SFIO submits interim report on Saradha chit fund scam; finds financial mismanagement, fund diversion by promoters

Yuvraj back in Team India, squad for Oz series announced

In-form senior batsman Yuvraj Singh made a comeback but pacer Umesh Yadav was dropped from the 15-member Indian cricket team announced on Monday for the first Twenty20 International and three ODIs against Australia starting 10th October in Rajkot. Yuvraj, who last played for India against England in an ODI in Dharamsala last January, was recalled […]

No clinical trial of untested drugs in absence of mechanism: SC

No clinical trials should be allowed for new drugs till a mechanism is put in place to monitor them and to protect the lives of people on which drugs are tested, the Supreme Court said on Monday. A bench headed by Justice R M Lodha said that a system must be put in place to […]

Now, plant pill that can reduce wrinkles

Ladies, your dream of popping a pill that can make you look younger may finally come true! In a first, scientists claim to have developed a new pill that is clinically proven to combat ageing by reducing wrinkles, providing an easier alternative to more invasive measures such as Botox. The oral supplement, containing plant compounds […]

3-D printer in space? NASA all set to launch it

NASA is preparing to launch a 3-D printer into space next year, a toaster-sized game changer that greatly reduces the need for astronauts to load up with every tool, spare part or supply they might ever need. The printers would serve as a flying factory of infinite designs, creating objects by extruding layer upon layer […]

Number of alien planets discovered nears 1,000

Astronomers are closing in on 1,000th alien planet to be discovered, just twenty years after spotting the first world beyond our solar system. Four of the five main databases that catalogue the discoveries of exoplanets now list more than 900 confirmed alien worlds, and two of them puts the tally at 986. Therefore, the 1,000th […]

Science fair to ban experiments on animals from 2014

Iris Science Fair, one of India’s largest student science competition, will not allow any kind of experimentation on animals from 2014 as its organisers have decided to put a ban on their use. The decision to amend the rules of the competition by Initiative for Research and Innovation in Science (IRIS) and Intel Technology India […]

Toshiba to shed 2,000 jobs at foreign TV plants

Japan’s Toshiba said on Monday it would shut or sell two of its three wholly-owned overseas television plants in the next six months, shedding 2,000 jobs. The company, which has already ceased domestic production of television sets, said it will “integrate” its manufacturing facilities in China, Indonesia and Poland by the end of March 2014. […]

Shinde asks states not to wrongfully detain Muslim youth, BJP slams directive

Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Monday directed all states to ensure that no innocent Muslim youth is wrongfully detained in the name of terror. Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Monday directed all states to ensure that no innocent Muslim youth is wrongfully detained in the name of terror. Shinde’s directive in a letter […]

SC takes suo motu cognisance V K Singh’s remarks

Former Army Chief V K Singh faced fresh trouble with the Supreme Court on Monday taking suo motu cognisance of his remarks against its order on his age row and will hear the contempt case from Tuesday. A bench of justices R M Lodha and H L Gokhale, which had dismissed Singh’s plea against the […]