February 12, 2015
Before this century ends, the Southwest and Central Plains states are likely to shrivel under a decades-long mega drought worse than those that ended the Ancestral Pueblo civilization in the last millennia, a new study finds.
A dry reservoir bed near San Jose, California, January 21, 2014.
Flipkart, Snapdeal, others in line of fire as e-trade tax near top of states’ Budget wish list
February 12, 2015
Online retailers like Flipkart, Snapdeal and Lenskart have come in states' line of fire with some of them urging Union finance minister Arun Jaitley to impose higher taxes to discourage web-based shopping that takes place cutting across state borders.
February 12, 2015
Paris has emerged both the sexiest and most romantic city in the world, according to US travelers in a wide sweeping survey ahead of Valentine’s Day.
Couple kissing in rain at night near the Louvre, Paris, France.
February 11, 2015
New Delhi: Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar on Wednesday revealed he was so heartbroken by India's first round exit in 2007 World Cup that he thought of retiring from cricket.
India Cricket Legend: Sachin Tendulkar
February 11, 2015
Could the Big Bang theory be wrong? A proposed new model of the universe argues yes — the universe has no origin point at all.
Abstract model of Big Bang in outer space.
February 11, 2015
NEW DELHI, INDIA – “It’s like Doomsday,” groaned 36-year-old Sakshi Mehrotra as she waited for her coffee to arrive at Starbucks, Select City Walk, Saket. As the AAP wave swept the city on Tuesday, in Mehrotra’s circle, it left a ripple of disquiet. “My friends on Facebook say they want to move to another city. To be ruled by the jhadoo, and that Mufflerman!” she said, voice curling with disdain.
February 10, 2015
Around 40 per cent of the world’s population has an Internet connection, accounting for over 3 billion users. These users are constantly searching, increasingly connecting and continuously exchanging information with each other.
Do you know that you leave a digital footprint every time you get online?
February 10, 2015
Louisiana – Gov. Bobby Jindal on Monday slammed liberals for being "obsessed with race," calling it "silly" to divide people by their race.
February 10, 2015
New Delhi: A confused and divided Bharatiya Janata Party, which was riding high following the landslide victory in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and consecutive wins in the Assembly elections in four states, has been steamrolled by the two-year-old Aam Aadmi Party in the Delhi Assembly elections.
Arvind Kejriwal’s ‘swachh Delhi abhiyaan’, Aam Aadmi Party makes Delhi BJP and Congress ‘mukt’
February 10, 2015
New Delhi: A tsunami, a clean sweep, a thunderstorm or a duststorm- call it what you may but one thing that is crystal clear is that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has done what no other party has been able to do in the electoral history of India.