Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard Medical School have developed a biocompatible and highly stretchable optical fiber which can be implanted in the body to deliver therapeutic pulses of light or light up at the first sign of disease. According to the study, the researchers suggested that such stretchable, strain-sensing optical fibers […]
The UN Security Council strongly condemned the recent failed ballistic missile launch conducted by the North Korea. In a press statement, the 15-nation council said on Monday that the attempted launch is a grave violation of the North Korea’s obligations under Security Council resolutions, Xinhua news agency reported. South Korea’s military said on October 16 […]
The United States military has confirmed that it has deployed troops on the frontlines, in the offensive to retake the city of Mosul from Daesh (ISIL) terrorists, media reports said. Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve, the US-led coalition fighting IS in Iraq is mostly made up of Iraqi and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters. In […]
Seeking to create jobs at home and stabilise the economy following the Brexit vote, British Prime Minister Theresa May will be leading a trade mission to India next month in her first major official visit outside Europe. May will be taking along some of the best of British business to India during her three-day visit […]
Saudi Arabia on Sunday announced the appointment of Thamer Al-Sabhan as the first Minister of State for Arabian Gulf Affairs at the Foreign Ministry, the media reported. Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ordered the creation of the post and named Al-Sabhan as the minister in charge of the region-related affairs, Xinhua news agency […]
A participant of a new TV show says that once after meeting reality TV star Kim Kardashian, he was turned off women for life. The man named Jimmy Ladgrove, an Australian, had met Kim five years ago for a special date. He was a student back when he entered a creative competition on Facebook, where […]
The UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, to be held in Ecuador on October 17-20, will set global standards of achievement in sustainable urban development for the next 20 years. The meeting, also known as Habitat III, will attract 45,000 participants from around the world, including UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, according to Ecuador’s […]
Actor Matthew McConaughey thought his wife Camila Alves would refuse his marriage proposal as the model did not say anything when the actor proposed to her. The 46-year-old has been happily married to Alves for four years, but he wasn’t convinced she was going to accept him when he got down on one knee, reports […]
Actor Jaden Smith says he used to feel like a vampire earlier. The 18-year-old, who is the son of actor Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, shares that there was a period in his life where he couldn’t expose himself to the sun, reports mirror.co.uk. “During a period of my life, I was Gothic. I […]
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said India and Russia were both interested in deepening “constructive multilateral cooperation” to help rebuild war-torn Afghanistan where decisive action was needed to defeat terrorism. In an interview with IANS and Sputnik news agencies, Putin said Afghanistan was of concern as the “situation on the territory between India and Russia […]