Palestinians near UNESCO membership

Palestinians moved a step closer to full membership of the UN cultural agency, UNESCO, wih its board deciding on Wednesday in favour of voting on admission. 40 representatives of the 58 member executive board of UNESCO voted in favour of the admission vote later this month. The US, Germany, Romania and Latvia voted against while […]

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dies

Steve Jobs, the Apple founder and former CEO who invented and masterfully marketed ever-sleeker gadgets that transformed everyday technology, from the personal computer to the iPod and iPhone, has died. He was 56. Apple announced his death without giving a specific cause. “We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today,” the […]

India & Austria sign two MoUs on co-operation in Railways, Science & Technology

The President informed that India and Austria signed two Memoranda of Understanding on Wednesday – one on Technology Specific Cooperation in the field of Railways and the second on Cooperation in Science and Technology. She said that over the past six decades, India and Austria have developed strong ties and institutional framework for dialogue and […]

S Korea urges China to stop deportation of N Korea defectors

South Korea is pressuring China to stop the deportation of a group of alleged defectors from North Korea back to their home country, officials said today. The move comes days after a South Korean humanitarian group, the Commission to Help North Korean Refugees (CNKR), claimed that a total of 35 North Korean defectors were rounded […]

Iran ready to halt 20 pc nuclear enrichment: Ahmadinejad

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has reiterated Tehran’s readiness to “immediately” stop production of low enriched uranium of 20 percent, provided world powers give it the nuclear material. “If they give us the 20 per cent (enriched) fuel, we will immediately halt 20 per cent (enrichment),” Ahmadinejad said in an interview aired live on Iranian state-run […]

Daniel Shechtman wins Nobel chemistry prize

Israeli scientist Daniel Shechtman won the 2011 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for his discovery of quasicrystals, a mosaic-like chemical structure that researchers previously thought was impossible. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said Shechtman’s discovery in 1982 fundamentally changed the way chemists look at solid matter. It initially faced strong objections from the […]

India played major role in rebuilding Afghanistan: Karzai

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has said that his country is emerging as an inclusive society following the decade long efforts of reconstruction. He gave an extempore account of his country’s long struggle since Russian invasion in 1978 and the subsequent interplay of foreign powers and forces of terrorism and religious fundamentalism. Karzai was speaking at […]

Fed chief urges Obama, Cong to do more for economy

The Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, told a Congressional committee that lawmakers and the Obama administration should do more to increase economic growth. Bernanke described the nation’s economic health in bleak terms, saying that “the recovery is close to faltering,” and suggested that avoiding another recession might require fresh government action. “We need to […]

Israeli scientist Daniel Shechtman wins Nobel chemistry prize.

Hearing on Bhatt’s bail plea adjourned to Oct 7

In a setback to Gujarat Government, a local court on Wednesday rejected its application opposing bail to arrested IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt and began hearing his bail plea even as his remand application is pending in another court. The sessions court judge V K Vyas adjourned the hearing on Bhatt’s bail till October 7 after […]