New Delhi: Is the Taj Mahal, India's most iconic monument, on its last legs? The Archaeological Survey of India has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court saying that in the last 30 years, the south-west minaret of the monument has tilted 3.57 centimetres. Meanwhile, the MP from Agra Ramshankar Katheria has been quoted by 'Daily Mail' that the Taj could cave in, in the next two to five years....
08:02 PM, Jan 27, 2012
Indonesia: Indonesia issued a tsunami warning on Wednesday after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off northern Sumatra, panicking local residents who fled their houses. Indonesia's meterological and geophysics agency, which routinely issues tsunami warnings for quakes over 7 magnitude, said no wave had been detected so far. The quake was 420 km (260 miles) southwest of Banda Aceh, the US Geological Survey said. Local people in Banda Aceh ran away...
01:32 AM, Jan 11, 2012
London: From whale sperm to colon cleansers to the shape of a woman's foot when she has an orgasm, celebrities did not disappoint during 2011 with their penchant for peddling suspect science in the world's media. In its annual list of what it considers the year's worst abuses against science, the Sense About Science campaign named US reality TV star Nicole Polizzi, Republican presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann and American singer-songwriter...
10:29 AM, Dec 28, 2011
London: From writing a letter to reading a map, a survey has revealed the top 50 tasks which have been wiped out by technology. On top of the list is checking film shows timings on the internet; trips to the travel agent are also increasingly a thing of the past, again thanks to the web, the survey of 3,000 adults found. Other activities that are becoming redundant include recording TV...
03:55 PM, Dec 12, 2011
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Police intervened and halted a mysterious survey which was going on for the past one month in areas near Beema Palli setting panic among local people. The survey was reportedly conducted by a Vellayambalam-based research agency Socio Economic Unit, for multinational companies such as Unilever Research Medicine UK, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Intertab CRS Ltd. Soaps and toilet mugs with concealed microchips were distributed to...
11:31 AM, Dec 11, 2011
New Delhi: More than 50 per cent of women feel unsafe while travelling on Indian roads, with the capital perceived to be the most unsafe of all the metros, a study claimed on Friday. According to the study, 51 per cent of the women surveyed in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai felt unsafe while travelling on roads while 73 per cent said they were scared of travelling alone at night....
06:12 PM, Dec 09, 2011
Mumbai: In spite of the mounting troubles and the recent flight cancellations, Kingfisher shares honours with Jet Airways in the category of most favoured airlines in 2011, according to an annual airline and air travel survey released on Friday. According to the survey, while Vijay Mallya-promoted Kingfisher is the best airline for in-flight entertainment, food/beverages, in-flight service, in-flight maintenance (cabin lighting, cleanliness, seat comfort, leg room), Naresh Goyal-headed Jet leads...
08:49 PM, Dec 02, 2011
New Delhi: Pipping the four metro cities of New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai, the southern technology hub of Bangalore has emerged as the best Indian city to live in, a global survey said on Tuesday. Despite its top Indian ranking, Bangalore's worldwide rank is very low at the 141st position in a list of 221 cities globally in terms of standard of living, compiled by the 'Quality of Living...
06:51 AM, Nov 30, 2011
Tokyo: A strong earthquake hit northern Japan on Thursday, but no damage was immediately reported. Japan's Meteorological Agency said the magnitude 6.1 quake struck early in the evening south of the main northern island of Hokkaido. No damage or injuries have been reported, and the agency did not issue a tsunami warning. The quake hit about 750 kilometers (465 miles) northeast of Tokyo. Thousands of quakes have shaken Japan since...
04:47 PM, Nov 24, 2011
London: In what is being termed the "most comprehensive study" into the problem, a 16-year survey has found that teenagers who suffer from depression or anxiety deliberately harm themselves. One in every 12 teenagers harms himself or herself, says the study conducted in Australia between 1992 and 2008 and published Thursday by The Lancet, the world's leading general medical journal. It, however, says that nine out of 10 teenagers who...
02:09 PM, Nov 19, 2011
In Madhya Pradesh, the government is finding itself helpless against the tragedy of hunger deaths among tribal children. ...
08:40 PM, Nov 14, 2011
Jakarta: A strong earthquake hit waters off eastern Indonesia on Monday, sending people along coastlines fleeing to high ground in panic. Officials said, however, there was no threat of a tsunami. The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 and was centered 12 miles beneath the Molucca Sea, the US Geological Survey said. Many people in Ternate, the town in North Maluku province that was closest to the epicenter, ran...
10:42 AM, Nov 14, 2011
Los Angeles: "Arab Spring" and "Royal Wedding" were on Wednesday deemed the top phrases of 2011, while late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is the year's top name, according to a global survey of the English language. "Occupy" - be it Iraq or Wall Street - and "deficit" were the two single top words of the year in a list that reflected global turmoil, the Texas-based Global Language Monitor said. "Our...
09:20 AM, Nov 10, 2011
London: Rioting in England over the summer has contributed to an increase in the number of wealthy people considering leaving Britain, a Lloyds TSB International Wealth survey said. The survey of 1,057 people said 17 per cent of those with more than 250,000 pounds (USD 390,424) of savings and investments wanted to move overseas in the next two years, up from 14 percent six months ago. Sixty-one percent of those...
10:39 PM, Oct 16, 2011
Mumbai: As many as 72 per cent of sexually active young people across the country have had sex with new partners without any protection, an international survey says. At least 40 per cent of the youth polled in India say they had problems accessing contraceptives when they needed, while 36 per cent said they knew a close friend/ family member who has had an unplanned pregnancy. Nearly a one-third got...
09:00 AM, Oct 03, 2011
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