January 29, 2014
In experiments that could open a new era in stem cell biology, scientists have found a cheap and easy way to reprogramme mature cells from mice back into an embryonic-like state that allowed them to generate many types of tissue.
January 29, 2014
JAMMU: Forty-three kg of gold and 57,000 kg of silver offered by devotees at the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi temple in Jammu and Kashmir have been found to be fake, an RTI application has revealed.
January 29, 2014
MUMBAI: The executive suite is not the only place that is greying in India's 40-year-old information technology sector.
Indian IT sector worforce policy requires change
January 29, 2014
President Obama's address served as the opening salvo in a midterm election fight for control of Congress that will quickly consume Washington's attention.
"I'm eager to work with all of you," Obama told the lawmakers gathered for the annual speech.
January 29, 2014
NEW DELHI: In India, even after completing four years of school, 90% of children from poorer households remain illiterate. And this also holds true for around 30% of kids from poorer homes despite five to six years of schooling.
January 28, 2014
WINSTON-SALEM/CHICAGO: A rare blast of snow, sleet and ice hit the US south on Tuesday, prompting schools to close, airlines to cancel flights and emergency officials to warn of icy roads.
January 28, 2014
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to relook into its verdict criminalizing gay sex in the country.
Amid huge outrage against the judgement, the Centre also filed a review petition in the apex court.
January 28, 2014
WASHINGTON: The US government is looking at ways to prevent anyone from spying on its own surveillance of Americans' phone records.
As the Obama administration considers shifting the collection of those records from the National Security Agency to requiring that they be stored at phone companies or elsewhere, it's quietly funding research to prevent phone company employees or eavesdroppers from seeing whom the US is spying on, The Associated Press has learned.
January 28, 2014
JAIPUR: Tigress 'Machli', the pride of Ranthambore National Park, is missing for over last two weeks. Despite deploying several teams to trace the tigress, the forest authorities have no clue of the world's most photographed striped cat. Her disappearance has sparked poaching fear among wildlife enthusiasts.
January 27, 2014
Brief Scorecard: Sri Lanka 60 for 0 trail Bangladesh 232 (Rahim 61, Eranga 4-49, Lakmal 3-66) by 172 runs
Kaushal Silva and Dimuth Karunaratne head back after a job well done, Bangladesh v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Mirpur, 1st day, January 27, 2014
