Chikkamagaluru, Feb 7: A girl died under mysterious circumstances at a coffee estate near Kalasa on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Vanajakshi (13), the daughter of Ramesh, a native of Chitradurga district. He and his wife were employed in a coffee estate belonging to Yalanduru Venkatesh. Vanajakshi accompanied her parents to pick coffee beans on Sunday morning, despite their objection...
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New Delhi, Feb 6: Over one-third of organisations globally that experienced a cyber attack in 2016 registered a revenue loss of more than 20 percent, a new report has revealed. According to global networking giant Cisco`s annual report, `Annual Cybersecurity Report 2017`, more than 50 percent of organisations faced public scrutiny after a security breach. Operations and finance systems were the...
Feb 6: In what can be called the most bizarre surgery, doctors in Chennai successfully removed a cockroach from a woman's skull and guess what, it was alive. According to a report published in The New Indian Express, 42-year-old Selvi felt a weird sensation around her nose and eyes at night when she asked her son-in-law to take her to the nearby clinic who then asked her to go to a government...
San Francisco, Feb 5: An Indian-American student has found a cheaper and easier method to turn salt water into drinkable fresh water and his research has caught the attention of major technology firms and universities. Chaitanya Karamchedu from Portland, Oregon, is turning heads across the country all because of a science experiment that began in his high school classroom. The Jesuit High School...
Los Angeles, Feb 5: Scientists have developed a thin, flexible, lightweight material that can block thermal detection and absorb light from every angle to keep buildings and cars cool on hot summer days. The material, developed by engineers at the University of California San Diego in the US, is called a near-perfect broadband absorber. It absorbs more than 87 per cent of near-infrared light (1...
Udupi, Feb 4: The police on Friday arrested two persons in connection with a theft case at Barkur-Maskibail village coming under the Brahmavar police station limits on January 30. The police have identified the accused as Prahlad Poojary (23), a resident of Airody village, and Prashanth G. (24), a resident of Gundmi village. They recovered cash, gold ornaments and a car from the duo. The value of...
Feb 3: Scientists have uncovered evidence of at least two billion years of volcanic activity on Mars, after analysing a meteorite from the red planet. The finding confirms that some of the longest-lived volcanoes in the solar system may be found on the red planet. Shield volcanoes and lava plains formed from lava flowing over long distances, similar to the formation of the Hawaiian Islands. The...
Feb 3: As India gears up for elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur, Facebook on Thursday introduced two new tools to help encourage civic participation. On polling day in each of the five states, there will be a "polling day reminder" that will be shown at the top of the News Feed of people who are 18 and above. "The reminder links to the Election Commission's website...
London, Feb 2: Scientists have unveiled the first ever practical blueprint to construct a large scale quantum computer, the most powerful computer on Earth that could revolutionise industry, science, medicine and commerce. The work by scientists, including those from University of Sussex in the UK and Google, features the actual industrial blueprint to construct such a large-scale machine, more...
New Delhi, Feb 2: India has signed a $201.50 million financing agreement with the World Bank to improve the quality of technical education in the country. "Financing agreement for credit of $201.50 million for the 'Third Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP III)' was signed with the World Bank here on Tuesday," the Finance Ministry said in a statement. The project aims at...