The World Population Day was observed across the world on July 11. The theme for year 2014 is “Invest in Young People today, to ensure a Bright Future“....
A study has attributed the dramatic increase in earthquakes in central Oklahoma since 2009 to subsurface wastewater injection at a few wastewater disposal wells. As per researchers, Oklahoma...
Granville Austin (87), a distinguished scholar of India’s Constitution and a Padma Shri awardee, passed away in Washington. Austin wrote two critically acclaimed political histories of the Indian...
In the honor of Akhouri Sinha, a distinguished Indian-American scientist whose ground-breaking biological research expedition has provided vital data about animal populations, the United States has named a...
In a dramatic shift in policy, Japan changed its stance of its post-war pacifism by revoking a ban that has kept the military from fighting abroad since 1945....
A new biochip sensor that can selectively measure glucose concentrations in a complex fluid like saliva has been developed by scientists at Brown University in the US. It...
World’s largest international maritime exercise named RIMPAC 2014 began on June 26. The mega drill will see participation of navies from 23 countries. The United States has sent...
Air India Ltd has joined the Star Alliance group of carriers. The move could help enhance revenues at the loss-making state-run air carrier. Thus, Air India has become...
The Indian Patent Office (IPO) has denied a patent on US firm Abraxis BioSciences’ anti-cancer drug ‘Abraxane’. The application was rejected on the grounds that the drug lacked invention, not being...
Juan Manuel Santos has secured another term as the President of Colombia as he has won the recently held presidential poll. His victory symbolizes peoples support to his...
