India tests nuke-capable Agni-I missile
byBhubaneswar : India Thursday tested its indigenously developed nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Agni-I missile from a military base in Odisha, official sources said. The missile, which…
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New technology automatically updates online data
byTel Aviv : Popular websites Wikipedia and Tripadvisor rely on public participation to build up their pool of information, in a process known as…
Facebook to be valued at over $100 bn in 2012
byLondon : Social network Facebook is preparing to allow private investors to invest in the website next year, and hopes its first offering will…
300 years of British newspapers put online
byLondon : Around 65 million newspaper articles over the last 300 years were put online Tuesday in a new archive by the British Library….
Man sitting 2,000 miles away helps catch thief
byLondon : A computer expert helped catch a thief, who was 2,000 miles away, with the help of an in-built camera in a stolen…
NASA to play host to Himachal school students
byNew Delhi: Nearly 60 students from a Himachal Pradesh school are scheduled to visit US space agency NASA’s centres next month to study robotics…
Social networking added zest to Eid celebrations in Kashmir valley
bySrinagar: In a culture where party culture is looked down upon, social networking sites in this Himalayan region is not only helping people to…
Hydrogen powered truck developed
bySydney: A prototype, developed by researchers, could successfully show the way to developing hydrogen-powered trucks and ensure clean, green and silent transportation. The prototype…
Lutetia asteroid, relic of a stillborn planet
byLondon: A potato-shaped asteroid observed by a European space probe last year may be the remnant of an ancient stillborn planet, say scientists. “This…
Scientists to study early melting of Amarnath ice lingam
byDehra Dun : Concerned at the melting of the ice Shiva lingam in the Amarnath cave, which is visited by lakhs of pilgrums annually…