Chandigarh, Dec 29 Microsoft founder Bill Gates, one of the richest men in the world, as also one of the most powerful in the field of technology, has no ego, says Gurdeep Singh Pall, global head of Skype, the popular and free international voice and messaging service. Chandigarh-born software engineer Pall, who was named as […]
New Delhi, Dec 27 As India and Pakistan seek to resume dialogue and normalization of relations, on a quieter and non-controversial footing, a cross-border group of automobile enthusiasts will have dozens of their old but elegant beauties roll down the streets and have people’s heads turn — courtesy a vintage car rally in Lahore. Around […]
Washington, Dec 28 After the successful replacement of a faulty ammonia coolant pump module on Christmas eve by US astronauts, a pair of Russian cosmonauts wrapped up a record eight-hour spacewalk on Dec 27 – in a bid to install photographic equipment on the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS). Commander Oleg Kotov and […]
New Delhi, Dec 28 India’s indigenous Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA) completed 500 sorties in a year, achieving another milestone after attaining initial operational clearance last week. According to a defence ministry release issued Saturday, 500 sorties by Tejas completed Friday, are the highest by the aircraft in a calendar year. The highest number of […]
Shanghai, Dec 19 India is one of the largest export after-sales market for auto components but trade with the country was still poor owing to more demand of cheaper variants, Chinese auto parts makers have said. They say prices of auto parts sold in India were on an average 30 to 40 percent cheaper than […]
Jammu, Dec 18 Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday said that the economic autonomy of the state was linked to the tapping of its hydro power potential. Addressing people in the Surankote area of Poonch district, where he laid the foundation stone of the Rs.640.40 crore 37.50 MW Parnia hydro-electric power project, he […]
Washington, Dec 18 Executives of leading tech companies Tuesday pressed US President Barack Obama to “move aggressively” to scale back the National Security Agency’s electronic surveillance practice. The executives of the high-tech companies, including Google, Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo and AT&T, met with Obama in the White House Tuesday afternoon, Xinhua reported. “We appreciated the opportunity […]
Washington, Dec 18 US space agency NASA said Tuesday that a series of spacewalks will be necessary to repair a faulty cooling system on the International Space Station. Under the current plan, two US astronauts, Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins, will venture outside the space station on three separate days of December — 21, 23 […]
New Delhi, Dec 18 Waste water treatment facilities can be hotspots for the spread of antibiotic resistance in bacteria, making them immune to drugs that fight infection, a report said Wednesday. Compiled by 26 experts from around the world, including Chand Wattal who chairs the department of microbiology at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in the […]
New Delhi, Dec 6 The smooth conduct of India’s elections and the efficient use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) and other technology are an eye-opener for many foreign delegations that came here to observe Indian democracy in action. “Despite being the biggest democracy and having a multi-party system, where the chances of problems in the […]