Australia is looking at a trial of an innovation that would allow its citizens to travel overseas without a physical passport, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Thursday. Revealing the idea of a “cloud passport”, the foreign minister said it came about after lengthy discussion with some Australia’s best innovators, Xinhua news agency reported. Earlier…
New Delhi: Eight more birds from India have been added to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of threatened species for 2015 indicating increased threat to avian habitats like grasslands and wetlands. With the additions in the latest Red List of birds released by the IUCN, an international environmental NGO, the…
India plans to shift to Euro-VI emission compliant petrol and diesel by 2020 to cut carbon pollution, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Thursday. “We already have BS-III, equivalent to Euro-III specifications, across the country and BS-IV, in major cities which will shortly be extended to the entire country. A revised Auto Fuel Policy is…
NEW DELHI: Mobile companies are not ready to pay you a penalty for call drops and have rather warned that tariffs may go up if they are forced to pay consumers for providing deficient services. While they have petitioned telecom regulator Trai for rolling back its order on penalty, it is understood that they will…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s aspiration to turn the country into a top investment destination has got off to a positive start, with India now ranked by the World Bank at 130 of 189 countries on “Ease of Doing Business.” That is up 12 places from its original ranking last year and four places from its…
New Delhi: A powerful earthquake of 7.5 magnitude centred in Afghanistan, has killed nearly 280 people, including 12 Afghan schoolgirls who were crushed in a stampede as they tried to flee their collapsing school. At least 214 people, including eight children, have died in Pakistan and over thousand are reported injured. The earthquake shook north…
Days after the Indian Air Force announced that it will induct women as fighter pilots, the Navy has decided to allow women pilots in various streams. However, for now they will be shore-based till necessary infrastructural needs are addressed. The Army and Navy are also looking into the issue of appointing women in combat roles….
Antarctica is one of the coldest, snowiest parts of the globe, but there may actually be less snow across the surface of the planet’s southernmost continent than scientists originally thought. Researchers studying areas of eastern Antarctica where snow is often stripped off the surface by wind, recently found that the powerful gusts are actually vaporizing…
Close your eyes and imagine it’s five years from now. Now, check your pockets and your desk. Which devices are you using? It’s very likely you have a smartphone. But is your second device an iPad-like tablet or a more traditional PC? Or perhaps you have a laptop-tablet hybrid, like Microsoft’s Surface? Or maybe you…
Fast food is an affordable and convenient way to fill yourself up when on the run. Although you shouldn’t feel guilty for an occasional indulgence, regularly eating fast food can seriously damage your health. Coupled with low nutritional value, the high fat, calorie and sodium content of these foods can lead to a variety of…
