1,398 capital punishment during 2004-14: Govt
New Delhi: As many as 1,398 people were awarded capital punishment and three were executed in the country during 2004-14, Lok Sabha ...
Bolivia, Russia ink deal on nuclear research lab
La Paz (Bolivia): Bolivia signed a USD 300 million deal with Russia to build a world-class nuclear research lab in the South American ...
N Korea threatens nuke strike on S Korea, US
Seoul: North Korea threatened “indiscriminate” nuclear strikes against South Korea and the US mainland if the two allies ...
Email inventor Ray Tomlinson dies at 74
Washington: Ray Tomlinson, the American programmer widely credited with inventing email, has died. He was 74.
Before Tomlinson ...
Former first lady Nancy Reagan dies at 94 in California
Nancy Reagan, the helpmate, backstage adviser and fierce protector of Ronald Reagan in his journey from actor to president – ...
Government for merger of public sector banks
With public sector banks under pressure to tackle their dismal bad loan scenario, consolidation is the way forward, and this could ...
The deepest part of the ocean is noisy
Using a titanium-encased hydrophone scientists record sound on the ocean floor, and discovered an incessant hum of both man-made ...
Kalabhavan Mani passed away
Popular Malayalam actor and folk singer Kalabhavan Mani passed away at a hospital in Kochi on Sunday (March 6). He was 45.
Mani, who ...
Indigenous diagnostic tool for TB likely in a year: ICMR
HYDERABAD: An indigenous and cost-effective diagnostic tool for tuberculosis (TB) is expected to be available in a year, Indian ...
Fishermen to lay siege to Parliament on Mar 10: NFF
Puducherry: Members of the National Fish Workers Forum (NFF) will lay siege to the Parliament on March 10, in support of the ...