Firing the 440 Newton Liquid Apogee Motor on Monday afternoon positioned India's Mars Orbiter in the 'Entry into Sphere of Influence of Mars'. This means the Mangalyaan is on the right path to position itself to go around Mars. Scientists at India Space ...

The deadly ebola virus has already claimed over 1,000 lives and infected about 2,000 people in the West African countries of Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria. The outbreak is a reminder of SARS in 2002-03, which claimed nearly 800 lives, and ...

Exactly 130 years after the first Test match took place at Lord's cricket ground, India registered its second historic win on July 21. Commonly known as the 'Home of Cricket', Lord's cricket ground hosted its first three-day Test match between England and ...

An additional 15 deaths reported on Sunday pushed the death toll from Typhoon Rammasun to 112 — with 11 missing — after five days during which it lashed southern China and the Philippines with torrential rain and gales. The new deaths reported ...

Typhoon Rammasun is roaring currently roaring its way across the waters of South China Sea and is poised to make back-to-back landfalls over the Hainan Island in China and later on the Vietnamese coast. It had announced its arrival over the Philippine ...

Northwest Pacific typhoon Rammasun has barrelled into the Philippines this noon as a category-2 storm on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale of storm intensity. Rammasun is far from being finished as normally happens with a storm on making landfall; instead ...

In a Budget lacking in big bang announcements but still having something for everyone, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley unveiled a broad roadmap of reform for the future. Describing his maiden Budget as a “directional” exercise, he suggested it be seen as a ...

Crude oil futures prices today fell 0.18 per cent to Rs 6,204 per barrel as speculators trimmed positions amid a weak trend in the Asian trade. Trading sentiment turned weak at the futures trade following fall in crude oil prices in Asian trade as dealers await the ...

It was a Black Friday for the people of Nagaram, who woke up to death and devastation. There was a gas leak in the GAIL pipeline on Thursday night and, when a tea stall owner lit a stove at 5.15 a.m., all hell broke loose. Flames spread in a radius of one ...

Greece rode on Georgios Samaras' injury-time penalty to pull off a sensational 2—1 win over Ivory Coast and reach the second round of the World Cup for the first time, while Colombia maintained its unbeaten record and spanked Japan 4—1 to drew curtains ...

It's a reminder that Saddam Hussein's feared Baathist brigade is still around. How will Baghdad stand up to the ISIS onslaught? June 23, 2014: As gruesome videos and pictures flood my inbox and whatsapp messenger showing merciless ISIS (Islamic ...

Samsung has picked up the gauntlet that Apple threw down with the new iPads. Is the fight going to shift to big screens? Tablet makers of the world are now competing aggressively in terms of both specs and form-factors. The challenge now, is to produce a ...

Fighters of the radical Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have taken control of Iraq's largest oil refinery – in Baiji, 200 km north of Baghdad – officials say. Fierce clashes were reported at the refinery on Wednesday, with jihadist fighters shelling parts of ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his colleagues from Kazakhstan and Belarus on Thursday signed a deal forming an Eurasian Union between the three states, a move that analysts say deepens Russia's alienation from the West. Putin praised the treaty ...

Malaysia today released raw satellite data used to determine the path of the missing Flight MH370, over two months after relatives of 239 people, including five Indians, aboard the plane demanded that it be made public. Malaysia's Department of Civil ...

Malaysia today released raw satellite data used to determine the path of the missing Flight MH370, over two months after relatives of 239 people, including five Indians, aboard the plane demanded that it be made public. Malaysia's Department of Civil ...

Malaysia today released raw satellite data used to determine the path of the missing Flight MH370, over two months after relatives of 239 people, including five Indians, aboard the plane demanded that it be made public. Malaysia's Department of Civil ...

Malaysia today released raw satellite data used to determine the path of the missing Flight MH370, over two months after relatives of 239 people, including five Indians, aboard the plane demanded that it be made public. Malaysia's Department of Civil ...

As a child we have all been in awe of the Rubik's cube. Hours have been spent in getting the right combination. Even today, solving it is no mean feat. And what better way to bring to life the magic of the Rubik's Cube or Magic Cube (as it was initially known) ...

After the conclusion of the last phase of polling, the BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi urged people to “put the heat and dust of campaign behind and look ahead.” “Yes, this has been a hard-fought election. It had its joyous moments and there ...