Saturn to be closest to Earth Sunday for decade
byMumbai, April 27 (IANS) Planet Saturn will come close to Earth Sunday – its closest position till 2023 – and will be visible directly…
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Indian American students shine in California science fair
byNew York, April 27 (IANS) Indian American students shone in this years’s California State Science Fair, grabbing the top award, six first place honours…
Kerala to host country’s first meet on travel technology
byThiruvananthapuram, April 27 (IANS) The country’s first international event on travel technologies will be held in Kerala, with the objective of helping the travel…
Freighter docks with space station despite antenna glitch
byMoscow, April 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Progress M-19M space freighter docked with the International Space Station (ISS) despite having failed to deploy one of…
Indian American wins Wharton School award
byNew York, April 26 (IANS) ZenKars, a venture of an Indian American and his friend, won the 2013 Perlman Prize at the 2013 Wharton…
Samsung’s Q1 profit surges on smartphone sales
bySeoul, April 26 (IANS) Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest maker of handsets, memory chips and flat screens, said Friday that its operating profit surged…
Indian researchers get generous fillip from EU
byNew Delhi, April 26 (IANS) An over 2.2-million-euros grant to research the mysteries of the human DNA in a lab in France – that’s…
Bill Clinton gets 400,000-plus Twitter followers
byWashington, April 26 (IANS/EFE) Former US President Bill Clinton has joined Twitter and attracted more than 400,000 followers within 24 hours on the social…
Gilt edged profits as online shopping goes viral
byNew Delhi: You know online shopping has come of age in India when gold prices dip and coins are immediately made available in virtual…
Checking your mobile phone is contagious!
byLondon, April 26 (IANS) Researchers have now found why we often feel such a strong urge to glance at our handset: checking your mobile…