MOSCOW, Feb 15 (AP): A meteor streaked through the sky and exploded Friday over Russia\’s Ural Mountains with the power of an atomic bomb, its sonic blasts shattering countless windows and injuring more than 750 people. The spectacle deeply frightened thousands, with some elderly women declaring the world was coming to an end. The meteor […]
ALLAHABAD, Feb 10: Over three crore devotees led by ascetics of Hindu sects today took a holy dip at Sangam on \’Mauni Amavasya\’, considered the most auspicious day of bathing during the 12-yearly Kumbh congregation here. \”As per our estimates, three crore people have taken a holy dip till 3pm. The influx of visitors has
The country\’s administrative court ordered the ministry of communication to block the Google-owned site inside Egypt because it had carried the film \”Innocence of Muslims\”, according to state news agency Mena. The 13-minute video, billed as a film trailer and made in the United States, provoked a torrent of anti-American unrest in Egypt, Libya and
LONDON, Feb 4: Scientists today revealed that a skeleton discovered under a car park in Leicester is that of King Richard III. Researchers sensationally discovered a skull under the social services car park in September while hunting for the former king\’s final resting place. They had previously said there was \’strong circumstantial evidence\’ to suggest
NEW DELHI, Feb 3: India’s president on Sunday approved harsher punishments for rapists, including the death penalty, after a brutal gang-rape in New Delhi sparked national outrage and triggered demands for tougher laws. [caption id=\"attachment_7512\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"] Pranab Mukherjee[/caption] President Pranab Mukherjee gave his assent to the new rape law two days after cabinet ministers
Vegetarians are one-third less likely to be hospitalized or die from heart disease than meat and fish eaters, according to a new U.K. study. Earlier research has also suggested that non-meat eaters have fewer heart problems, researchers said, but it wasn’t clear if other lifestyle differences, including exercise and smoking habits, might also play into
By Luke Rehmat The Ka’l’s’a (Kalash or Kalasha) are a small ethnic and religious community living near the western borders of Chitral, close to the Afghan province of Nuristan (Nooristan). Shrouded in mystery, there are different claims about the history and origin of the Kalasha people. A majority of writers, scholars, anthropologists and linguists point
WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (AFP): American foreign policy is more than just drones and troops, Senator John Kerry pledged on Thursday, as he outlined to US lawmakers his priorities if they back him as the next secretary of state. [caption id=\"attachment_7280\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"670\"] John Kerry[/caption] “American foreign policy is not defined by drones and deployments alone,”
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WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters): President Barack Obama will nominate former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel to be his defense secretary, and an announcement could come on Monday, a congressional Democratic aide said on Sunday. [caption id=\"attachment_6896\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Chuck Hagel\"][/caption] The choice will likely set up a confirmation battle in the Senate over whether the former
We\’re not alone A trove of discoveries this year revealed a host of other extinct relatives of modern humans. For instance, researchers unearthed 3.4-million-year-old fossils of a hitherto unknown species that lived about the same time and place as Australopithecus afarensis, a leading candidate for the ancestor of the human lineage. In addition, fossils between
