Buenos Aires, March 4 (IANS) An Argentine engineer has used recycled items to create a robot that can find and eat trash, the media reported on Friday. The robot, Nano, has been built with discarded…
Film: “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi” Language: English Director: Michael Bay Cast: James Badge Dale, Max Martini, Dominic Fumusa, Pablo Schreiber, David Denman, Toby Stephens and Freddie Stroma Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer: Troy Ribeiro…
Islamabad, March 4 (IANS) A 50-year-old Pakistani man committed suicide after he bet a month’s salary on a cricket match between Pakistan and Bangladesh which his country lost. Muhammad Shafiq, a junior clerk in the…
Jamnagar (Gujarat), March 4 (IANS) India is committed to peace for which it needs an “effective deterrence” and a “strong defence force,” President Pranab Mukherjee said here on Friday. “India is firmly committed to peace…
London, March 4 (IANS) A change in lifestyle that includes a reduced intake of fat, together with an increased intake of fibre from fruit, vegetables and grains can significantly reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease,…
Mumbai, March 4 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), was trading 25.58 points, or 0.10 percent, higher during the afternoon session on Friday. The wider 50-scrip Nifty of…
By Nirendra Dev New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) It was to the sagacity of his stint as a member of parliament for many years from Tura constituency in northeastern Meghalaya that the 68- year-old veteran…
New York, March 4 (IANS) More and more experts are using streaming online media such as YouTube to learn new surgical techniques, researchers including an Indian-origin scientist report. A survey involving members from the American…
Film: London Has Fallen Language: English Director: Babak Najafi Cast: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Alon Moni Aboutboul, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Jackie Earle Haley, Melissa Leo, Radha Mitchell, Sean O’Bryan, Charlotte Riley and…
Mumbai, March 4 (IANS) Thane, Raigad, Mumbai and others parts of Maharashtra experienced unseasonal rain that brought the temperatures down on Friday. Several areas in the eastern and western suburbs of Mumbai experienced a drizzle…
London, March 4 (IANS) Despite having much smaller brains than mammals, some birds like parrots and crows have mental skills that match with those of our ape cousins, new research has found. Among other things,…
Bangkok, March 4 (IANS) India’s Jitu Rai beat a strong field to win gold in the men’s 50m pistol event shooting World Cup here on Friday. Jitu scored 191.3 points in the final round. Former…
Pune, March 4 (IANS) India’s pioneering film archivist and film scholar P.K. Nair, who won the epithet ‘celluloid man’ for his impeccable body of work as the founder and former director of the National Film…
Brasilia, March 4 (IANS) Brazilian scientists have detected traces of the Zika virus in the common mosquito Culex which means it can potentially transmit the disease, the media reported on Friday. Tests were conducted on…
Washington, March 4 (IANS) Ami Bera, the only Indian origin member of the US House of Representatives announced his support for two progressive Indian-American women running for office in Vermont and Washington states. Bera is…
Jammu, March 4 (IANS) The BSF’s new Director General K.K. Sharma on Friday arrived here to inspect a 50-metre long tunnel unearthed on Thursday that facilitated infiltration from the Pakistani side of the international border,…
New Delhi: Actress and Girl Rising ambassadors Freida Pinto during a press conference regarding the announcement of Girl Rising campaign in India, in New Delhi on Nov 29, 2014. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS) Los Angeles, March…
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) A novel championship has been instituted to promote stock market investments through individuals or entities, registered as research analysts with stock exchanges’ regulator SEBI, its organiser said on Friday. Participants…
Tokyo, March 4 (IANS) Japan is set to introduce digital textbooks in classrooms in four years’ time, the media reported on Friday. An education ministry panel has decided on a basic policy for introducing tablet…
Melbourne, March 4 (IANS) Australia and the United States have split honours on Day 1 of their Davis Cup tie here on Friday, with the USA’s John Isner accounting for Sam Groth, while Bernard Tomic…