The head of studies at the Royal Air Force pilot training college is a convert to Islam who has criticised Nato air strikes on Libya in a Muslim magazine. Dr Joel Hayward is dean of the college at Cranwell, the RAF's equivalent of Sandhurst, and has taught many of the pilots spearheading the militar

05 August 2011: NASA's solar-powered Juno spacecraft blasted off on its five-year mission to Jupiter on Friday, the first mission launched after the end of the space shuttle program last month and the first representing NASA's new emphasis on unmanned space missions. Juno will explore the largest

Thiruvananthapuram - 04 August 2011: A whack from a smaller sibling could, it seems, account for one of the abiding mysteries about the Moon - why the side seen from the Earth is so different from its other hemisphere. The nearside is low and flat, with lava-filled basins that are readily visible

Technology will definitely never stop its amazing venture. Who cares big bang theory? For us, the cosmos is shrinking at the velocity of knots. The world is getting smaller by every means. Communication, technology or gadgets, everything comes in a pocket edition, and of course, at a lightening

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Astronomers have detected an asteroid not far from Earth, moving in the same orbit around the Sun. The 200-300m-wide rock sits in front of our planet at a gravitational "sweet spot", and poses no danger. Its position in the sky makes it a so-called Trojan asteroid - a type previously detected only a

Bangalore - 26 July 2011: The Common Admission Test (CAT) is getting a format makeover. The test, which holds the key to admissions to the 13 IIMs and other major B-schools in the country, will be conducted between October 22 and November 18, 2011. Though the number of questions remain the same,

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LAST DATES to apply for Pre-Matric Scholarship, Post Matric Scholarship & Pre-Examination Coaching for UPSC/KPSC EXTENDED Pre-Matric Scholarship 2011-12 (Fresh & Renewal)Last date for students to submit filled in applications to respective School HM/Principal extended to30 July 2011.Last date for

Washington - 21 July 2011 (IANS): Astronomers have discovered a fourth moon orbiting the icy dwarf planet Pluto, the NASA has announced. The tiny, new satellite - temporarily designated P4 - was uncovered in a survey using the Hubble space telescope, searching for rings around the planet, Xinhua

21 July 2011: With the launch of the new Mac minis this morning, Apple declared the optical disc obsolete. "Mac mini is designed without an optical disc drive," the company said in the device's promotional materials. "Because these days, you don't need one." Certainly not for Apple software. This mo

Even before the real perpetrators of the recent attack on Mumbai are brought into light, even before the investigation and investigators have come out with evidences against the outfits behind the attack, some sections of the media, civil society, and politicians have given their verdict; 'Islamic T

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Aligarh: A group of researchers of Aligarh Muslim University led by Prof. Wasim Ahmad of department of Zoology, has discovered a new genus of soil-inhabiting nematode from the grasslands in Kaziranaga National Park, Assam. The team's finding, published in the latest issue of Nematology (an Inter

New Delhi - 13 July 2011: Google+ is surely giving Facebook a run for its money! According to a researcher, Google+ could be on the verge of hitting the 10 million users mark in just two weeks.Paul Allen, the founder of Ancestry.com, has estimated that Google+ is just a step away from hitting its

New Delhi - 11 July 2011 (PTI): Neptune -- the blue coloured eighth planet of the solar system, will this year complete its first revolution of the sun since its discovery in 1846. The heavenly body will celebrate its birthday on July 13 at 03:06 IST when it reaches approximately the same helioce

Palo Alto - Facebook will integrate Skype video chat into its social networking service, striking a deal to cement its role as a hub for communications. The agreement, announced by Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg at the company's Palo Alto, California headquarters on Wednesday, deepens i

The proportion of Muslim women who are illiterate is substantially higher for rural north India than for the entire country - more than 85 per cent reported themselves to be illiterate. Fewer than 17 per cent of Muslim women ever enrolled completed eight years of schooling and fewer than 10 per