London: A rare supercomet is rushing towards the Sun from the outer solar system and at its peak it may outshine the Moon in November, 2013, astronomers claim. First spotted in Sept­ember this year, the comet is known as C/2012 S1 (ISON), New Scientist rep­orted. Its closest approach to the Sun w

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Bangalore, Dec 24, 2012, DHNS: A new, DVG Jnanavahini University, carved out of the Bangalore University, will start functioning from the coming academic year. The State government on Monday appointed University Vishveshwaraiah College of Engineering (UVCE) principal K R Venugopal as a special of

Facebook has announced a new app that erases pictures and messages within 10 seconds of being sent, the Daily Mail reported. It is an advanced version of one of the social networking site’s original apps, the “poke”. The equivalent of a head nod or wink, the “poke” in its old form is rarely us

Dec 21: The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) is trying to finalise the dates for the Common Entrance Test (CET) 2013 and the test is likely to be held on May 14 and 15 or 16 and 17, 2013. Following the recent Supreme Court interim order on National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), the

BEIJING: Apple said the iPhone 5 posted record sales in its first weekend of availability in China, the world's largest mobile-phone market by users. Apple sold more than 2 million of its latest handsets in the three days following its December 14 introduction in the country, Apple said in a stat

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(AFP) / 19 December 2012 Future computing devices will push further into the senses by developing capacities to mimic the ability to see, smell, touch, taste and hear, IBM said in its annual forecast on Monday. The seventh annual ‘IBM 5 in 5’, a list of innovations that have the potential to hav

(Reuters) / 17 December 2012 Weeks before he accepted a $1 billion buyout offer from Facebook Inc, Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom had verbally agreed to a $525 million offer from Twitter, according to a report in The New York Times citing unnamed sources close to Twitter and Facebook. Twitter execu

Aligarh: Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has rejected the Ministry of HRD proposal for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for the admission in MBBS course. NEET test is to be introduced from 2013 and will cover MBBS and MD courses offered by 271 medical colleges, 138 govt-run and 133 p

Aligarh: Addressing a huge gathering at the Kennedy Auditorium organized by the Aligarh Muslim University Chapter of the Progressive Writers’ Association, the Chairman of the Press Council of India, Justice (Retd.) Markandey Katju asserted that in 1857, there was almost zero percent communalism in t

Russian scientists have created a mini-carton that boils a perfect egg for you in only 2 minutes! The innovation is called the Gogol Mogol, named after a popular Russian egg dish. Though it’s a one-time use device, it’s made of recycled materials to reduce waste. The four layer design is compr

New York (Reuters): Mobile devices that let people track how much they eat and exercise may help them shed weight over and above the benefits of a typical weight-loss program, says a US study. Researchers writing in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that overweight and obese adults lost an ave

Bhatkal – 09 Dec 2012: A dead body was recovered from Venkatapur river today afternoon. According to the sources, some villagers spotted the body floating in the river and informed the police. A large number of crowds gathered after hearing this news and the body was taken out from river with the he

Bhatkal – 09 Dec 2012: Bhatkal unit of BJP on Saturday organized a protest rally against UPA Govt for its recent decision. On this occasion protesters shouted slogans and displayed banners and placards saying ‘Congress Hatao… Desh Bachao’. The rally began from Hanuman Devasthan and after passing thr

Bhatkal - 07 Dec 2012: Popular Front of India (PFI) on the occasion of 20th anniversary of demolition of Babri Masjid, submitted a memorandum to Govt of India through Bhatkal Assistant Commissioner demanding reconstruction of Babri Masjid. On this occasion representatives of PFI Bhatkal unit wer

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More than 50 countries to see the latest iPhone released in the market Cupertino, California: Apple on Monday announced that the iPhone 5 will be available in South Korea on Friday, December 7, with more than 50 additional countries being added in December, including Brazil, Russia and Taiwan. In