Tiny particle may decide our universe’s fate
September 15, 2013
The heaviest of all known elementary particles, the top quark could decide the fate of the universe
New York: The universe may end in another 10 billion years or sooner if the heaviest of all the known elementary particles - the top quark - is even heavier than previously thought, scientists say.
Early childhood deaths halved since 1990: report
September 15, 2013
Around 6.6 million children died before their fifth birthday last year, compared to 12.6 million in 1990.
Internally displaced Somali children play in a hut made from twigs and tattered cloth at an IDP camp in 2011
Bank locker found at Kedarnath, Rs 1.90 crore recovered
September 15, 2013
DEHRADUN: Rs 1.90 crore in cash were recovered from a bank locker pulled out of the debris at Kedarnath during cleaning operations prior to resumption of prayers at the Himalayan shrine on September 11, a senior police official said on Sunday.
BJP has committed ‘political suicide’ by nominating Modi PM candidate, Congress...
September 15, 2013
NEW DELHI: Accusing Narendra Modi of being "desperate" to become Prime Minister, Congress on Sunday said it will remain a "pipe-dream" and the "divisive" leader's nomination will help the UPA to return to power for a third term.
Obama rejects Putin’s claim on Syria chemical weapons attack, exchanges letters...
September 15, 2013
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin's claim that Syrian rebels were responsible for an August 21 chemical gas attack but, in an interview broadcast on Sunday, he welcomed Putin's diplomatic role in the crisis.
World’s oldest man dies at 112 in New York state
September 15, 2013
WASHINGTON/KANSAS CITY: The world's oldest man, a gin rummy-playing, one-time sugarcane worker born in Spain, has died at 112 in New York state, a funeral home said on Saturday.
Pakistani ‘Father of Taliban’ keeps watch over loyal disciples
September 15, 2013
AKORA KHATTAK (Pakistan): He is known as the Father of the Taliban, a radical Pakistani cleric who calls the Taliban's one-eyed leader an "angel" and runs a seminary described as the University of Jihad.
No designer blouses, jeans for women employees in Karnataka: State govt
September 15, 2013
BANGALORE: Drape yourself in nine yards or cover yourself from head-to-toe is what the Karnataka government is willy-nilly telling its women employees.
Obama says US remains prepared to act on Syria if diplomacy...
September 14, 2013
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama welcomed the deal reached on Saturday to strip Syria of chemical weapons but said much remains to be done and warned Damascus to comply with the accord.
Soon, Chennai moms can deliver baby in lap of luxury
September 14, 2013
CHENNAI: Women in the city who have the money will no more have to give birth in cramped labour wards surrounded by surgical equipment and stark white and green walls.
