Bangladesh crackdown on bloggers escalates
byBangladesh should immediately drop charges against and release four bloggers and a newspaper editor arrested this month – Human Rights Watch
Science/Tech
Boston attacks happened without warning
byBoston/Washington, April 16 (IANS) The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is taking the lead in investigating the double bombing that killed at least three…
Google doodle celebrates India’s first passenger train
byNew Delhi, April 16 (IANS) With a chugging train trailing a plume of smoke in a backdrop of palm trees and what looks like…
Now, Kama Sutra poses in 3D on smartphone
byLondon: This is one app which may be best avoided fiddling with while driving to workplace or when kids are around. But many users…
Transformer failure shuts down reactor at Madras Atomic Power Station
byChennai, April 15 (IANS) A unit of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd’s (NPCIL) Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) tripped Monday morning due…
Kerala, Australia to work together on IT
byThiruvananthapuram, April 15 (IANS) An Australian High Commission delegation from New Delhi, headed by high commissioner Patrick Suckling, visited Technopark here and met Kerala…
Iran denies radiation leak at Bushehr n-plant
byTehran, April 15 (IANS) Iran has dismissed as baseless the media reports suggesting possible radiation leakage at Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) due to…
Ecuador to launch first domestically produced satellite
byQuito, April 15 (IANS/EFE) Ecuador will send its first domestically produced satellite into orbit in late April from a launch centre in China, said…
Indian envoy seeks more US visas for high-skilled workers
byWashington, April 15 (IANS) Indian Ambassador Nirupama Rao has sought a generous American visa policy for high-skilled workers from India saying it would help…
Fancy gadgets continues to grip more lovers
byAny person who loves gadgets is so much gripped by any new gizmo possessed that one would not get enough of it even by…