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Electric Moon jolts solar wind causing turbulence

A powerful combination of spacecraft and computer simulations has revealed that the Moon have a far-...

Stars’ age measured to uncover Milky Way’s history

A new discovery of stars’ age may help understand how our Milky Way galaxy built itself up over bill...

Sun stroke claims one life in Jharkhand

One person died of sun stroke in Latehar district as heat wave swept across Jharkhand with most dist...

Google offers new version of Chromebox ‘with no hard drive’

Google has unveiled its new line of computers that offer no hard drive to store data.

Rare `Transit of Venus` on June 5-6

People in most of Hawaii, Alaska, Australia, the western Pacific, and eastern Asia will be able to s...

Tihar`s needy inmates to get Rs 500 per month

Tihar Prisons authorities have launched a new scheme to provide Rs 500 per month as financial help t...

Century`s second Venus transit on June 6

In a rare celestial occurrence, Venus - the second planet from the Sun and the Earth`s neighbour - w...

‘Return of Kashmiri Pandits essential’

Return of Kashmiri Pandits to their homes is essential for peace in Kashmir, Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain...

India to miss `Ring of Fire` during Monday`s solar eclipse

A partial solar eclipse, which will see the moon completely block out the sun except for a ‘ring of ...

Graphene could help keep rust off your car

An Indian origin researcher and his partner have developed a new technique that uses graphene to kee...

Over 15 killed in Karachi violence

The shootings were said to be the result of a clash between two tribes after a dispute broke out bet...

When Murdoch, ex-editor `almost came to fisticuffs`

Murdoch, who appeared before the inquiry last month, had referred to Evans in unflattering terms, wh...

Sunil Joshi murder: HC allows NIA to quiz Pragya

Pragya is also an accused in five terror cases that include the bombing of the Samjhouta Express and...

Rare `ring of fire` solar eclipse to grace Sunday sky

A partial solar eclipse, which will see the moon completely block out the sun except for a ‘ring of ...

‘Action will taken against crew of ICG ship’

Severe action would be taken against crew of the Indian Coast Guard ship that collided with a fishin...

Raje holds talks with BJP, RSS functionaries

Vasundhara Raje on Friday reached the capital and held meetings with central party and RSS functiona...

Massive sunspot could create solar flares directed toward Earth

Scientists say the largest sunspot seen in years has appeared on the surface of the sun, and it coul...

Action likely against BJP MLAs who offered to quit

BJP may take disciplinary action against some of its MLAs who claimed to have submitted their resign...

Crisis in Rajasthan unit blows over: BJP

BJP claimed that the Leader of the Opposition in state Assembly Vasundhara Raje is the undisputed he...

Raje supporters want her as state chief

The crisis in the BJP`s Rajasthan unit continued Monday as more party legislators came out in suppor...

Gulabchand Kataria calls off his yatra

Vasundhara Raje threatened to quit the party objecting to a political campaign proposed by Gulabchan...

Opposition to proposed yatra unfortunate: Kataria

Terming the opposition to his proposed `yatra` as "unfortunate", senior party leader and MLA Gulab C...

Rajasthan: 56 MLAs loyal to Raje offer to quit

The feud in Rajasthan BJP intensified with 56 MLAs loyal to Vasundhara Raje offering to resign but ...

Vasundhara Raje threatens to quit BJP

Bringing to fore the feud in Rajasthan BJP, its leader Gulabchand Kataria called off his Lok Jagran ...

Solar eclipse on May 21

The trio of sun, earth and the moon will depict an interesting view of partial solar eclipse on May ...

Venus to cross sun`s face in a lifetime event

On June 5 and 6, millions of people worldwide will be able to spot Venus crossing the Sun`s face in ...

Bright, sunny morning in Delhi

Delhi woke up to a bright, sunny morning on Tuesday with the minimum temperature settling three notc...

Sun`s twin may be home to 9 alien planets

A sun-like star, which is already known to host five alien planets, may actually have nine full-fled...

Varsity students demand action against Professor

Students of the Manonmaniam Sundaranar University here continued their sit-in protest for the third ...

GPS to signal rapid tsunami warnings

The so-called GPS shield concept was initially developed for the tsunami early warning system GITEWS...

Indian-origin educator named UNESCO goodwill ambassador

Sunny Varkey is founder and chairman of Dubai-based GEMS Education, one of the largest private schoo...

New Galaxy phone to use its quad-core processor: Samsung

Samsung Electronics Co said on Thursday it would mass-produce its faster, energy-saving quad-core mo...

Twin quakes hit Nicobar, no Tsunami threat

Two moderate intensity earthquakes hit the Nicobar Islands on Wednesday, however there is no threat ...

Court issues summons to Ansal brothers

A Delhi court has issued summons to realtors Sushil and Gopal Ansal in a cheating case filed by a US...

Doodle honour for zip inventor Gideon Sundback

World’s most popular search engine, Google, has once again created ripples with its latest ‘doodle’,...

Nelson Mandela compared to N Korea’s Kim Il Sung

South Africa`s Deputy Minister of Police has compared former president Nelson Mandela to deceased No...

Boy glad football lost in tsunami found in Alaska

A teenager who lost his home in Japan`s devastating tsunami now knows that one prized possession sur...

Now, try on sunglasses without stepping inside the store!

Busy shoppers in New York can now try on sunglasses without stepping inside the store.

Pole reversal shows asymmetries do exist in sun

Approximately every 11 years the magnetic field on the sun reverses completely – the north magnetic ...

Royal editor of The Sun arrested by Scotland Yard

The police said they had arrested three people in their probe into alleged payments by journalists t...

Mysterious dark matter gets all the more elusive

The most accurate study till date of the motions of stars in the Milky Way has not found any evidenc...

US judge sends Apple, Samsung to settlement talks

Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd agreed that their chief executives would participate in set...

Samsung launches Galaxy S Advance, Galaxy Pocket

Samsung has a range of 19 Smartphone models with prices in the range between Rs 7,350 and Rs 38,250.

Magnitude 7.0 quake hits Papua New Guinea, no tsunami

A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the north coast of Papua New Guinea on Tuesday, the US Geologi...

Magnitude 5.7 quake off Indonesia`s Sumatra

A 5.7-magnitude earthquake on Monday struck off the coast of Indonesia`s Sumatra island but there we...

How plants compete to get sunlight

Scientists have determined precisely how leaves tell stems to grow when a plant is caught in a shady...

`Samsung seen taking cellphone crown from Nokia`

Korea`s Samsung Electronics Co Ltd(005930.KS) ended Nokia Oyj`s(NOK1V.HE) 14-year leadership of the ...

`Sri Lankan govt agents sexually tortured me`

Premakumar Gunaratnam claimed that he was handcuffed, blindfolded and physically and sexually tortur...

North Korea: Here’s the will of Kim Jong-Il

A top North Korean defector said he had obtained the last will and testament of Kim Jong-Il.

‘Lucky` Indonesians assess quake damage, 5 killed

Five people died from heart attacks in Indonesia`s Aceh and several others were injured as they trie...

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