Washington, Jan 18 (IANS) US private spacecraft company SpaceX launched on Sunday morning the Jason-3 ocean-measuring satellite, but failed in its attempt to land the spent first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket on a…
 EPA/ALI ABBAS Baghdad, Jan 18 (IANS) Unidentified gunmen kidnapped three Americans in Baghdad, an Iraqi news agency reported on Sunday. The three Americans, who worked as military trainers, were at the house of a translator…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (PTI) Ex-servicemen seeking changes in Government’s One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme today staged a protest outside Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s residence and vowed to continue it there, alleging that he…
Hyderabad, Jan 17 (IANS) The suspension of five Dalit research scholars from the University of Hyderabad took a tragic turn on Sunday when one of them committed suicide. Rohith Vemula hanged himself in his room…
Toronto, Jan 17 (IANS) The discovery of a 75-million-year-old dinosaur fossil in 2010 from Canada’s Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta has now provided scientists an opportunity to fill in gaps in the evolution of other…
New York, Jan 17 (IANS) Researchers are likely to have uncovered a novel mechanism behind the ability of the common diabetes drug – metformin — to inhibit the progression of pancreatic cancer. Diabetic patients taking…
New York, Jan 17 (IANS) Monitoring social behaviour of wild chimpanzees, researchers have found that being gregarious may help transmit beneficial microbes and increase the diversity of gut bacteria. The research — linked to…
New York, Jan 17 (IANS) Greater intake of dietary nitrate and green leafy vegetables is associated with a 20-30 percent lower risk of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), according to a study. Jae H. Kang of…
New York, Jan 17 (IANS) There are no magic shortcuts when it comes to reading more quickly while still fully understanding what we’ve read, says an interesting study. The claims put forth by many speed-reading…
New York, Jan 17 (IANS) US scientists have developed a technology likened to “mini force fields” to independently control individual microrobots operating within groups, an advance aimed at using the tiny machines in areas including…
New York, Jan 17 (IANS) A team of researchers at a US university has developed an app that blocks third parties from identifying an individual’s location based on what they search for online. “The trend…
Hyderabad, Jan 17 (IANS) Former Sikkim governor and senior BJP leader V. Rama Rao died here on Sunday, after prolong illness. He was 81. Rao breathed his last at a private hospital here, his family…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) With international nuclear sanctions on Iran being lifted on Sunday, India will resume its unrestricted import of oil from the Persian Gulf nation. State-run Indian Oil Corp (IOC) here told…
New York, Jan 17 (IANS) A woman photographer has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Twitter in a US court, claiming that the micro-blogging site failed to remove a photo of hers that was posted…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) A Delhi Police sub-inspector here on Sunday shot dead a married woman and later tried to commit suicide with his service revolver, police sources said. The shooting was reported from…
Kochi, Jan 17 (IANS) Shrimp farming in Kerala is all set to touch new heights with an institute for ocean studies securing a licence to set up the first hatchery in the state for the…
Pathanamthitta (Kerala), Jan 17 (IANS) More than 200,000 people have pledged at the famous Sabarimala Temple here not to throw their clothes into the Pamba river as per a tradition and to keep it clean….
City destroyed by meteor shower New York, Jan 17 (IANS) NASA has started a new programme called the Planetary Defence Coordination Office (PDCO) which will coordinate the space agency’s efforts to detect and track near-Earth…
Noida, Jan 17 (IANS) HCL Foundation on Sunday said it will spend Rs.100 crore over the next five years to support NGOs and social leaders who are implementing projects for the upliftment of the country….
Dubai/Kochi, Jan 17 (IANS) The first phase of Kerala’s much-delayed Kochi Smart City will be inaugurated next month, a meeting of the project’s board of directors in Dubai decided on Sunday. According to Kerala IT…