Woman behind RISAT-1 feels on top of the world

Woman behind RISAT-1 feels on top of the world Sriharikota: Indian satellite scientist N Valarmathi, 52, was herself on cloud nine when her baby - the Indian spy in the sky Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-1) - started its ascent to the skies on Thursday morning. "It was a nice feeling. I felt very great," Valarmathi, project director for Risat-1 project, said. Playing down the satellite's strategic role, the woman who delivered the Indian spy in the sky for the...
01:40 AM, Apr 27, 2012

TN woman scientist to head ISRO mission

TN woman scientist to head ISRO mission COIMBATORE: Within a few weeks, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is slated to launch a microwave remote sensing satellite, RISAT-1 (Radar Imaging Satellite). After the space vehicle enters its designated orbit, you can expect ISRO chairman K Radhakrishnan to grin from ear to ear. Sharing the honours will be a little-known scientist, Valarmathi, who hails from Tamil Nadu. In fact, she is the project director of RISAT-1, the first woman...
07:34 AM, Feb 27, 2012

AMRI shut fire alarms to facilitate smoking

AMRI shut fire alarms to facilitate smoking Kolkata: Three days after the devastating fire at the AMRI hospital in Kolkata, which killed more than 90 people, more facts are coming to light on how the hospital staff and the authorities flouted norms brazenly, and panicked afterward. It now emerges that the smoke alarm had been deliberately switched off, and sprinklers didn't work since the alarm was off. Also, the hospital authorities didn't call the fire department and...
09:10 PM, Dec 12, 2011

Hackers disable alarm and start a car with a sms

Hackers disable alarm and start a car with a sms San Francisco: Texting and driving don't go well together - though not in the way you might think. Computer hackers can force some cars to unlock their doors and start their engines without a key by sending specially crafted messages to a car's anti-theft system. They can also snoop at where you've been by tapping the car's GPS system. That is possible because car alarms, GPS systems and other devices...
11:55 AM, Aug 20, 2011

Advanced fire alarm system to be fitted in trains

Advanced fire alarm system to be fitted in trains New Delhi: A day after the fire in Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani Express, railways on Tuesday said the advanced fire alarm system would be installed in trains once its trial was over and ordered thorough recheck of pantry cars in 290 trains. "Trial of the advanced fire alarm system is already on in the Bhubaneswar Rajdhani train and the system would be replicated in other trains also once the trial is over,"...
06:21 PM, Apr 19, 2011

Kaiga N-reactor shut down after smoke alarm

Kaiga N-reactor shut down after smoke alarm Kaiga: A nuclear power reactor at the Kaiga Generating Station (KGS) was shut down after a smoke detection alarm went off on Friday. A smoke detection alarm appeared in the control room of Unit 3 on Friday around 4.30 am following which the 220 MWe nuclear power plant was shut down, the Nuclear Power Corporation said in a statement here. "On inspection of the respective area, it has been found...
07:59 AM, Apr 10, 2011

Alarm clock creates artificial dawn

Alarm clock creates artificial dawn  London: For people who experience "winter blues" when waking up early morning, a cure has been found. A British firm has invented an alarm clock that creates an artificial dawn. Nearly one in four Britons suffer varying degrees of depression brought on by a lack of light during winters. But Cambridge-based firm Lumie says its dawn simulator clock - Bodyclock Active - can help overcome the blues, the Daily Express...
04:26 PM, Oct 30, 2010

False alarm led to minor stampede on Jet Airways flight

False alarm led to minor stampede on Jet Airways flight A false fire alarm on a Chennai-bound Jet Airways flight resulted in a minor stampede injuring 26 passengers. ...
10:44 PM, Aug 28, 2010
Alarm clock that won't let you oversleep

Alarm clock that won't let you oversleep

The clocky will roll off the table and hide in different places and won't stop ringing. ...
01:40 AM, Apr 13, 2010

The car ‘Orgasalarm’ that will drive you wild

The car ‘Orgasalarm’ that will drive you wild The ad for Orgasalarm car has attracted nearly 120,000 viewers. ...
09:22 PM, Jun 02, 2008

Pills that kill: Fake Viagra in Asian shops alarms UK

Pills that kill: Fake Viagra in Asian shops alarms UK Perth: Australian captain Ricky Ponting admitted on Wednesday that his future is uncertain as he tries to avoid an unwanted piece of Ashes leadership history. With a buoyant England up 1-0 heading into the third Test at the WACA Ground, starting here on Thursday, Ponting is in line to become the first Australian skipper in 120 years to lose three Ashes series. Ponting's wavering form with the bat - he...
09:16 PM, Nov 16, 2007

Were there UFOs over PM's house?

Were there UFOs over PM's house? Were there some UFOs over Delhi last Wednesday or was it a security lapse near the Prime Minister's residence? ...
09:29 PM, Mar 14, 2007

Beyonce shocked about bf link-up

Beyonce shocked about bf link-up Beyonce is shocked that her song is speculated to be about the link up between her boyfriend and singer Rihanna. ...
06:54 PM, Dec 22, 2006

Beyonce's basic instinct sets off Alarm

Beyonce's basic instinct sets off Alarm Beyonce takes a page out of the movie that made Sharon Stone one of the most talked about women in Hollywood. ...
03:14 PM, Aug 23, 2006
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