May 24, 2013
Yitang Zhang achieves breakthrough in solving the longstanding problem of twin prime conjecture.
There has been a breakthrough in number theory, with Chinese mathematician Yitang Zhang coming up with a result that is seen as a step towards solving the twin prime conjecture, a longstanding problem in mathematics.
May 23, 2013
The latest in a string of recent cricket-related police inquiries has Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf under investigation in Mumbai for spot-fixing. Amid media reports of the investigation, Rauf has been booted out of next month’s Champions Trophy in England.
May 23, 2013
Her inventive, carefully-crafted and hard to categorise works saw off the challenge from nine other contenders from around the world
London: American author Lydia Davis was declared the winner of the fifth Man Booker International Prize at an award ceremony held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
May 23, 2013
Exposure in the womb to chemicals like Bisphenol-A (BPA) and Diethylstilbestrol (DES) can increase an offspring''s risk of breast cancer
May 23, 2013
An Indian man bathes as a woman prepares to wash clothes at a lake on a hot afternoon in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, May 22, 2013.
May 23, 2013
California-based law firm Aiman-Smith & Marcy said that iGate’s head of investor relations Araceli Roiz was pregnant with Murthy’s child
May 23, 2013
Washington — Twelve-year-old Indian-origin boy Sathwik Karnik won the 2013 National Geographic Bee by correctly naming Chimborazo, a peak in Ecuador, as the farthest point on earth from the Equator.
A seventh grader from King Philip Regional Middle School in Norfolk, Massachusetts, in the US, he won the 25th edition of the bee in a heated final against 13-year-old Conrad Oberhaus of Lincolnshire, Illinois.
May 22, 2013
NEW DELHI: The Sahara Group accused the BCCI of "betrayal of trust" while rejecting claims of the Board that the IPL team was to be blamed for the controversy surrounding the franchise fee, leading to Pune Warriors pulling out of the Twenty20 tournament.
May 22, 2013
By Geeta Goindi
Bethesda, MD – Inaugurating an exhibition on the ‘Sikh Heritage of India’ at the Gandhi Memorial Center, on May 18, Saturday afternoon, Indian Ambassador Mrs. Nirupama Rao lauded the contributions of Sikhs to their motherland and the Sikh philosophy of humanism, pluralism and universal brotherhood.
May 22, 2013
PANAJI: The next 'in' feature for your smart phone might very well be gesture-recognition and it is a young Goan who is behind the innovation. The creation is set to make touchscreen technology passe and would allow users to interact with their devices through thin air.
