Thursday at the site of the ancient Olympics, marking the start of a torch ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
2012 Olympic torch lit in Ancient Olympia
May 10th, 2012 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
Ancient Olympia (Greece), May 10 (IANS) The torch for the 2012 London Games was lit here Thursday at the site of the ancient Olympics.In front of the ruins of the ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
London 2012 organizers confirm route for Olympic Flame
March 19th, 2012 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 19 (IANS) The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) Monday confirmed the route for over 7,300 people who will be carrying the Olympic Flame ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
NASA to probe Jupiter’s stormy clouds
July 31st, 2011 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 31 (IANS) NASA will launch a spacecraft Friday to unravel the secrets of Jupiter, the largest planet in the universe.Temperatures on Jupiter drop to minus 234 degrees Fahrenheit, ... Read more...
Posted in World |
NASA’s Messenger spacecraft begins historic orbit around mercury
March 18th, 2011 - 9:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 18(ANI): A NASA spacecraft has successfully entered Mercury's orbit, where it will spend a year helping scientists better understand the planet closest to the sun.Messenger's main thruster fired for about ... Read more...
Posted in World |
NASA’s MESSENGER begins historic orbit around Mercury
March 18th, 2011 - 11:33 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 18 (ANI): NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft successfully slipped into orbit around Mercury on Thursday evening.This is the first time a spacecraft has accomplished this engineering and scientific milestone at our solar ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
NASA’s Messenger set to solve tantalizing mysteries about Mercury
March 16th, 2011 - 4:44 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 16 (ANI): NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft, launched in 2004, is scheduled to enter into Mercury's orbit on March 17 after a harrowing 4.7 billion mile journey that involved 15 loops around ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Florida pelican ends up at Canadian strip club
February 11th, 2011 - 7:31 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Florida, Feb 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Canadian officials are stunned as to why a pelican made a 1,400 mile journey from Florida to the country. The animal was found on a roof of ... Read more...
Posted in Odd news |
How leatherbacks make epic voyages in straight lines
January 6th, 2011 - 5:03 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 6 (IANS) The leatherback turtles use vision -- relying on the position of the stars and sun -- and a sense of the earth's magnetic field to steer their way ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Epic ocean-spanning journeys of gigantic leatherback turtles revealed
January 5th, 2011 - 3:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 5 (ANI): Using satellite tracking, a groundbreaking research has revealed the epic ocean-spanning journeys of the gigantic leatherback turtle in the South Atlantic.Experts at the Centre for Ecology and Conservation ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Humpback whale undertakes record 6,200-mile journey
October 13th, 2010 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 13 (IANS) A humpback whale has swum into the record books after travelling a quarter of the way around the world.
In the longest recorded migration by any mammal, the ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Devotees in Kullu undertake 40-mile journey for rejuvenation in holy water
September 4th, 2010 - 10:49 pm ICT by ANI
By Prem ThakurKullu (Himachal), Sep.4 (ANI): A large number of devotees here on Saturday participated in an annual festival, carrying the idol of their local deity in a palanquin for over 40 ... Read more...
Posted in Feature |
Irish cancer-survivor on epic 7,000-mile journey round the world in gyrocopter
August 5th, 2010 - 1:07 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 5(ANI): Irishman Norman Surplus, who survived bowel cancer in 2003, is on an ambitious adventure of attempting to circumnavigate the globe in a gyrocopter.As part of his 7,000-mile journey ... Read more...
Posted in World |
British rowers break 114-year-old transatlantic crossing record
August 1st, 2010 - 1:45 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug.1 (ANI): A British-led rowing team broke a 114-year-old record for crossing the North Atlantic from New York to the Isles of Scilly on Saturday.During two months at sea, the ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Japanese scientists identify ‘minute particles’ aboard Hayabusa space probe
July 5th, 2010 - 5:50 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 5 (ANI): Japan's space agency claims to have identified "minute particles" of what may be asteroid dust collected by the probe Hayabusa. "We started the process of opening the sample ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Granny enters record books after completing 27 marathons in 27 days
May 3rd, 2010 - 3:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 3 (ANI): A granny has entered the record books after she completed 27 consecutive fund raising marathons.The 63-year-old grandma, Rosie Swale Pope MBE, ran for the final step in her ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Plucky, the duck, survives 500-mile journey in van grille!
