Separatists target Srinagar army camp with grenades
June 28th, 2012 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, June 28 (IANS) Separatist guerrillas fired two rocket-propelled grenades at an army camp in Srinagar Thursday, but a defence statement said the projectiles fell in a ground without causing ... Read more...
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Two Colombian rebels killed by their own bomb
June 8th, 2012 - 11:12 am ICT by IANS
Bogota, June 8 (IANS/EFE) Two members of the FARC guerrilla group were killed when a bomb they were planning to launch at a police post accidentally detonated, Colombian police said.The ... Read more...
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New body armour for soldiers
January 14th, 2011 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 14 (IANS) A new body armour - bullet-proof custard - could help save soldiers' lives.
It is made up of a substance that absorbs the force of a shot or ... Read more...
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A cannon that fires shells at hypersonic speed
December 13th, 2010 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 13 (IANS) The world's mightiest cannon can fire shells seven times as fast as sound, destroying targets about 160 km away.The hi-tech electromagnetic cannon hurls a nine kg projectile at ... Read more...
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Weapon hits target 100 miles away within minutes in record-setting test
December 11th, 2010 - 2:07 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 11 (ANI): U.S. Navy engineers at the Office of Naval Research have successfully test-fired a weapon that can hit a target 100 miles or more away within minutes.Rather than relying ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Pentagon probing missile firing off California coast
November 10th, 2010 - 2:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington < Nov.10 (ANI): The Pentagon is trying to find out if a missile was fired off the California coast, and who launched it. The US Navy, Air Force, and other military ... Read more...
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Israeli planes strike Gaza
September 16th, 2010 - 9:29 am ICT by IANS
Gaza, Sep 16 (DPA) Israeli F16 jets carried out early Thursday five successive airstrikes on several targets in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip in response to earlier projectile attacks on southern Israel, witnesses ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Italian scientist redesigns Archimedes’s flaming steam cannon
July 14th, 2010 - 4:47 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 14 (ANI): An Italian scientist has redesigned the famous cannon built by Archimedes to destroy Roman ships in wars.Cesare Rossi of the University of Naples Federico II says that Archimedes ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Militant outfit busted in Kupwara
May 17th, 2010 - 3:06 pm ICT by ANI
Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir), May 17 (ANI): Security forces busted a militant outfit and recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunitions from the forests in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara District on ... Read more...
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How a Brit MP participated in champagne drinking contest abroad, and passed out
February 22nd, 2010 - 6:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb. 22 (ANI): Two British MPs, involved in a champagne drinking contest while on official business in Paris, drank so much that one needed to undergo medical treatment.At the Council ... Read more...
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Modern humans might have attacked, killed, and driven Neanderthals to extinction
January 8th, 2010 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 8 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have found evidence that modern humans might have attacked, killed, and driven Neanderthals to extinction.Neanderthals are an extinct species that shared a common ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Meteor impacts may have cooked up life on Earth
November 6th, 2009 - 1:58 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 6 (ANI): A new research by scientists has confirmed that the organic matter needed for the origin of life could have been delivered to Earth through meteoritic impacts early in ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
NASA’s moon-smashing mission may have been doomed from the start
October 16th, 2009 - 2:07 pm ICT by ANI
London, October 16 (ANI): Reports indicate that the NASA's LCROSS moon-smashing mission might have been doomed from the beginning, as some scientists involved with the mission were predicting very little, if ... Read more...
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The people behind the Red Cross emblems
June 24th, 2009 - 9:05 am ICT by IANS
Geneva, June 24 (DPA) Almost getting killed on the first day on the job might be enough for most people to reconsider their line of work, but for some the incident just ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
All About a Ballistic Knife
May 14th, 2009 - 12:07 am ICT by GD
A ballistic knife is one with a blade that can be detached and sprung out from its holder as a projectile through a spring-loading or gas-propelled mechanism. The United States banned these ... Read more...
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Devastated forests could soon be replanted from the air
January 31st, 2009 - 2:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 31 (ANI): If tests of a technology being developed in the UK prove successful, forests devastated by fire or illegal logging could soon be replanted from the air.According to ... Read more...
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S.Korea claims N.Korea building new nuke missile launch site
November 4th, 2008 - 3:13 pm ICT by ANI
Seoul (S.Korea), Nov.4 (ANI): South Korean Defence Minister Lee Sang-hee has claimed that North Korea is building a new missile launch site, which will be capable of firing an even longer-range ... Read more...
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Pakistan shells Indian positions along LoC, violates ceasefire
October 28th, 2008 - 6:39 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 28 (ANI): Pakistani troops on Tuesday shelled Indian posts, thus violating the ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmirs Poonch District.According to reports, Pakistani ... Read more...
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35-million-year-old crater offers hints to life on Mars
July 1st, 2008 - 12:22 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 1 (ANI): A new study has indicated that a 35-million-year-old crater under Chesapeake Bay in the US is offering new insights into possible locations for life on Mars.According to ... Read more...
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‘We are in the middle of war,’ says a shaken Raje
May 15th, 2008 - 8:08 pm ICT by admin
By Anil Sharma
Jaipur, May 15 (IANS) "This is not a crime, we are in the middle of a war," Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje said Thursday as her government scaled down the ... Read more...
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