There are about 17 billion in the milky way — but the search for a 'goldilocks planet', just right to support life, goes on Los Angeles: Our Milky Way is home to at least 17 billion planets that are similar in size to Earth, a new estimate suggests. That’s more than two Earth-size planets for eve

Dubai: At a conference on Wednesday titled ‘Dubai: Capital of Islamic Economy’, His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, announced a group of initiatives to a set up a comprehensive platform of Islamic economy products and s

  AMMAN, Jordan — The fiercest winter storm to hit the Mideast in years has unleashed deadly flash flooding in the West Bank, dumped a rare foot of snow on desert Jordan, and disrupted traffic on the Suez Canal in Egypt. The unusual weather was a particularly harsh blow for the vulnerable

India will raise railway passenger fares for the first time in nine years, snapping a populist trend in order to help mend the finances of a network whose creaky service has become a drag on the economy. Railways Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said on Wednesday the fare increase, which comes into ef

[caption id="attachment_20721" align="aligncenter" width="580"] King Abdullah Medical Complex in north Jeddah.[/caption] RIYADH: The medical complex that is being built in the north of Jeddah will be named King Abdullah Medical Complex in Jeddah, Health Minister Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah announced in

JEDDAH: Saudis are eagerly looking forward to the appointment of women on the 150-member Shoura Council with great hope and believe the move would further empower women and enhance the Kingdom’s reputation. Abdullah Omar Naseef, former vice president of the Shoura, said the names of new Shoura memb

Mangalore, Jan 9: The Jet Airways direct flight to Dubai, scheduled to take off at 8 pm IST on Wednesday January 9 from Mangalore International Airport, has been cancelled. Reliable sources said that the flight had to be cancelled as the pilot took ill and could not report to duty. Sources also

اے پی ایس بھٹکل بتر مولانا سید محمد رابع حسنی ندوی صاحبا چے ہاتین 'مولانا سید محمد واضح رشید لائبریری' انی 'مرحوم محتشم غنی ہال' چو افتتاح بھٹکلیس نیوز / 09 جنوری، 13 بھٹکل / (رضوان گنگاولی) "حقیقی زاپنے ہیں اشے کہ موجودہ دور بتر تعلیم انی میڈیا دوگی قوما چی ترقی بتر سامّان مؤثر ذرائع اشے" ، ہیں خ

Girls preparing for the joint entrance examination to be held in June for admissions to under-graduate programmes of the Indian Institutes of Technology may get some relaxation in qualifying marks. if the suggestion is accepted by the Joint Admission Board. “We have suggested the IIT’s joint admi

Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi, facing multiple cases for his alleged "hate speech", was today remanded to 14 day judicial custody by a magistrate in Nirmal town of Adilabad district. Akbaruddin was reportedly questioned and produced before the magistrate at 5:30, after which

In a ''provocative'' attack, Pakistani regular soldiers crossed into the Indian territory in the Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir and ambushed a patrol killing two soldiers, one of whom was decapitated. Sources, however, told Deccan Herald that infiltrators backed by the Pakistani Army were beh

Du mobile subscribers, who have been sent reminders to re-register by January 16 and fail to do so, will have their outgoing barred after January 17, but will have a grace period of three months to complete the process, a senior company executive told Emirates 24|7. “Majority of the two million s

The former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda met Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Tuesday and discussed ways to dissuade the Centre from notifying the final award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT). Mr. Gowda is said to have suggested to take legal course against the notification. Water

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the biennial Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors meet by throwing open a mega trade exhibition that has over 1,000 firms from as many as 16 countries displaying their products, even as the highlight of the sixth edition of the summit is an int

[caption id="attachment_20578" align="alignnone" width="275"] PaperTablet[/caption] LONDON: Researchers have developed a revolutionary tablet screen as thin as a sheet of paper that can be twisted and dropped without damage - and it could replace your laptop within five years. Developed by Que

  [caption id="attachment_20574" align="alignnone" width="279"] Microsoft[/caption]   KOLKATA:  Microsoft and  Bournville College of London have been roped in to train Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) students for job interviews. The three-month course on 'Personal