Chennai:The 71-hour countdown for the launch of 1,858 kg RISAT-1, India’s radar imaging satellite, the heaviest one to be lifted by ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle commenced this morning. “The countdown for radar sensing satellite RISAT-1 started on Monday morning at... (Continue reading)
Washington: Some corals could survive global warming, say scientists. An international team, working in the central Pacific, has discovered that coral, which has survived heat stress in the past, is more likely to survive it in the future, the PLoS... (Continue reading)
New Delhi: Promoters of Essar Group and Loop Telecom, named as accused in a case flowing out of the 2G scam, on Saturday appeared before a Delhi court. Essar group promoters Ravi and Anshuman Ruia and Loop Telecom promoters I P... (Continue reading)
Chennai: With pressure mounting on the Tamil Nadu government to ease the acute power situation, the Centre on Saturday hoped that it would “very soon” commission the Kudankulam nuclear power project as the state government was “very very positive” to... (Continue reading)
New Delhi:The U.S.-based search engine Google Inc on Thursday told a Delhi court that that it has aleady removed alleged objectionable contents from its web posts as it was aware of its responsibility as a service provider. The search engine, in... (Continue reading)
Washington: Indian companies have invested more than $26 billion in the US in the last five years and the IT companies employ more than one lakh people in that country, New Delhi’s top diplomat in Washington has said. “Indian companies are... (Continue reading)
Washington: Facebook can terminate services of its chief Mark Zuckerberg at any time for any reason, or even without a reason, but the social networking giant’s founder and CEO also enjoys similar exit rights. As per Facebook’s employment agreement with Mr.... (Continue reading)
New York: Facebook’s top executives, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, are eligible for twice-a-year bonuses of up to 45 per cent of their base salaries and other earnings, according to a Wednesday regulatory filing. Facebook Inc. said in a filing with the... (Continue reading)
Washington: Aneesh Chopra, President Barack Obama’s first IT czar and the highest-ranking Indian-American in the White House, is stepping down after three years of groundbreaking work aimed at advancing the government’s technology agenda, amid reports that he... (Continue reading)
San Fransisco: Twitter has refined its technology so it can censor messages on a country-by-country basis. The additional flexibility announced on Thursday is likely to raise fears that Twitter’s commitment to free speech may be weakening as the short-messaging company expands... (Continue reading)