January 13, 2014
Ancient Egyptians created pyramids by piling up rubble on the inside and attaching bricks on the outside later, according to a new theory proposed by a British engineer.
A file photo of the historical site of the Giza Pyramids near Cairo, Egypt.
January 13, 2014
The last case was detected in January 2011 in Howrah district
India will be declared polio-free by the World Health Organization (WHO) if no cases of polio are detected in the country by January 13, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said here on Monday.
January 12, 2014
CAPE CANAVERAL: Orbital Sciences Corp, one of two companies hired by US space agency Nasa to make supply runs to the International Space Station, delivered its first cargo ship on Sunday, a Nasa TV broadcast showed.
January 12, 2014
Brief Scorecard: Sri Lanka 388 (Mahela 129, Silva 95, Junaid 3-102) and 137 for 1 (Karunaratne 62*, Silva 58) beat Pakistan 165 (Manzoor 73, Pradeep 3-62, Herath 3-26) and 359 (Misbah 97, Younis 77, Sarfraz 74, Lakmal 4-78) by nine wickets
January 12, 2014
PANAJI: Accusing Congress of playing vote-bank politics, BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Sunday attacked home minister Sushilkumar Shinde over his proposal to state governments to review terror cases against members of the minority community.
Law should be uniform for everyone, irrespective of their religion: Modi
January 12, 2014
Stating that Bollywood actors are popular only amongst the Indian diaspora in Britain, Indian-origin British author and scriptwriter Farrukh Dhondy says that the formula films churned out by the Hindi film industry "don't work in the West".
January 12, 2014
BOSTON/WASHINGTON: Target Corp and Neiman Marcus are not the only US retailers whose networks were breached over the holiday shopping season late last year, according to sources familiar with attacks on other merchants that have yet to be publicly disclosed.
US Retailers data breach
January 12, 2014
Mumbai: Market regulator SEBI on Saturday said it will soon come out with detail framework on corporate governance structure that could also include a number of directorship a person can hold as an independent director.
SEBI head office in Mumbai.
January 12, 2014
While the planet's surface temperatures over the past century have risen to unprecedented levels, records have shown a slowdown in the pace of warming over the past 15 years.
A NASA satellit image snapped Nov. 13, 2013, shows open water between Pine Island Glacier and its massive iceberg.
January 11, 2014
Devyani Khobragade’s maid was refused sick days and holidays and she worked for a salary of little over $1 an hour in New York
