Yearly Archives: 2015
NASA Finds Mystery ‘Pyramid’ On Dwarf Planet
July 1, 2015
Scientists are investigating a mysterious, pyramid-shaped mountain on the surface of Ceres.
Dwarf Planet Ceres
The triangular peak was spotted by NASA's Dawn spacecraft as it orbited 2,700 miles above the distant dwarf planet.
The mountain towers three miles above Ceres' flat surface - more than half the height of Everest.
Pak terror groups want to target Amarnath yatra, warn intel sources
July 1, 2015
Pakistan terror groups have sent members to Jammu and Kashmir with orders to plan fidayeen or suicide attacks targeting the annual Amarnath Yatra, said intelligence sources to NDTV.
They added that the government in Kashmir and the Centre have been alerted to the security concerns for the pilgrimage made by thousands to a shrine high in the Himalayas in South Kashmir.
‘Indian Ocean not India’s backyard’: PLA
July 1, 2015
BEIJING – The Indian Ocean (IO) region is not India’s “backyard”, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has said, adding that upholding this perception has the potential to trigger clashes in the region.
Launch of Digital India: Rs 4.5 lakh crore investment and 18 lakh employment
July 1, 2015
NEW DELHI – PM Modi kicks off its pet project 'Digital India' that aims to connect all gram panchayats by broadband internet, promote e-governance, and transform India into a knowledge economy.
Zimbabwe President To Obama: Will You Marry Me?
June 30, 2015
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe jokingly said he would travel to the White House and propose to U.S. President Barack Obama, who lauded a historic Supreme Court ruling that made same-sex marriage legal in all 50 American states last week.
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe
Isis, a year of the caliphate: Six things Google still can’t tell us about...
June 30, 2015
Despite Isis’ rapid expansion across the Middle East in the past year and its finely-tuned propaganda machine boasting of victories and brutal assaults, there is still a lot we cannot know for sure about the terror group.
Cricket: Rahane to lead India in Zimbabwe
June 29, 2015
MUMBAI: Ajinkya Rahane will lead a second-string Indian team for the short limited-overs series against Zimbabwe, Sandeep Patil, the chairman of selectors, announced on Monday (June 29).
Ex-ISI chief disputes US claim, says Osama died ‘natural death’
June 29, 2015
Four years after the US reported that its Navy Seals killed Osama bin Laden during a raid in Abbottabad, former Pakistan Inter State Intelligence chief Lt General (retd) Hameed Gul claims that the Al Qaeda chief died a "natural death" in 2005.
Recent East Coast shark attacks puzzle experts, scare beachgoers
June 29, 2015
Nobody seems sure why there have been more than the usual number of shark attacks in the Carolinas this summer. But the simple fact is that there are both more sharks and more swimmers, according to tourism experts and shark experts. And that’s a recipe for a cross-species surf war, albeit not one either sharks or most humans seek.
China’s Great Wall ‘is disappearing’
June 29, 2015
Around 30 percent of China's Ming-era Great Wall has disappeared over time as adverse natural conditions and reckless human activities – including stealing the bricks to build houses – erode the UNESCO World Heritage site, state media reported.
The Great Wall of China was first constructed in the third century BC
