Wheat rust: The fungal disease that threatens to destroy the world...
April 20, 2014
Scientists are warning that wheat is facing a serious threat from a fungal disease that could wipe out the world's crop if not quickly contained.
Malaysian plane search enters 44th day, sea bed scans could end...
April 20, 2014
The air, surface and underwater search is now focused on footage taken by a U.S. Navy deep sea drone, which has narrowed its target range to a tight 10-km circle of sea floor
Bluefin-21 autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV)
Singapore PM urges people to accept foreigners
April 20, 2014
SINGAPORE: Mr. Lee Hsien Loong urged Singaporeans to show that "we are generous of spirit and welcome visitors into our midst, even as we manage the foreign population here"
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
Scientists produce thinnest feasible membrane
April 20, 2014
LONDON: Scientists have produced a new nano-membrane, made out of the 'super material' graphene, which is over 100,000 times thinner than the diameter of a human hair.
The new membrane is as thin as is technologically possible and can open the door to a new generation of functional waterproof clothing and ultra-rapid filtration, researchers said.
Anger mounts after bodies found trapped inside sunken South Korean ferry
April 19, 2014
More than 200 people, many of whom teenage students, are still missing
Duminy takes Daredevils home against KKR
April 19, 2014
Brief Scorecard: Delhi Daredevils 167 for 6 (Karthik 56, Duminy 52*) beat v Kolkata Knight Riders 166 for 5 (Uthappa 55, Pandey 48) by 4 wickets
An electrifying half-century from JP Duminy helped Delhi complete a tricky chase to beat Kolkata by 4 wickets
Pope Good Friday service underscores plight of the suffering
April 19, 2014
ROME: The plight of immigrants, the poor, the sick, the elderly, unemployed and prisoners dominated Pope Francis' Good Friday service at Rome's Colosseum as he led Catholics around the world in commemorating the day Jesus died.
Pakistani madrassa names library after bin Laden
April 19, 2014
A controversial Pakistani cleric who runs an Islamic seminary for girls in the capital of Islamabad has named the school’s newly built library in honor of Osama bin Laden, his spokesman and a school administrator said on Friday.
Barack Obama signs bill aimed at blocking Iran’s UN envoy
April 19, 2014
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama signed legislation Friday aimed at blocking Iran's chosen ambassador to the United Nations because of his ties to the 1979 takeover of the US Embassy in Tehran. But the president says he is only treating the legislation as guidance.
US President "Barack Obama"
Is Padmanabhaswamy temple gold getting pilfered? Fears of fake replacements
April 19, 2014
NEW DELHI: The untold riches of Thiruvananthapuram's Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple, which was discovered three years ago and was estimated at Rs 1 lakh crore, may be getting pilfered, an explosive report on the state of affairs in the temple submitted to the Supreme Court said.
