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Celestial Spectacle in the offing as planets set to fall in straight line on May 31 night

Wonders don’t happen too often. The talking point here is about triple planetary crossover in the night sky. The astronomers are in for a real feast. The brightest planets in our solar system - Jupiter, Mercury and Venus - will be having a party in the sky, dancing around each other over the course of several nights, starting Friday, May ...

Honeybees roped in to be part of mine detection squad

The headline could confuse you no end. But then, read on and you will know what we mean. Insects, particularly honeybees, could be part of the explosives squad. Don’t worry, by that we mean the insects can be roped in to be part of a defensive program. Honeybees are now being used to help remove landmines remaining after wars, by making ...

Photos: Massive Oklahoma Tornado kills at least 91, over 200 injured

A massive tornado that tore through town of Moore outside Oklahoma City has taken lives of at least 91 people and injured over 200 residents, reports the ABC News on May 21, 2013. The emergency workers had been struggling through the ravaged city to find the survivors. The Oklahoma medical examiner reported that 20 of the 91 died could be children. According ...

Soldier shot in forehead by AK-47 beats death smiling; bullet pulled out with pliers [Video]

Shot in the forehead, but smiling! Wondering if we are talking movies, think again! For, this has happened not on any film location. A Russian soldier who was hit by a bullet in the forehead during an AK-47 shootout between Russia and Chechen militants, was helped by his fellowman to remove the bullet using just pliers. The video clipping (posted below) ...

Venezuela faces strange shortage of toilet paper; importing 50 million rolls to meet demand

Stop giggling! This could happen to you too. We just stumbled upon news that talks of a strange issue that has befallen the people of Venezuela. The nation’s public is facing a major shortage of toilet paper! We aren’t kidding, folks. Faced by the peculiar crunch, the Venezeulan government has assured its people that it will soon import 50 million ...

Bihar Board Intermediate Class 12 Science Results 2013 published

The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) has declared the class 12 Science results on May 16, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. at its official website. Click here to check the results. Students can check their Bihar Intermediate result 2013 from the Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) official website or directly from the link provided above. The results can also be obtained via ...

Billion-year-old water discovered in Ontario; may reveal origin of life

An amazing discovery of a one-billion-year-old water way is doing the rounds on media space. This waterway had remained unnoticed within the volcanic rock of a Canadian Shield situated two and a half kilometers below northeastern Ontario. A team of British and Canadian scientists are tearing into this discovery to see if there is any clue regarding the origin of ...

Underwater robots to spot endangered sturgeon fish

Underwater robots are doing a great work in Delaware waterways and beyond to help scientist at the University of Delaware to find endangered Atlantic sturgeon fish. The robots developed for this purpose are autonomous gliders that can be used for many deep sea operations too. History says that a century ago in the Delaware river, approximately 180,000 female Atlantic sturgeon fish ...

Karnataka PUC 2 results 2013 postponed due to elections

According to a report from OneIndia website dated April 30, 2013, the Primary and Secondary Education Board of Karnataka which was going to declare the results of Karnataka Second PUC (class 12) on May 3, 2013, has now postponed the results to May 07, 2013 in view of the Assembly elections in the State on May 05, 2013. The valuation for ...

Sarabjit Singh declared brain dead: Family likely to return from Pakistan

The Hindustan Times reported on April 30, 2013, that the doctors at the Zinnah Hospital in Lahore have declared Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who was brutally assaulted by fellow prisoners brain dead. Singh was badly hit on his head with bricks and his body was badly cut by iron tin pieces and blades at Lahore's Kot Lakhpat Jail. Earlier doctors dead ...

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