The two forensic experts, who had provided scientific support and services in the investigation into the December 16 gangrape of a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus in New Delhi, testified as prosecution witnesses before the fast-track court on Thursday. The two officials from Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL), who had examined the exhibits forwarded by the Delhi Police investigation team, deposed before the court. ...
07:10 PM, Mar 07, 2013
Oracle Corp. said Monday it has released a fix for the flaw in its Java software that raised an alarm from the US Department of Homeland Security last week. ...
09:38 AM, Jan 15, 2013
New Delhi: While you spruce up your home and shop till you drop in these hectic days before Diwali, do spend some time on yourself too. Remember to drink water to keep your skin hydrated and stay away from heavy food for that flawless and glowing skin, say experts. Sachin Dhawan, director and consultant dermatologist of Skin n Smiles, emphasises on adequate water intake and controlled consumption of fried food....
12:16 PM, Nov 09, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: While Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy is determined to see his pet Air Kerala project take off by April 14, 2013, aviation experts on Monday opined that unless prudence was shown, it would end up the way of numerous other state-owned enterprises. P.K. Devidas, an aviation professional with more than four-and-a-half decades of operational experience at the highest level with international airlines, said the simple rule that Chandy should...
12:20 PM, Oct 15, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The Supreme Court-appointed expert panel that met here on Friday decided that no women members will enter any of the chambers at the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple for scientific evaluation of the temple treasure. The documentation of wealth at the temple was temporarily suspended on Thursday after temple authorities opposed the entry of a woman archaeological expert into the A chamber. The evaluation process resumed soon after the expert panel...
12:04 PM, Sep 22, 2012
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) authorities have repeatedly assured one and all that even though 3,000 trees had to be cut down to make way for the new service, they would do their best to compensate for the same by translocating trees to the Outer Ring Road and planting saplings along the metro route. So far, they have translocated 384 of the 1250 trees uprooted last year between Miyapur...
02:50 PM, Sep 05, 2012
Boston: Computer security firms are urging PC users to disable Java software in their browsers, saying the widely installed, free software from Oracle Corp opens machines to hacker attacks and there is no way to defend against them. The warnings, which began emerging over the weekend from Rapid7, AlienVault and other cyber security firms, are likely to unnerve a PC community scrambling to fend off growing security threats from hackers,...
12:57 PM, Aug 28, 2012
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh Forensic Science Laboratory experts have found traces of chemicals used in fire-crackers from the samples collected from the ill-fated Tamil Nadu Express which caught fire on Monday last, killing 34 passengers till date. The experts are, however, are not forthcoming whether crackers caused the fire in coach S-11. An APFSL team visited the train and collected samples. Among other pieces of evidence, the forensic team is...
10:27 AM, Aug 06, 2012
Las Vegas: Hacking experts demonstrated ways to attack Android smartphones using methods they said work on virtually all such devices in use today, despite recent efforts by search engine giant Google to boost protection. Experts showed off their prowess at the Black Hat hacking conference in Las Vegas, where some 6,500 corporate and government security technology workers gathered to learn about emerging threats to their networks. "Google is making progress,...
10:12 AM, Jul 26, 2012
Kolkata: With children getting more savvy with Internet more to the point of hiding their activities, parents can outsmart them using simple software tools that dramatically reduce security risks, say experts. Pointing out that direct monitoring may be of considerably less use as children today are smart enough to manage the user details and hide some activities, internet security firm Trend Micro's country manager Amit Nath advocates installing parental control...
01:27 PM, Jul 09, 2012
Mukesh Butani, chairman of BMR Advisors and Ketan Dalal, joint tax leader of PwC in an interview to CNBC-TV18 shared their expectations from the upcoming Union Budget 2012-13. According to Butani, Pranab Mukherjee will be hesitant to make any statement on goods and service tax (GST) implementation and its roadmap because it then becomes a credibility issue for the government. "GST is not a Budget exercise because unless the constitutional...
06:11 PM, Mar 13, 2012
Vienna: Iran's apparent reluctance to let UN inspectors visit a military site near Tehran underlines the uphill task they face in convincing the Islamic state to address suspicions it may be seeking to develop nuclear weapons, Western diplomats say. They say the UN nuclear watchdog sought access to the Parchin complex during three days of talks in the Iranian capital, so far without any sign that Iran would agree to...
02:14 AM, Feb 04, 2012
New Delhi: Her rock solid Dalit support may still be intact. But with charges of corruption and poor governance enveloping her, Chief Minister Mayawati may find the going tough in Uttar Pradesh, say political activists and pundits. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is determined to retain power it bagged in the country's most populous state five years ago on its own, stunning foes and friends alike. It will be no...
12:45 PM, Jan 31, 2012
New Delhi: India's economy grew at its weakest pace in more than two years in the quarter that ended in September, revealing the heavy toll that stubbornly high inflation, rising interest rates and crisis-hit global capital markets are having on Asia's third-biggest economy. Weakness in the second quarter was broad-based, with manufacturing growing at only 2.7 per cent and mining contracting 2.9 per cent, and reinforcing the view that the...
01:23 PM, Nov 30, 2011
Los Angeles: A UCLA sleep expert described Dr. Conrad Murray's use of a cocktail of drugs on Michael Jackson as "unethical, disturbing and beyond comprehension." The combination of drugs used as Jackson struggled to fall asleep on the day he died was a "recipe for disaster" and ultimately caused his death, Dr. Nader Kamangar testified Thursday. Under questioning by Murray's attorney, J. Michael Flanagan, the witness was asked to tell...
06:32 PM, Oct 14, 2011
London: Experts will help men and women harness their animal magnestism, drawing on research into different flirting techniques worldwide, under an initiative of London's Natural History Museum. The experts rely on lessons from the animal kingdom to show how to impress potential mates with the right kind of signals. Many people find the subtle cues and unwritten rules of flirting difficult to follow, even though it is a basic human...
12:29 PM, Sep 20, 2011
New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India raised interest rates on Friday for the 12th time in 18 months and said it would persist with its anti-inflationary policy stance, even as growth slows in Asia's third-largest economy. The Reserve Bank of India lifted its policy lending rate, called the repo rate , by 25 basis points to 8.25 percent, in line with expectations, as it persisted in a fight with...
12:38 PM, Sep 16, 2011
In a new way to keep students interested in class, teachers in Canada have allowed the students to let them use their cellphones and iPods. ...
09:46 AM, Oct 18, 2010
The Common Admission Test this year will be computer-based. ...
07:04 PM, Nov 13, 2009
Take care, someone might be planning a vacation at your expense. ...
09:12 PM, Mar 30, 2009
