Beijing, April 9 (IANS) Large, pictorial warnings on tobacco packets leads to greater motivation among smokers to quit and lowers motivation among non-smokers to start up, a World Health Organisation (WHO) report has said. “Evidence from around the world shows that large, pictorial warnings significantly increase effectiveness of pack warning labels by increasing knowledge, awareness and […]
New York, April 5 Not happy with the current network providers to your mobile phone? You might soon get a better option – Google! After providing the world’s most popular phone software and offering one of the fastest broadband speeds in the US, Google is now planning to become your mobile network operator. According to […]
Washington, April 4 The government acknowledged Thursday that the US Agency for International Development launched a project in Cuba to create a Twitter-like social network to increase Cubans’ access to information but rejected describing the programme as covert. “Suggestions this was a covert programme are wrong,” White House press secretary Jay Carney said during his […]
Washington, April 4 New gravity data from the Cassini spacecraft showed that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s smaller moons, harbours a large, possibly regional subsurface ocean with a rocky seafloor. The study, published Thursday in the US journal Science, indicated that a roughly 10-km-thick layer of liquid water lies beneath 30 to 40 km of crustal […]
London, April 3 (IANS) The secret about when the midnight romance under a full-blown moon night on earth began is out. A heartening discovery by an international team of planetary scientists has revealed that the moon formed nearly 100 million years after the start of the solar system. “We were excited to find a ‘geological clock’ […]
Bangalore, April 3 (IANS) Agitating workers of auto maker Toyota India resorted to an indefinite fast as a stand-off with the company’s management continued 10 days after a week-long lockout was lifted March 24. “As the management is not ready to consider our demand that it should not insist on signing a conduct letter to resume […]
Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian today announced Sydney Trains customers can now enjoy uninterrupted mobile phone coverage in the CBD and surrounding areas, with reception live in the city’s underground tunnels. Mobile coverage for the T4 Eastern Suburbs Line has been switched on this week, completing the roll out of 18,000 metres of cabling in […]
Picture this: Robots braving bullets while ferrying weapons and ammunition to soldiers on the battle front. Or, a robotic arm resembling the human variety that can work in hazardous areas like blast furnaces. Students at IIT-Roorkeeare swotting to turn these ideas into reality. At the leafy Indian Institute of Trechnology-Roorkee (IIT-Roorkee campus, a group of PhD students is […]
New Delhi/Chennai, April 1 Automobile manufacturers Tuesday reported a decline in March sales due to prevailing economic slowdown coupled with high fuel and interest costs. Passenger car major Maruti Suzuki’s total sales declined by 5.5 percent during last month at 113,350 units from 119,937 units. Domestic sales in March fell by 5.2 percent at 102,269 units […]
Washington, March 28 (IANS) In his first public appearance as the new Indian-American CEO of Microsoft Satya Nadella made a break from the company’s long-standing Window-centric world view to unveil Office suite for rival Apple’s popular tablet iPad. “It’s a beautiful set of applications,” said Hyderabad-born Nadella, only the third CEO in the software giant’s 39-year […]