Washington: Not just helping us with road directions, finding favourite food joint, photo sharing and chat sessions, smart phones would soon diagnose diseases for us in real time. Researchers from University of Houston are developing a disease diagnostic system that offers results that could be read using only a smart phone and a Rs.1,200 lens […]

New Delhi: Washington ended its nine-year hands-off distance from Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi with U.S. Ambassador Nancy J. Powell meeting him in Gandhinagar on Thursday morning. “This meeting was part of the U.S. Mission’s outreach to senior leaders of India’s major political parties in advance of the upcoming national elections,” said a U.S. Embassy […]

Washington: Apple is reportedly planning to release an updated version of its TV set-top box in first half of 2014 with revamped operating system based more closely on iOS. According to a report by 9to5Mac, the product is already into testing, and is expected to include a version of the App Store to house content […]

Yemen: A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden car on Thursday at Yemen’s Defense Ministry, killing 15 soldiers and wounding at least 40 in an attack underlining the persistent threat to the stability and security of the impoverished Arab nation, military and hospital officials said. Officials said as many as 12 gunmen also were killed in […]

Washington : The sun has put on a spectacular light show in recent days, firing off solar flares and coronal mass ejections that have sent particles from the sun hurtling into space at speeds of over 2,000 km per second. Solar flares are powerful bursts that send light and radiation into space, while coronal mass […]

Washington : President Barack Obama is to nominate Air Force General Philip Breedlove as new NATO commander, after the earlier nominee John Allen decided to retire, according to US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. Hagel announced it Thursday during a press briefing at the Pentagon, saying Obama is nominating Breedlove, commander of US Air Forces in […]

Washington : Osama bin Laden’s spokesman and son-in-law has been captured by the United States, officials said Thursday, in what a senior congressman called a “very significant victory” in the ongoing fight against al-Qaida.Abu Ghaith is expected to be in U.S. federal court in New York on Friday in an initial hearing to face terror […]

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 […]

Washington: Recent satellite photos show North Korea could be almost ready to carry out its threat to conduct a nuclear test, a US research institute said on Friday. The images of the Punggye-ri site where nuclear tests were conducted in 2006 and 2009 reveal that over the past month roads have been kept clear of […]

Washington : Two NASA moon probes, designed to help scientists learn more about the composition of the moon, will be intentionally crashed into a mountain near the moon’s North Pole, the US space agency has said. Mission engineers need to guide the twin Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) probes known as Ebb and Flow […]