Washington, Dec 15 (IANS) Using data from Hubble and NASA’s Spitzer telescopes, astronomers have revealed for the first time the diversity of atmosphere on exoplanets. An international team of astronomers made the largest ever study…
New York, Dec 15 (IANS) In a first, researchers have discovered a connection between the Earth’s tilt, called obliquity, that shifts every 41,000 years, and the movement of a low pressure band of clouds that…
EPA/IAN LANGSDON/POOL MAXPPP OUT New York, Dec 15 (IANS) Winning the battle of the ballot may have its own pitfalls as a new study led by an Indian-origin researcher has found that politicians elected to…
Beijing, Dec 14 (IANS) First domesticated in China, the hardy grain millet — familiar in the west today as birdseed — was carried across Eurasia by ancient shepherds and herders, laying the foundation of ‘multi-crop’…
Buenos Aires, Dec 15 (IANS) At least 43 policemen were killed after the bus they were travelling in rammed through a bridge into a dried-up riverbed in Argentina on Monday, authorities said. The bus belonged…
Houston, Dec 15 (IANS) A vessel docked at the port of Houston, Texas, caught fire on Monday, the media reported. The motor caught fire on the Navigator Europa, the coast guard are working together with…
Thrissur (Kerala), Dec 14 (IANS) Kalyan Jewellers, one of India’s leading jewellery brands, on Monday, pledged its support for the central government’s “Housing for All” scheme by contributing Rs.20 crore. T.S. Kalyanaraman, chairman and managing…
Hyderabad, Dec 14 (IANS) Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) chief Moulana Syed Jalaluddin Umri on Monday alleged that the US doesn’t want to eliminate terror outfit IS and there is a big conspiracy behind it to tarnish…
Mumbai, Dec 14 (PTI) Dismissing rumours on the social media, the Reserve Bank today said all notes including those with scribbling will continue to be legal. “As I understand, one of the topics trending on…
Kolhapur (Maharashtra), Dec 14 (IANS) The Maharashtra Police filed a nearly 400-page charge sheet against right-wing activist Samir Gaikwad, one of the prime accused in the Govind Pansare murder case in a court here on…
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal on Monday sought the response from the central government and German automobile giant Volkswagen on a plea by Delhi residents seeking a ban on the sale…
Mumbai, Dec 14 (IANS) Four suspects in the sensational double-murder of painter Hema Upadhyay and her lawyer Harish Bhambani have been detained by Uttar Pradesh Police and their Mumbai counterparts, official sources here said on…
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) Slamming the railways for its “inhuman” demolition drive in the capital, the Delhi High Court on Monday issued a notice to it, police and city government and directed them to…
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) India’s annual retail and wholesale inflation rates rose considerably in November to 5.41 percent and (-)1.9 percent respectively, due largely to an increase in the prices of food items like…
New York, Dec 14 (IANS) A US town has rejected a proposal for a solar farm after people expressed fear and mistrust, with one person even saying that “solar farms would suck up all the…
Washington, Dec 14 (IANS) The US town of Spotswood in New Jersey will set up a scholarship fund to honour the memory of an Indian-origin emergency medical technician, who died in the line of duty…
New York, Dec 14 (IANS) Granting a rare religious accommodation to an active-duty combat soldier, the US Army has allowed a Sikh captain to grow his beard and wear a turban, in a move that…
Congress Activists sustain burn injuries while they put Prime Minister Narendra Modi,s effigy to flames at Shimla to Protest against vendetta politics against Congress president Sonia Gandhi and AICC vice president Rahul Gandhi. Express photo…
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) India is the third highest Asian country to receive ransomware attacks — a type of malicious software, says a new report, adding that with the growth in “Internet of Things”…
Beijing, Dec 14 (IANS) A hospital in China has successfully performed tumour surgery on a patient with pancreatic cancer taking the assistance of a robot. The hospital claimed Saturday’s surgery as the world’s first artificial…