Haryana : Azad Singh steps out of his computer lab to call his students in for a class, one wonders if anyone will pay heed. But surprisingly, at his call, a posse of girls – who tower over him – come rushing to the laboratory. He orders them to mind their ways, stop giggling and […]
London : A 12-year-old Indian-origin girl in UK has stunned everyone after she scored an incredible 162 on her IQ test – even higher than Einstein and Stephen Hawking. Neha Ramu, daughter of an Indian doctor couple, achieved a score of 162 on a Mensa IQ test – the highest score possible for her age. […]
Washington : United States has selected the 23-year-old Delhi student, who was fatally gang raped in a moving bus, for the International Women of Courage Award. The award would be presented posthumously by the First Lady Michelle Obama and the Secretary of State John Kerry, on March 8, an official announcement said yesterday. “For millions […]
Jalandhar : 11 children have died after the school bus they were travelling in collided with a truck in village Gahir in Punjab’s Jalandhar district this morning. The driver of the bus also died in the accident. Police says around ten others were injured and have been moved to a nearby hospital. “Seven students died […]
Karimganj : An earthquake of moderate intensity, measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale, jolted India-Bangladesh border here today. The quake, which struck at 07:01 AM today, was measured 5.2 on the Richter scale, the India Meteorological Department said. The epicentre of the quake was located at 24.8 degrees north on the latitude and 92.2 degrees […]
New York : An Australian billionaire is getting ready to build a new version of the Titanic that could set sail in late 2016. Clive Palmer unveiled blueprints for the famously doomed ship’s namesake on Tuesday at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York. He said construction is scheduled to start soon […]
Cape Canaveral : NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity, dispatched to learn if the planet ever had ingredients for life, drilled its first bit of powder from inside a potentially water-formed ancient rock, scientists said on Wednesday. The robotic geology station, which landed inside a giant impact basin on August 6 for a two-year mission, transferred about […]
New Delhi : Arguably one of the toughest engineering challenges in hand, the Indian Railways plans to complete the Chenab bridge in Jammu and Kashmir by 2016, making it the world’s highest rail bridge. The arch-shaped bridge across Chenab river-bed in Reasi district, which will be five times the height of Qutub Minar at 359 […]
Russia : More than 500 people were injured when a meteorite shot across the sky and exploded over central Russia on Friday, sending fireballs crashing to Earth, shattering windows and damaging buildings. People heading to work in Chelyabinsk heard what sounded like an explosion, saw a bright light and then felt a shockwave according to […]
Wellington : Soft drinks conglomerate Coca-Cola has said, there is not enough evidence to link the death of an Invercargill woman with her excessive Coke drinking, despite a coroner’s report that found otherwise. Mother-of-eight Natasha Marie Harris, 31, died of cardiac arrhythmia caused by poor nutrition and the effects of caffeine, Southland Coroner David Crerar […]
