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Tianhe-2: World’s fastest Supercomputer developed by China

China achieved a big breakthrough in the field of supercomputers as it successfully developed fastest supercomputer in the world, named, Tianhe-2. About Tianhe-2: Supercomputer developed by China’s National University...

June 19, 2013

By 2028, India to become most populous nation: UN report

As per the latest report titled World Population Prospects — The 2012 Revision, released by the United Nations, India will become the most populous country in the world...

June 18, 2013

British government warns airlines not to fly Snowden to the U.K.

The U.K. government has warned air carriers not to fly the U.S. National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden to Britain as he is “highly likely to be refused...

June 18, 2013

U.S. Supreme Court forbids human genes from being patented

Giving a jolt to medical and biotechnology industries, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that companies cannot patent parts of naturally-occurring human genes. This judgment reverses three decades of...

June 18, 2013

The US Congress was well informed on PRISM: Obama administration

As per senior Obama administration officials, including the Directors of the FBI and of national intelligence, members of Congress were well informed about the surveillance program that included...

June 16, 2013

Prism scandal: India among top 5 most monitored nations

As per reports in the UK newspaper, The Guardian, India is among the top 5 countries most extensively monitored by the NationalSecurity Agency (NSA), a US government agency tasked with foreign...

June 16, 2013

U.S. to supply arms to Syria rebels

For the first time the U.S. has openly promised the Syrian rebels to supply weapons as it claims to have found evidence the Syrian regime using chemical weapons....

June 16, 2013

Facebook unveils first data centre outside U.S. in Sweden

Social networking website Facebook opened its first data centre outside the United States, in Luleaa, a coastal Swedish town near the Arctic Circle. With this, Facebook joins Google and...

June 15, 2013

American author Lydia Davis wins Man Booker International Prize 2013

American author Lydia Davis has been announced the winner of Man Booker International Prize 2013. She was chosen winner out of ten shortlisted authors.  About Man Booker International Prize 2013 The prize,...

June 15, 2013

India-US collaborate on Space Solar Power Initiative

Working in the direction of realizing the idea of tapping solar energy from space and beaming it to earth to meet the energy needs of the future and...

June 13, 2013

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