For a manned mission to Mars, a detour to the moon is the best route to Mars as it could fuel up and streamline cargo by 68 percent, said a study. Since launching humans to Mars may not require a full tank of gas, the study by MIT suggests that a Martian mission may lighten…
A major Kiwi-led study has painted a dire picture of Antarctica’s future under climate change, with models simulating heavy ice loss under all but one optimistic scenario. The study, published today in the major journal Nature and led by Dr Nicholas Golledge of Victoria University’s Antarctic Research Centre and GNS Science, drew on state-of-the-art computer…
NEW DELHI: Making the most of mobile platform and its increased penetration, Railways today launched facilities for booking of paperless unreserved tickets as well as platform tickets to cut queues at the reservation counters. The initiatives are mostly targetted at the Mumbai suburban sections to begin with where 75 lakh passengers use the local train…
For years, Facebook has talked about beaming Internet services from space. Now, that sci-fi goal could become a reality. Facebook announced on Monday that it had joined with Eutelsat, a French satellite company, to provide a selection of free Internet services across sub-Saharan Africa using a satellite that would start orbiting the globe in the…
Real massive commercial real estate’s open data marketplace, today announced its participation in this year’s Urban Land Institute Fall Conference, October 5-8, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. During this year’s event, RealMassive will unveil Project Atlas, the next generation mapping platform for CRE research. CEO and co-founder Craig Hancock will join Airbnb’s head…
On Day 2 of his campaign blitzkreig ahead of first phase of Bihar Assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi escalated his fight against Lalu, Nitish combine. Accusing Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of backstabbing former CM Jitan Ram Manjhi, whose Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) is an ally of the NDA, he said people will punish both…
Eyeing their eight title of the season and as a team, Indian tennis player Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis entered the semi-finals of the China Open in Beijing on Thursday. Fresh from their Wuhan Open triumph last week, the top seeds prevailed over the German-Czech pair of Julia Goerges and Karolina Pliskova…
KOCHI: Kerala Blasters new head coach Peter Taylor had promised more goals from his side in the second season of Indian Super League and his players didn’t disappoint in their ISL opener against NorthEast United FC at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium on Tuesday night. After a barren first half, Blasters sunk their rivals with three…
Cricket Association of Bengal president designate Sourav Ganguly will formally be elected as its chief at their special general meeting on October 15. The former India captain yesterday did the formality of tendering his resignation from CAB joint secretary which will be taken over by Avishek Dalmiya at the upcoming SGM. The CAB today sent…
Internships can help you find out whether you are really cut out for the job you are seeking. At a time when coaching classes are mushrooming to help students crack entrance tests and job interviews, there is hardly any guidance to make job-seekers aware of the actual demands of a job and prepare them accordingly….
