Washington, March 11 (IANS) When a historic comet struck Mars in October 2014, NASA switched off its Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft and other Mars orbiters to protect sensitive equipment aboard them from…
Vienna, March 11 (IANS/WAM) The price of OPEC’s basket of thirteen crudes rose to $35.23 a barrel on Thursday, from $35.05 on Wednesday, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations. The OPEC Reference Basket of Crudes is…
Tehran, March 11 (IANS) Moscow is set to deliver Russian-made surface-to-air S-300 missile defence systems to Iran before the end of this year, an official said. “I think we will deliver the S-300 by the…
London, March 11 (IANS) What makes computers and a human brain different when it comes to recognising images? The presence of an atomic unit of recognition – a minimum amount of information an image must…
Jakarta, March 11 (IANS) Authorities in western Indonesia on Friday began efforts to fight forest fires, as the dry season begins to set in. On Tuesday, the Sumatran province declared a state of emergency over…
Paris, March 11 (IANS) France is testing its reaction to hypothetical attacks on the venues that will host the matches of Euro 2016 football tournament from June 10, with imaginary scenes of shootings with Kalashnikov…
AIDS New York, March 11 (IANS) Men infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are at greater risk of suffering from brittle and fragile bones than women, finds new research. The results showed that in HIV-infected…
New York, March 11 (IANS) Someday soon, you may be able to log into your smartphone with sweeping gestures or doodling, using one or more fingers. Researchers from Rutgers University in New Jersey have shown…
Sydney, March 11 (IANS) A team of Australian scientists has shown that brown fat — a special type of fat that burns energy to produce heat — may also help to keep blood sugar stable…
Beijing, March 11 (IANS) China is set to import 100 service robots from Russia by 2017, a media report said on Friday. The robots will be imported by China’s Keysi Microelectronics Co., Ltd. from Russian…
Tokyo, March 11 (IANS) Foreigners living in Japan hit a record high last year with a total of over two million, official date revealed on Friday. The justice ministry’s Immigration Bureau said about 2.23 million…
Tehran, March 11 (IRNA) Tehran and New Delhi can play a crucial role in fighting terrorism, Iran’s secretary of Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei said. “Iran and India can play a crucial role in fighting terrorism…
Singapore, March 11 (IANS) After a one-month public voting exercise by the Land Transport Authority (LTA), “Lush Green” instead of “Bright Red”, has been picked as the colour for new public buses in Singapore. The…
New York, March 11 (IANS) A team of US researchers has identified a new bacteria that may keep bad bacteria in check and can help prevent oral cavities using probiotics. According to researchers, the findings…
Washington, March 11 (IANS) Apple has accused the US Justice Department of trying to “smear” the company with “desperate” and “unsubstantiated” claims. It followed the Justice Department’s latest court filing over its demand that Apple…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Extending his greetings and felicitations to the government and people of Mauritius on the occasion of the republic’s 48th Independence Day, President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said that the two…
Nay Pyi Taw, March 11 (IANS) Myanmar parliament’s two houses on Friday elected U Htin Kyaw and U Henry Van Htee Yu of the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) as two of three vice…
Manila, March 11 (IANS) The Philippines-based Abu Sayyaf terrorist group threatened to kill four hostages within a month if an unspecified ransom amount is not paid to it, the media reported on Friday. In the…
Bengaluru, March 11 (IANS) An Indian-led team of international researchers has discovered a new thumbnail-sized species of a frog near the coastal town of Manipal, Udupi district, in Karnataka. The team from India and the…
Phnom Penh, March 11 (IANS) A Cambodian court on Friday convicted a German expatriate for sexually abusing five underage boys and sentenced him to one year in prison, according to a verdict. “The (Phnom Penh…