Heavy rainfall events setting ever new records have been increasing strikingly in the past thirty years. While before 1980, multi-decadal fluctuations in extreme rainfall events are explained by natural variability, a team of scientists of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research detected a

UPSC/KPSC 2015-16 Prelims. Government of Karnataka Directorate of Minorities 20th Floor, V.V.Towers, Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Veedhi, Bangalore-560 001Minority candidates Application for Pre-Coaching to U.P.S.C Civil Services Examination UPSC/KPSC for the year 2015-16Last to apply:- 24/07/2015

MIT researchers have trained their cheetah robot to jump over hurdles as it runs — making it the first four-legged robot that can run and jump over obstacles autonomously. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers had demonstrated last year that the robotic cheetah was able to run unt

Black holes are, by definition, impossible to see by conventional methods and are often further obscured by thick blankets of dust or gas. But that's not an issue for NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR). It can peek through the obscuring layers and monitor the black holes via the h

How much a child's pupil dilates in response to seeing an emotional image can predict his or her risk of depression over the next two years, according to new research from Binghamton University. According to Brandon Gibb, professor of psychology at Binghamton University and director of the Mo

Guwahati: There are hundreds others in this slum in Guwahati which was set up some 40 years back; but Sujab Ali was always different from the rest. Son of a rag picker, Sujab recently cleared the High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) exam and became the first person from this slum called Hafiznagar

The electronics major LG has released the G4 phone at Rs.51,000 ($805) in an attempt to gain the title of the best Android smartphone brand that is currently held by Samsung. Here is our analysis but spoiler alert – it is breathing down on the neck of the competition: Design This is where all

NEW DELHI: The Union Public Service Commission on Saturday declared results of the prestigious civil services examination. Ira Singhal has topped the exams. Four top position holders are women: Ira Singhal, Renu Raj, Nidhi Gupta and Vandana Rao. Suharsha Bhagat, at rank 5, is top male candi

(CNN)An automotive assembly line robot killed a worker at a car factory in Germany this week, a prosecutor's office said. The man, 21, was installing the robot at a Volkswagen assembly line on Tuesday in Baunatal, which lies next to the city of Kassel, local newspaper the Hessische Niedersa

PATNA: Over 1,400 primary schoolteachers have resigned till date apprehending legal action for allegedly taking the job on fake educational certificates. "We expect more teachers to resign by July 9, the deadline set for doing so to escape punishment," said Vinodanand Jha, OSD to principal secretary

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Between your wallet and that locker in your house where you keep things safe (in theory; in practice you forget to put things in there safely, and then have a panic attack as you desperately search everywhere for your missing passport), how many government documents do you think you have? A quick ch

There are a large number of institutions that offer education in engineering in the whole of India. Especially, the southern states of India have many vacant engineering seats. The number of seats are so high that any one applying can get a seat in one of the engineering colleges in the country.

The red, bloodshot eyes that people get after being in a swimming pool aren't caused by chlorine, as thought but by what happens when people urinate in the water. People weeing in the pool means the urine reacts with chlorine to create a chemical compound that hurts the eyes, according to the US'

Remember when you had to click actual buttons to do anything on your cellphone? Those days are long gone thanks to the touch screens that now adorn every smartphone and tablet. But, those touch screens could be a thing of past due to project Project Soli, the new Google technology that could leave t

It took Google six years to add an ‘Undo Send’ feature to Gmail. Thankfully, the company didn’t waste much time adding it to its Inbox app. You have 10 seconds to hit Undo after you send a message. The feature has been around for a few weeks; Google is highlighting that it’s now available by d

After 35 years in development, the world’s first commercially available jetpack will be available next year for $150,000. The Martin Jetpack is made from carbon fibre and aluminium. It eschews the traditional rockets of science-fiction jetpacks, which are powerful but difficult to control, and in

“Why should we hire you?” This is actually one of the most common questions asked at a job interview. If you’re feeling upbeat and glad the question is being asked, you’re at a good starting point because it is a question that gives you the opportunity to specifically inform the employer what you