April 1st, 2010 - 4:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 1 (ANI): A duck survived a 400-mile long trip from Belgium to Britain while being stuck behind the radiator grille of a truck.Driver Paul Murphy assumed that he had ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Canadian duo set Guinness World Record for driving 23,697 miles in ‘veggie van’
March 23rd, 2010 - 6:01 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Mar. 23 (ANI): Two Canadian nationals have set a Guinness World Record for driving the most miles in a van powered by alternative fuel - vegetable oil.Tyson Jerry, 26, ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Listening to Sun may improve forecasts of solar flares
February 19th, 2010 - 2:12 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Feb 19 (ANI): Scientists have come up with a new method that analyses sound waves generated by the Sun, which would help scientists forecast solar flares and promises to be twice ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Pachauri slated for using car for 1.6-km journey
January 31st, 2010 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 31 (IANS) Climate change scientist Rajendra Pachauri has been slammed by a British newspaper for using a car to travel just one mile (1.6 km) to work.
"Controversial climate change boss ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Amazing Race announces the 11 teams for their 16th edition of the show
January 22nd, 2010 - 2:55 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York City, Jan 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The 16th edition of the Amazing Race premiers on 14th February 2010 on the CBS Television network. The 11 teams who are a part ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
World’s shortest domestic flight flies six pupils to school in 47 seconds!
November 6th, 2009 - 6:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 6 (ANI): While most kids take the bus or walk to school, six Scottish children got the chance to fly there on the world's shortest flight, which takes just 47 ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Indian Navy’s solo round-the-world sailing mission from Aug 19
August 10th, 2009 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 10 (IANS) The Indian Navy's solo round-the-world sailing mission kicks off Aug 19 with the state-of-the-art Indian Naval Sailing Vessel (INSV) Mhadei attempting to make history.
The yacht, manned by Commander ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Jackson’s body to be buried in his Neverland ranch
July 1st, 2009 - 12:47 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 1 (IANS) Pop legend Michael Jackson's body will be taken to his beloved Neverland ranch where grieving fans can say their goodbyes and it is expected to be buried ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Jacko to make last journey to Neverland ranch
July 1st, 2009 - 11:48 am ICT by ANI
London, July 1 (ANI): Late King of Pop Michael Jackson is all set to make his final journey to his former home Neverland ranch, where his body will lie in state ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
UK rower aims to be first woman to cross Indian Ocean solo
March 15th, 2009 - 12:39 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar.15 (ANI): British rower Sarah Outen has launched her bid to become the first woman, and the youngest person to row solo across the Indian Ocean. Twenty-three-year-old Outen was watched ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
LeT stage-managed Mumbai strikes from Karachi, Lahore: NYT
December 5th, 2008 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 5 (IANS) For three months before the terror attackers landed on Mumbai's shores, a top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative was in Karachi to manage the assault, the New York Times reported, ... Read more...
Posted in World |
NASAs Messenger spacecraft set for second flyby of Mercury on October 6
October 1st, 2008 - 4:28 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 1 (ANI): NASAs Messenger spacecraft is all set to make its second flyby of the mysterious, rocky planet of Mercury on October 6, to measure its wispy atmosphere and ... Read more...
Posted in National |
NASA Stardust capsule to go on display at Smithsonian
September 26th, 2008 - 3:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 26 (ANI): Soon, NASAs Stardust sample return capsule, that has returned the worlds first particles from a comet, will join the collection of flight icons in the Smithsonians National ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Welsh granny returns home after 20,000 mile prostate cancer awareness tour
August 26th, 2008 - 6:47 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 26 (ANI): A Welsh grandmother who set out on a 20,000 mile journey to raise awareness about prostate cancer after her own husband died of the disease, has finally ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Bebos time capsule to look for extraterrestrial life
August 4th, 2008 - 2:19 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 4 (ANI): The members of the social networking website Bebo, have been asked to contribute to a digital time capsule that will be sent on a 120 million-mile journey ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
The pregnant cat that hiked a ride from Hungary to England!
July 6th, 2008 - 10:17 am ICT by ANI
London, July 6 (ANI): A pregnant cat that crawled into lorry looking for a safe place to give birth survived a week-long journey from Hungary to England, and gave birth to ... Read more...
Posted in World |