Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) does not consider the upcoming launch of 103 satellites on a single PSLV rocket a record-making feat. Its aim is rather to maximise the launch vehicle’s carrying capacity and returns per launch, ISRO chairman A.S. Kiran Kumar said here on Wednesday. As ma

Indian Express | Jan 9,2017 The CBSE exams for class 10 will continue till April 10, while class 12 will end on April 29. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will conduct the exams for Class 10 and 12 from March 9 in view of the state elections conducted in five states — Punjab, Goa, M

Chennai: Cashing in on the rollout by several telecom operators offering unlimited free call facility, government-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd or BSNL on Saturday joined the bandwagon with launch of a new Rs 144 plan for its customers offering similar features. The plan, which is valid for six mo

Wrapping food items in newspaper is bad for your health as its ink has multiple bioactive materials with known negative health effects, FSSAI said on Friday. "Wrapping food in newspapers is an unhealthy practice and the consumption of such food is injurious to health, even if the food has been co

The report by Christina Fitzmaurice from the University of Washington said cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide. There were an estimated 17.5 million cancer cases around the world and 8.7 million deaths in 2015, according to a new report which shows that the cases increased b

With over one billion monthly users, WhatsApp has been phasing out compatibility with older phones in a technology upgrade. By end of 2017, several older services would be discontinued, the company has said in a blog post. “While these mobile devices have been an important part of our story, they

The Earth-like planet was originally seen crossing its star by Nasa's Kepler space telescope. Nasa's enormous Hubble telescope will spend about five days over the next year carefully investigating K2-3d. The hope is that they find a hydrogen-rich atmosphere, or a blanket of clouds, says Dr Björn B

WhatsApp rolled out video-calling feature for Android, iOS and Windows users earlier this week. The feature was long anticipated and can be downloaded via update available to all users. However, the rollout of this popular feature has led to scamsters circulating malicious links inviting people to d

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is on the verge of becoming the oldest woman in space, adding to her long list of barrier-breaking records. Ms. Whitson, who is all set to rocket off the planet, will celebrate her 57th birthday in February on the International Space Station. That’s a far cry from John

A 46-year-old driver from Raigad on Tuesday got a new lease of life after the family of a 45-year-old meat seller from Indore donated his heart — a second interstate heart transplant between the two states. The surgery recorded the 27th heart transplant of the city for this year. Surgeons at Fort

A 13-year-old Indian boy who was born with his head hung at a ninety degree angle has died less than a year after he underwent a major surgery to fix it. Mahendra Ahirwar was afflicted by a rare condition called congenital myopathy which made his neck muscles so weak that his head would hang to one

There are two more times we will get to see a supermoon 2016. We first saw one on Oct. 16, and we will see the last on Dec. 14. The second supermoon of the year, which will take place on Nov. 14, will be simply out of this world. The moon will be full on the same day as perigee for about two hour

HYDERABAD: Weighing just 5.5 kg, P Nitish, at the age of 7 months and 13 days, is one of the youngest in India to undergo liver transplant surgery. Nitish has a congenital medical condition called biliary atresia. A team of doctors led by Dr Manish C Varma, chief transplant surgeon at Apollo Hospit

New Delhi: A case has been registered against a man for circulating an objectionable photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a messaging app, police said. An FIR has been lodged by a BJP activist, SHO DK Tiwari said, adding that the case has been registered under various sections of IPC. Th

Scientists might have solved the mystery of Bermuda Triangle located between Miami, Puerto Rico and the island of Bermuda. Known to be a notorious patch of sea where many ships and planes have mysteriously vanished, Bermuda Triangle has been feared by sailors and considered a cursed area by paran

CHENNAI: With an aim to counter threats from Reliance Jio free phone call offer, Telecom operator Vodafone India on Friday has announced that it will be making incoming calls free for customers on national roaming. Starting this Diwali, Vodafone customers travelling anywhere out of their telecom

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has suspended production of its flagship Galaxy Note 7 smartphones, a source said on Monday, after reports of fires in replacement devices added to the tech giant’s worst ever recall crisis. Top U.S. and Australian carriers also suspended sales or exchanges of Note 7s,

Drinking too much water in the body puts it in danger of water intoxication or hyponatremia, when vital levels of sodium in the blood become abnormally low.  Drinking too much water may cause potentially fatal water intoxication, claims a new study which has for the first time identified th