Washington, April 9 (IANS) An Indian-origin researcher at Stanford University has developed a clever chemistry kit for your kid that he/she would love to use, even if he/she hates the subject! Manu Prakash, a bioengineer at Stanford, has developed a new hand-crank operated chemistry set for kids that won him $50,000 (Rs.30 lakh) as first prize […]
Washington, April 9 (IANS) Louisiana’s Indian American Governor Bobby Jindal, a potential 2016 presidential candidate, will headline a major Republican fundraising event in the early primary state of South Carolina. Jindal will address the ‘Silver Elephant Dinner’, the finale of the state Republican Party’s annual convention in Columbia, on June 6, CNN reported noting “the state […]
Washington, April 9 (IANS) Imagine a computer that does not required to be ‘powered on’ all the time to protect your data and can work fine even on ‘normally off’ mode? This would result in eliminating volatile memory, which requires power to maintain stored data, and reducing the gigantic energy losses associated with it – radically […]
Aizawl, April 7 (IANS) Ahead of the April 9 voting for the state’s lone Lok Sabha seat, Mizoram Police seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition in the state, police said here Monday. “Four AK-47 assault rifles and one machine gun were recovered from two suspected gun smugglers from Champhai town (in eastern Mizoram) along […]
Agartala, April 7 (IANS) A quarter of Tripura’s electorate cast their ballot till 10 a.m. Monday as polling was held in one of the two constituencies in the state, an official said. Balloting took place in West Tripura constituency with no untoward incidents reported so far, officials said. “Long queues were seen in most of the […]
Agartala, April 7 (IANS) Polling in one of the two Lok Sabha seats in Tripura began Monday in the first phase of India’s general election, officials said. Around 1.2 million voters are eligible to vote in the Tripura West constituency. Polling for the Tripura East seat will be held April 12. The 13 candidates in Monday’s […]
Agartala, April 7 (IANS) Voting for one of the two Lok Sabha seats in Tripura began Monday in the first phase of India’s general election, officials said. Around 1.2 million voters are eligible to vote in the Tripura West constituency. Polling for the Tripura East seat will be held April 12.
Perth, April 7 (IANS) A Malaysian government official has revealed that the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 avoided Indonesian airspace after leaving Kuala Lumpur, The Sydney Morning Herald reported Monday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorised to talk to the media, said Indonesian authorities said the plane did not […]
Tokyo, April 7 (IANS) US Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel Sunday urged China not to take unilateral action to resolve territorial disputes with its neighbours, saying Beijing must use its “great power” responsibly. “Great powers have great responsibilities. And China is a great power,” Press TV quoted Hagel as saying during a visit to Japan, which […]
Tokyo, April 7 (IANS/EFE) The US will deploy two more destroyers equipped with anti-missile systems in Japan prior to 2017 in response to the recent provocations by North Korea, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Sunday. In response to North Korea’s “pattern of provocative and destabilising actions” that violate UN resolutions, Hagel – at a Tokyo […]