Pakistani daily seeks national debate on blasphemy
byIslamabad: A leading Pakistani daily Monday sought a national debate on the blasphemy law and demanded a “wide-ranging overhaul of laws that are clearly prone…
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Mobile phones dirtier than toilet seat
byLondon: Mobile phones are actually filthier than toilet seats because they are never cleaned even after being handled by different people, thus swarming with germs,…
British soldiers to be questioned over Iraq war crimes
byLondon: Hundreds of British soldiers will be investigated for crimes allegedly committed during the Iraq war, the Telegraph reported Sunday. Investigators with the Iraq Historic…
Samsung launches premium notebook for Rs.1,02,990 in India
byNew Delhi: Samsung, in the news for its legal battle with Apple over patent rights, Friday launched the second generation of Samsung Notebook Series 9…
Harvard cheating case: Dozens of Students Probed
byWashington: Harvard University said it is investigating dozens of undergraduate students over allegations of cheating on a take-home final exam in the last semester. The…
Sri Lanka virtually eliminates malaria
byColombo: Despite being ravaged by decades of conflict, Sri Lanka has succeeded in reducing malaria cases by 99.9 percent since 1999 and is on track…
Over a million homes without power in storm-hit US states
byWashington: Over a million homes and businesses in Louisiana, the home state of Indian-American governor Bobby Jindal, and neighbouring Mississippi were still without power as…
Global Warming: Shrinking ice sheets may free methane reserves
byLondon: Billons of tonnes of the potent greenhouse gas methane locked beneath the Antarctic ice sheet could be released into the atmosphere if enough…
China doesn’t want carrier competition with India
byBeijing: China does not want to “engage in a carrier competition with the US or its Asian neighbours like India”, a state-run Chinese daily said…
Osama was unarmed, almost dead, when ‘killed’, says book
byWashington: Osama bin Laden, the Al Qaeda chief, was unarmed and had already died with a bullet to the brain when the US Navy commandos…