Eighty years old Japanese mountaineer, starts Everest ascent
May 18, 2013
An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer has begun his ascent of Mount Everest, in a bid to become the oldest man to reach highest peak in the world. Yuichiro Miura came to worldwide attention in 1970 when he became the first person to ski down Everest.
Social mobilisation key to polio eradication in India: Bill Gates
May 18, 2013
Washington — Expected to be the hardest, polio eradication was made possible in India thanks to social mobilization and mapping of houses refusing the vaccine, according to Microsoft's Bill Gates.
Indian sentenced to three years for human trafficking
May 18, 2013
WASHINGTON: An Indian has been sentenced to three years of imprisonment on charges of trafficking immigrants from India into the United States, the department of justice said.
Meteoroid impact triggers bright flash on the moon
May 18, 2013
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.: An automated telescope monitoring the moon has captured images of an 88-pound (40 kg) rock slamming into the lunar surface, creating a bright flash of light, NASA scientists said on Friday.
Teary-eyed Sreesanth confessed to spot-fixing: Delhi Police
May 18, 2013
NEW DELHI: Indian cricketer and Rajasthan Royals player S Sreesanth on Friday confessed to spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League (IPL), police said.
"Sreesanth has confessed to spot-fixing. He was teary eyed during interrogation," a Delhi Police official said.
Jayalalithaa fires yet another salvo at PM
May 18, 2013
CHENNAI: Charging the Centre with not showing the “necessary alacrity” in constituting the Cauvery Management Board and the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Friday said the formation of the machinery would be the only lasting solution to the travails of farmers in the Cauvery delta.
Data Reveals Immigrants’ Financial Contribution to States
May 17, 2013
LOS ANGELES – In California, Asian and Hispanic immigrants pay nearly $30 billion in federal taxes, $5.2 billion in state income taxes, and $4.6 billion in sales taxes each year.
Hyderabad defend a modest 136 against Rajasthan to inch closer to...
May 17, 2013
Brief Scorecard: Sunrisers Hyderabad 136 for 9 (Samantray 55, Faulkner 5-16) beat Rajasthan Royals 113 for 9 (Mishra 2-8, Steyn 2-17) by 23 runs
Hyderabad's bowlers, once again, rose to the occasion and made life difficult for Rajasthan who ended up at 113/9.
Australian jailed for 45 years for raping and killing Indian girl
May 17, 2013
MELBOURNE: A 21-year-old Australian man was sentenced to 45 years in jail with a minimum non-parole period of 30 years for the "planned and premeditated" rape and murder of Indian student Tosha Thakkar, who he strangled to death, stuffed into a suitcase and dumped in a canal.
Indo-US cooperation in education to increase
May 17, 2013
Washington — India and the US will further expand cooperation in the knowledge sector, Human Resource Development Minister Pallam Raju said here during a round table discussion on the US-India Academic Partnership.
The round table was organized by the International Institute of Education to discuss issues such as collaboration in the field of community colleges and promoting online courses and technology enabled education.
