Cape Canaveral (US):NASA today launched a new communication satellite to stay in touch with its space station astronauts and relay more Hubble telescope images. An unmanned Atlas V rocket blasted into the starry night sky carrying the Tracking and Data Relay... (Continue reading)
New Delhi: Moving a step closer to completing its nuclear triad, India today successfully test fired a ballistic missile, with a strike range of around 1500 kilometres, from an underwater platform in Bay of Bengal. “The medium range K-5 ballistic missile... (Continue reading)
Washington:A little known Austrian physicist may have contributed to Einstein’s famous equation E=mc2, US scientists have claimed. In a study to be published in the European Physical Journal H, Stephen Boughn from Haverford College in Pensylvannia and Tony Rothman from Princeton... (Continue reading)
Beijing:The display of India’s military strength, specially the intercontinental ballistic missle Agni-V, has been highlighted by Chinese official media here today. The highlight of the 100-minute Republic Day parade was the display of nuclear-capable Agni-V, capable of striking targets some 6,000... (Continue reading)
London:A stunning supercar has smashed the world record for acceleration after hitting nearly 300 kmph in just over 13 seconds. Supercar Hennessey Venom GT created the world’s fastest accelerating motor record by beating the previous record of 0-300 kmph in 14.53... (Continue reading)
London:A lump of rock which crash-landed on Earth in a meteorite shower may hold evidence of ‘alien life’ within it, a leading UK scientist has claimed. The two-inch wide lump of space rock, that fell in central Sri Lanka in December,... (Continue reading)
New Delhi: The IT Ministry has sought changes in the duty structure for import of components so as to promote domestic manufacturing of electronic products, Communications and IT Minister Kapil Sibal said today. “It is cheaper to import the components with... (Continue reading)
London:New astonishing pictures by the European Space Agency have revealed a 1500 km long and 7 kilometre wide river that once ran across Mars. The agency’s Mars Express imaged the striking upper part of the remnants of Reull Vallis river on... (Continue reading)
Nashik: Against the backdrop of rising crime against women, three youths from Nashik have developed a software with the help of which women can raise an alarm and seek help in time of distress. Android software developer Gunwant Battashe (23), engineer... (Continue reading)
New Delhi:India may sign a commercial pact with French power major Areva for building two nuclear power reactors at Jaitapur in Maharashtra during the visit of French President Francois Hollande here next month. “We have set our objective that before the... (Continue reading)