Yearly Archives: 2015

March 9, 2015

Last week, the government banned India’s Daughter, a documentary on the gang-rape and killing of a physiotherapy student in December 2012.

In doing so, the government has kept up with India’s unenviable record of censoring and banning content across different media—print, film and the Internet. It reflects poorly on the world’s most populous democracy.

March 9, 2015

Drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), are a hot ticket in Silicon Valley, but U.S. government dithering over regulations has given overseas companies a head-start in figuring out how best to exploit them.

March 8, 2015

The probe will stay over the Ceres for 16 months to study its structure, gather clues to understand how Earth, other planets were created

Nasa scientists also hope to capture new photos of Ceres once Dawn emerges from the planet’s dark side in April. Photo: AFP

March 8, 2015

Birmingham: Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal’s quest for becoming the first Indian woman to win the most prestigious All England badminton championship ended in agony after she suffered a heart-breaking loss to Spain’s Carolina Marin in the summit clash here on Sunday.

March 8, 2015

Sydney, AUSTRALIA: A 41-year-old Indian IT consultant was brutally stabbed to death in Australia, just 300m from her home, police said today as they launched a probe into the horrific attack.

Prabha Arun Kumar was on the phone to a member of her family when the "horrific" attack happened yesterday in Westmead, a suburb in Sydney.

March 8, 2015

Brief Scorecard: Australia 376 for 9 (Maxwell 102, Smith 72, Clarke 68, Watson 67) beat Sri Lanka 312 (Sangakkara 104, Dilshan 62, Chandimal 52 retired hurt, Faulkner 3-48) by 64 runs

March 8, 2015

One year after a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 carrying 239 people on flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing seemingly vanished into thin air, investigators are no closer to solving aviation’s biggest mystery.

MH370: One year anniversary

March 8, 2015

Srinagar: Hardline separatist leader Masarat Alam, who was released yesterday after four and a half years of detention, today said the PDP-BJP government had done him no favor as his release was part of normal judicial process.

"I have not been done any favor by the government. My release is part of the normal judicial process," Alam told PTI.

March 7, 2015

Brief Scorecard: Pakistan 222 (Misbah 56, Steyn 3-30) beat South Africa 202 (de Villiers 77, Rahat 3-40, Wahab 3-45, Irfan 3-52) by 29 runs (D/L method)

Pakistan get together after a wicket, Pakistan v South Africa, World Cup 2015, Group B, Auckland, March 7, 2015

March 7, 2015

BAGHDAD/ERBIL,Iraq - Islamic State militants have destroyed ancient remains of the 2,000-year-old city of Hatra in northern Iraq, the tourism and antiquities ministry said on Saturday.

The temple in the historic city of Hatra destroyed by the Islamic State militants.