India’s ICT expertise helping many countries
September 17th, 2012 - 11:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) When Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas came to India earlier this week, the three MoUs inked between the two countries went by largely unnoticed. But the ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Iran tests new satellite rocket (Lead)
February 3rd, 2010 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Feb 3 (DPA) Iran Wednesday successfully tested a new locally built satellite rocket named Kavoshgar 3, state-media reported.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also unveiled Wednesday the new domestically produced carrier engine Simorq, which ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Ancient Mayans may have used fountains and toilets
December 26th, 2009 - 12:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 26 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have suggested that the ancient Mayans may have had enough engineering know-how to master running water, creating fountains and even toilets by controlling ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Air France to auction seats to fund charity projects
August 7th, 2009 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Air France will auction off 380 seats on each of its two inaugural flights on Airbus A380 - the world's biggest passenger aircraft - and the proceeds ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Scientists find 3,600 disease ’switches’ in human body
July 18th, 2009 - 12:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 18 (ANI): A collaborative study conducted by researchers at University of Copenhagen and the Max Planck Institute in Germany has led to the identification of no less than 3,600 molecular ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Iranian launches its first satellite carrier rocket
August 18th, 2008 - 6:00 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Tehran, Aug 18 (DPA) Iran launched its first domestically produced satellite carrier Sunday morning, official news agency IRNA reported. An Iranian Army statement, carried by IRNA, said that the new rocket Safir ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Iran launches first communication satellite
August 18th, 2008 - 12:30 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Tehran, Aug 17 (DPA) Iran Sunday launched its first communication satellite into space, Iranian state television reported. The report said that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made the countdown for the Omid (Hope) satellite, ... Read more...
Posted in World |
IAEA, NSG approval is passport for India: Pranab
July 26th, 2008 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 26 (IANS) Approval of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for India-specific safeguards and the clearance by the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is "the passport for India" that will let ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Huge lenses to observe cosmic dark energy
June 25th, 2008 - 3:39 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 25 (ANI): Astronomers have reached a milestone in the construction of one of the largest ever cameras to detect the mysterious dark energy component of the Universe, with pieces ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
New standard to check visual capability of life-saving robots
June 13th, 2008 - 4:30 pm ICT by ANI
Washington , June 13 (ANI): The use of rescue robots may prove to be a great technological achievement in saving lives, as these robots search through rubble of a collapsed building ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Manick Sorcar bags global laser display award
March 30th, 2008 - 1:01 pm ICT by admin
By Sujoy Dhar
Kolkata, March 30 (IANS) Colorado-based India born animation and laser artist Manick Sorcar beat 99 contenders worldwide to bag the prestigious International Laser Display Association (ILDA) 2007 Artistic Award for ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Unmanned aerial vehicles complete first ever series of flights in Antarctica
March 19th, 2008 - 4:08 pm ICT by admin
Washington, March 19 (ANI): Scientists at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) in collaboration with the Technical University of Braunschweig (TUBS), Germany, have completed the first ever series of flights by autonomous unmanned ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |