A 12-year-old Indian-origin girl in the UK has achieved the highest possible score of 162 on a Mensa IQ test, outwitting physicists Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. Lydia Sebastian from Essex has joined the one per cent of all entrants to attain the highest mark in the Cattell III B paper sup

RIYADH: Two new Haj and Umrah applications in English, Urdu and Hindi were launched in Riyadh recently. The application named “Haj-e-Mabroor” contains three books on Haj and Umrah, nine speeches, one Haj and Umrah presentation and 21 articles. The second app has been named “Deen-e-Islam” and cons

More and more students are joining science courses at the undergraduate level in government colleges across Karnataka and the number has almost doubled over the last five years. The number of students who enrol in science courses, however, is still lower than that for arts and commerce programmes

Ah, the world of tech myths! Despite countless efforts to kill them, a host of myths continue to persist. While many of them are result of plain ignorance, a few have genuine lineage. However, as the technology moves forward most do not hold true anymore. Here's debunking 8 of such fallacies.

Asus has announced the launch of yet another variant of the ZenFone 2 Deluxe. Called Asus ZenFone 2 Deluxe Special Edition, the smartphone was reportedly launch at an event in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Friday. First reported by Asus Fanaticos (via Fonearena), the new variant comes with massive 256GB i

A six-year-old child walking into the classroom with a tab in his hands is no more a strange sight in schools. Digital learning is the latest trend in pre-primary and primary schools in Bengaluru. Even as schools experiment with innovative approaches to teaching and learning, students become fami

In a ground-breaking project, a Brazilian toucan which lost the upper part of its beak while being trafficked has been fitted with a prosthesis made with a 3D printer. The female bird, named Tieta, was rescued from a wildlife animal fair in Rio de Janeiro. It is not clear whether she lost the

The Department of Pre-university Education (DPUE) has revoked the "blow-up” syllabus, which it introduced two years ago to make it easy for science stream students to face the second year PUC board exam. In a circular issued on August 19, the DPUE has asked colleges to teach the complete syllabus

After the interim order of the Guwahati High Court to ban small cars in Assam, Global NCAP has requested Indian carmakers to adopt United Nations safety standards for front and side impact from January 1, 2015. In a letter to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), the global crash-te

NASA has released a series of stunning images taken during the Cassini spacecraft’s last close flyby of Saturn’s moon Dione. The images show a pockmarked landscape looming below the spacecraft.  Cassini passed 295 miles above Dione’s surface at 2:33 p.m. ET on Aug. 17, its fifth close encounter w

Hyderabad: According to a press note issued by NTR University of Health Sciences, Vijaywada, Entrance Test for admission into BUMS will be held at Osmania Medical College, Kothi, Hyderabad on 6th September. Registration can be done online up to 22nd August by paying Rs. 800 through DD in favour o

Xiaomi, as promised, has launched its first 'Made in India' smartphone, the Redmi 2 Prime, priced at Rs. 6,999. The smartphone has been manufactured at Foxconn facility in Sri City. The new Xiaomi Redmi 2 Prime is now available to buy via the company's online store, Mi.com alongside other company

An almost fully-formed human brain has been grown in a lab for the first time, claim scientists from Ohio State University. The team behind the feat hope the brain could transform our understanding of neurological disease. Though not conscious the miniature brain, which resembles that of a five-w

Scripting a new chapter, the Cochin International Airport on Tuesday became the first in the world to operate completely on solar power. Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy inaugurated the 12 MWp solar power plant, comprising 46,150 solar panels laid across 45 acres near the cargo complex, at a func

A towering structure rising 20 kilometers into the air with its top in the sky may sound like something out of an Old Testament passage or science fiction novel, but a Canadian space company has proposed just that to cut the costs of space exploration. Last month Thoth Technology was granted a

The Pentagon plans to sharply expand the number of U.S. drone flights over the next four years, giving military commanders access to more intelligence and greater firepower to keep up with a sprouting number of global hot spots, a senior defense official said. The plan to increase by 50% the numb

We've long suspected that octopuses / octopodes / whatever are so damn creepy and unsettling, they've GOT to be aliens. After all, they're capable of slipping through the tiniest of openings to escape, they're able to figure out a jam jar works and they're essentially the evil genius of the deep

The days of students jostling to get engineering admission are over in Tamil Nadu with nearly a lakh seats remaining unfilled after counselling and more students rushing to commerce and arts disciplines. The general counselling for students were held since July 1 to August 7 for engineering seats