A new project to map all areas in the country using a three-dimensional satellite imagery would be launched soon, Union Minister of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Kapil Sibal said here. "We are going to map all the areas in the country and a law would soon enacted in Parliament to launch the project", […]
Google-backed DNA analysis company slashes price on tests
A Google-backed startup that analyses customers’ genetic makeup to predict health risks and provide ancestry information has slashed the price on its personal DNA test, the company announced today. The decision by 23andMe Inc to cut the price of its test from USD 999 to USD 399 could herald a price war in the small […]
Mars ‘had floods from time to time’
Mars had floods from time to time, a new study has suggested. Astronomers claim to have found evidence that ancient features on the surface of Mars, called valley networks, were carved by recurrent floods during a long period when martian climate may have been much like that of some regions on Earth. "Precipitation on Mars […]
Zardari vows to fight terrorism
SLAMABAD: Asif Ali Zardari’s first press conference as President of Pakistan was notable not so much for what he said, because he barely made any substantive comments, as for the positive Pakistan-Afghanistan atmospherics that came with the presence of Afghan President Hamid Karzai. India hardly appeared on the radar of the new President as questions […]
I’m good enough for two more years: Ganguly
London: Not alien to comebacks, former India skipper Sourav Ganguly insists he is in no mood to call it quits, for he believes he has another couple of year’s cricket left in him. Selectors snubbed Ganguly, ignoring him while picking the Rest of India squad for the Irani Trophy, thus putting a question mark over […]
ICC announce awards nominations
Indian ODI captain MS Dhoni has been nominated for two awards in this year’s ICC awards to be held in Dubai on September 10. Indian teamates Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj and Ishant also on the shortlists. Three players – Shivnarine Chanderpaul of the West Indies, Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardena and South Africa’s Dale Steyn […]