NASA’s Kepler spacecraft looking for Earth like planets has released 43 days of science data on more than 156,000 stars. These stars are being watched for abstruse brightness changes as part of an ongoing search for Earth-like planets outside of our solar system.
Universal Orlando’s latest park, the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, officially opened today. Stars from the Harry potter movies, including Harry Potter himself(Daniel Radcliffe) welcomed visitors as they entered the park.
The popular social networking website, Twitter, has been as a very modern way to announce a very outdated death.
The gold fix on the London Bullion Market hit a record high, due to a weakened dollar and low economic reports of United States this year.
An Uzbek boy among the debris
The UN Human Rights Council, on Friday called on the Kyrgyzstan government to conduct a full and transparent probe into violence that broke out last week in the south of the country, after rumour that Kyrgyzstan’s interim president says that actual death toll from ethnic clashes may be closer […]
Islamic miliants have executed two Somali football fans for watching Nigeria play Argentina. The deaths happened in Central Somalia which is under strict Islamic law and forbids anyone in the region from watching World Cup matches.
The pressure on BP in the US has increased as the oil company’s CEO, Tony Hayward was grilled by a powerful Congressional Committee, who determined to bring Hayward to account for what it called an surprising culture of “corporate complacency” that has led to America’s worst environmental calamity.
As world Nations and international organizations call for an early peace restoration in Kyrgyzstan, questions remain over why violence flared up once again in two months, and how the Kyrgyz government would deal with the crisis.
At least 43 people were drowned after an overcrowded boat with 60 passengers capsized in Ganga at Ballia, Uttar Pradesh. Bodies of all the 43 people have been recovered. Authorities near the accident site say, the death toll is likely to climb up.
With questions getting raised over handling of the Bhopal gas tragedy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday directed the P Chidambaram led Group of Ministers to report to the Cabinet within 10 days.