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Is Einstein’s theory of relativity wrong?
Published on 26 Sep, 2011 at 4:03 in Editorial | Viewed 158 views times | No Comments
Geneva: Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity is one of the most fundamental pillars of physics. But now scientists say his conclusion that nothing can travel faster than light could be proven wrong.
Scientists at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, or CERN, the world’s largest physics laboratory say they have recorded sub-atomic particles, known as neutrinos, travelling faster than the speed…
NRI professionals heading back to India
Published on 26 Sep, 2011 at 0:04 in Editorial | Viewed 176 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: Due to reducing salaries and job cuts abroad, increasing numbers of NRI professionals are moving back to India, a move that will give homegrown companies the chance to target this attractive resource pool.
According to a study by MyHiringClub.Com, a recruitment tendering platform, hiring of non-resident Indians (NRIs) will account for 19 per cent of total recruitment activity during…
Doordarshan turns 52
Published on 22 Sep, 2011 at 23:10 in Editorial | Viewed 248 views times | No Comments
Doordarshan, which launched its broadcasting initiative in 1959 with just a small transmitter and a makeshift studio, soon became the nation’s heartbeat, until the coming of numerous channels during early 1990s. Doordarshan turned 52 this month, but there was no spark of celebration, rather it was mute. Doordarahan, which was once a nationwide sensation, is not even a distant memory…
What dinosaur diet tells about rice in India
Published on 22 Sep, 2011 at 1:51 in Editorial | Viewed 1,431 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: Tiny plant particles set in dinosaur dung from central India suggest that dinosaurs were eating rice more than 65 million years ago and that rice had emerged on Earth much earlier than hitherto believed.
A team of scientists from India, China and the US has shown that the plant particles made up of silica are the residues of wild…
Debris of UARS likely to hit Earth
Published on 21 Sep, 2011 at 6:32 in Editorial | Viewed 102 views times | No Comments
Hyderabad: The debris of the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) is likely to hit Earth in the next few days around September 23, according to a top official from the city-based B M Birla Science Centre.
This (UARS) bus sized satellite was launched in 1991 and was in operation till 2005. After that it has slowly been spiralling into the Earth’s…
Korean couple settled in Chandigarh to learn English
Published on 21 Sep, 2011 at 0:45 in Editorial | Viewed 310 views times | No Comments
Chandigarh: A couple from Korea is among a host of families from south-east Asian nations who have shifted their base to Chandigarh from their native country, primarily to teach English language to their children.
39-year-old Seung Chang Ha from Korea, who worked with a Germany-based trade company, decided to settle down in this Union Territory so that he could teach English…
“Not poor if you earn Rs. 32 a day”
Published on 21 Sep, 2011 at 0:02 in Editorial | Viewed 134 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: The Planning Commission told the Supreme Court that the below poverty line (BPL) population in the country is 40.74 crore and the poverty line for the urban and rural areas could be provisionally placed at Rs. 965 per capita per month (around Rs. 32 per day) and Rs. 781 per capita per month (around Rs. 26 per day),…
Politicians get guidelines on Social Media usage
Published on 20 Sep, 2011 at 4:28 in Editorial | Viewed 295 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: The Department of Information Technology, which comes under the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, has drafted guidelines for government organizations on usage of social media sites.
This comes as a reaction to Shashi Tharoor and Omar Abdullah’s tweets, which have left their personal life and views for the public display.
The guidelines are available on The Department of Information…
History’s deadliest volcano rumbles
Published on 20 Sep, 2011 at 1:05 in Editorial | Viewed 157 views times | No Comments
Mount Tambora: Farmers in Indonesia mostly ignore orders to evacuate the slopes of live volcanoes, but those living on Tambora took no chances when history’s deadliest mountain rumbled threateningly this month.
“A dragon sleeping inside the crater, that’s what we thought. If we made him angry – were disrespectful to nature, say – he’d wake up spitting flames, destroying all of…
Now, tweet in Hindi
Published on 19 Sep, 2011 at 6:48 in Editorial | Viewed 221 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: On the eve of Hindi Diwas, Twitter launched the Hindi version of its service with much pomp and flare. A Hindi version of Twitter was much anticipated in view of the number of Indian and Hindi speaking users registered with the front runner micro blogging service. Facebook launched its services in Hindi and eight other Indian languages a…
