Apr 6 2008
A team of scientists claims to have discovered the first evidence of an under-ice volcanic eruption in Antarctica. Using airborne ice-sounding radar, the scientists from the British Antarctic Survey found a layer of ash produced by a...
Apr 6 2008
The CREAM payload is very close to being cut down. It will happen within the next couple of days. The call to do it is out of my hands, and in the hands of the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility (CSBF) representative here. My role in the cut down is...
Apr 6 2008
Colombo, April 6 (IANS) At least 10 people including a top Sri Lankan cabinet minister were killed and over 50 people wounded in a powerful bomb blast Sunday morning in Sri Lanka’s Gampaha district, located just outside the capital city of Colombo,...
Apr 6 2008
Dharamsala (Himachal Pradesh), April 6 (IANS) The anti-China protests in Tibet have proved that the Tibet issue is here to stay, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said Sunday. “These protests have conveyed to the world that the Tibet issue can...
Apr 6 2008
Today we can hardly imagine a world without that eager listener, confidante, and loyal friend, the teddy bear. But the teddy bear has not always been with us. In fact, the teddy bear did not make its entrance until late in 1902. Then, in one of...
Apr 6 2008
Bangalore, April 06: There is finally some cheer in the Indian camp as Ishant Sharma, who was forced to sit out of the first two Tests against South Africa due a finger injury, has been declared fit and subsequently named in the Indian team’s squad...
Apr 6 2008
KOLKATA: The final decision on hike in fees of IIM Calcutta has been put on hold till May-June this year. The premier management institute will now wait for the recommendations of the newly formed R C Bhargava Committee that will look into the fee...
Apr 6 2008
CHANDIGARH: As hard rains lashed Paramjit Singh’s flattened fields in Nauli, Jalandhar, he squatted in the middle of a heap of ravaged wheat with both hands clutching his head. The unseasonal shower, he said, had finished him as it had laid low the...
Apr 6 2008
MUMBAI: Despite a record jump in global rice prices, rates in India will be stable with the government taking all possible measures to virtually insulate itself from global fluctuations in the commodity. Prices in the Indian market have started falling,...
Apr 6 2008
Harry Potter books - once key decorative pieces in any Dungeons and Dragons lair - have somehow found their way onto academics’ bookshelves. According to a recent CNN article, Yale University now offers classes dedicated to the deconstruction of...