New Delhi: Nokia will soon be announcing its new range of Pureview and Lumia series of handsets but that's not all Nokia is working on at the moment. The Finnish handset giant is working on the implementation of the Superhydrophobic technology that is known to repel water with its handsets. With the use of this technology, Nokia aims at making the future handsets including Lumia and Pureview smartphones waterproof. While...
12:59 PM, May 29, 2012
London: A Japanese firm called Marudai has unveiled a $650 bulletproof case for your iPhone. It could offer the perfect protection for those planning to recreate the infamous 'iPhone vs gun' videos popular on YouTube, which see amateur marksmen shooting their phones and other gadgets to see what happens to them. The bulletproof case features an inch thick slab of steel plating the firm claims can resist a .50 caliber...
01:45 PM, Apr 16, 2012
Mumbai: While several parts of coastal India had hit the panic button, the financial capital of the country was on the alert, but not in fright. According to a senior BMC official, "Studies and experts assert that tsunami can never hit Mumbai, as there isn't any epicenter in the ocean on the western side. Its only earthquakes that can bother the city because there are three major active fault lines...
12:55 PM, Apr 12, 2012
New Delhi: A bulletproof jacket is meant to stand between life and death. In Maharashtra Anti-Terrorist Squad chief Hemant Karkare's final moments, the loose and ill-fitting jacket proved to be no match for the terrorist's fire. Karkare's loose fitting and sub-standard bulletproof jacket shocked the nation but sadly security personnel engaged in counter insurgency operations across the country are in no better shape. CNN-IBN has access to copies of letters...
04:38 PM, Mar 28, 2012
Paradip (Odisha): At least 27 workers were injured, 11 of them seriously, when the roof of a silo caved in at an Indian Farmers Fertiliser Co-operative Limited (IFFCO) plant in Paradip on Monday. "The steel and asbestos structure in the shore-based IFFCO unit premises collapsed causing injuries to about 27 workers. Eleven of them sustained serious injury," Paradip additional superintendent of police Bijay Sahu, who supervised the rescue operation, said....
08:27 PM, Feb 20, 2012
Mumbai: Habitual rooftop passengers on suburban local trains, get ready for the shock of your lives, quite literally. Western Railway (WR) is in the process of completing the long-pending project of switching over to a 25,000-volt alternating current (AC) from the present 1,500-volt direct current (DC) by February 5. This means that power of extremely high-voltage will be flowing through the overhead cables that supply electricity to the trains. If...
01:04 PM, Jan 30, 2012
Mumbai: It can only be described as bizarre. A man in his early forties became the latest victim of rooftop train travel after he sustained severe burns due to electrocution on Thursday around 5.40 pm at Dahisar. Train services got delayed and the unidentified man was admitted to Bhagwati Hospital at MHB Colony, Borivli (West) at about 6.10 pm. A few hours later, things took an extraordinary turn. At around...
05:50 PM, Jan 13, 2012
New Delhi: Ruskin Bond, one of the best known English writers in India, once said that 'pen, in honest and gifted hands, is mightier than the grave'. The author, now 77, lives by this philosophy and says he has many more stories to tell. "By and large I have had a fulfilling life. I am a writer without regrets. But I would say that there is a long way to...
05:06 PM, Dec 01, 2011
Mumbai: The next time you think you can whip out your driving licence when asked for proof of residence, think again. According to a new circular issued yesterday by Chief Secretary Ratnakar Gaikwad, the driving licence should no longer be accepted as valid proof of residence. Gaikwad in the circular mentioned that the driving licence was increasingly being used as proof of residence to seek new telephone connections, mobile phone...
03:34 PM, Nov 23, 2011
This week on '30 Minutes', Bahar Dutt highlights the concerning issues Arctic is facing today due to climatic changes. ...
10:11 PM, Jun 04, 2011
New Delhi: The Arctic is warming and like never before. Scientists say the Arctic Ocean will become ice-free in summer within the next 30 to 50 years. "The changes we are inducing now are quite dramatic and will change the livelihood for everyone one around," said Kim Holmen, Director, Norwegian Polar Institute. With an aim to travel to the Arctic to examine the science behind these claims CNN-IBN reach Svalbard,...
10:06 PM, Jun 03, 2011
New Delhi: The government has reviewed the security of Indian diplomatic corps posted in Pakistan and has provided bullet-proof cars to all senior officials. All officials posted in the Indian High Commission in Islamabad have been asked to curtail unnecessary travel and venture out only with proper security guards. "Senior diplomats posted in Pakistan have been given bullet-proof vehicles," an official said, referring to various instances of terror attacks in...
07:55 PM, May 17, 2011
The British troops have undergarments made of material that can stop bullets and shrapnel and possibly save lives. Now the Pentagon wants it for US forces. ...
04:23 PM, Apr 20, 2011
Indo-Nepal border (UP): The sale of un-verified SIM cards has been a constant cause for concern for our security agencies. But IBN-7 exposes how pre-activated SIM cards are being openly sold in the markets across the Indo-Nepal border for as little as Rs 30. At Rupaidiha town in Uttar Pradesh at the India-Nepal border, hundreds of people travel back and forth every day to buy ration and other basics. But...
08:02 AM, Mar 07, 2011
New Delhi: The new Unique Identification (UID) number could bring an end to all your ID proof problems. Six hundred million people are expected to get a unique ID number over the next two years. CNN-IBN tells you how to obtain a UID number. First step for getting a UID number is a fingerprint scan of all the fingers. Next, you need to gaze into an optical device which records...
10:18 AM, Feb 26, 2011
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