Kepler spacecraft in emergency mode
Washington : NASA’s Kepler spacecraft, that hunts for Earth-like planets orbiting other stars, has gone into emergency mode ...
Sharp increase in number of diabetics, underweight in India
Between 1980 and 2014 The number of adults with diabetes in the world increased four-fold from 108 million to 422 million between 1980 ...
Priyadarshini Chatterjee crowned Miss India World
Mumbai, Apr 10 ,2016 : Delhi girl Priyadarshini Chatterjee was announced as the winner of FBB Femina Miss India World .
Priyadarshini ...
BSNL testing WiFi tech to connect 1 lakh panchayats
New Delhi, Apr 10,2016 : As the government’s rural broadband project is facing long delays, telecom PSU BSNL is testing an ...
Quakes jolt north India, Gujarat
New Delhi/Surat, Apr 10 , 2016 : A powerful earthquake clocking 6.8 on the Richter scale, epicentred in Hindukush mountain range in ...
Fireworks tragedy in Kerala; 107 dead, 280 injured in temple fire
Kollam, Apr 10 ,2016 : In a huge tragedy, 102 people were killed and over 280 injured in a major fire that broke out in Puttingal ...
Japan to begin testing fingerprints as currency
This summer, the Japanese government is set to begin testing a system that would allow foreign tourists to verify their identities and ...
North Korea claims it successfully tested long-range rocket engine
North Korea said Saturday it has successfully tested a new intercontinental ballistic rocket engine that will give it the ability to ...
UN to observe Ambedkar’s birth anniversary for the first time
United Nations : The birth anniversary of B R Ambedkar, the architect of the Indian Constitution and Dalit rights activist, would be ...
Panama Papers : European banks under scrutiny
Banking watchdogs across Europe have begun checking whether lenders have ties to a massive document leak from Panama that showed how ...