World Updates

Secret journey of Manta ray's unveiled Sat, 12/05/2012 - 15:31 by RESHMI CHAKRAVORTY The long journeys taken by the endangered Manta ray comes into the light for the first time with the help of satellite tag. Comments Read more	Now even Mayan calendar disaproves of doomsday theory Fri, 11/05/2012 - 16:41 by RESHMI CHAKRAVORTY Scientists have discovered the oldest-known Mayan calendar and it further establishes that December 21, 2012 is not the doomsday. Comments Read more	Yahoo Sues Facebook Over Patent Infringements Tue, 13/03/2012 - 16:58 by Neka Sehgal In what can be termed as a rare social media court battle, Yahoo is suing Facebook over patents. Comments Read more
Japan Uncertain Over Cutting Iranian Oil Imports Tue, 21/02/2012 - 16:23 by Rachna Pandya The latest reports confirm that Japan hasn't reached any accord with the U.S. on crude import cuts from Iran. Japan’s move to reduce oil import from the Islamic Republic is directed towards gaining immunity from the latest U.S. sanctions. Comments Read more	Putin Receives 'Prehistoric' Aqua From Antarctic lake Sun, 12/02/2012 - 13:33 by Neka Sehgal Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin received the first water sample on Friday from Lake Vostok, an enormous freshwater lake hidden beneath the ice-covered surface of the Antarctica landmass. Comments Read more	'The Protestor': Time's Person of the Year Thu, 15/12/2011 - 16:07 by Neka Sehgal Time magazine named 'The Protestor' as '2011 Person of the Year' on Wednesday. Comments Read more
'Mythbusters' cannonball damages California home Fri, 09/12/2011 - 13:13 by Neka Sehgal A ballistics experiment staged by Discovery Channel’s 'Mythbusters' took an ugly turn Tuesday afternoon when a cannonball smashed through someone’s house and into a minivan in East Dublin, California. Comments Read more	Gaddafi may get secret burial Fri, 21/10/2011 - 18:04 by amiteshwar As Libyans celebrate the death of Muammar Gaddafi and what many see as the end of the country's civil war, reports emerge that he might receive a secret burial. Comments Read more	5.6-magnitude quake strikes Japan's Fukushima area Mon, 10/10/2011 - 12:33 by MT Bureau A strong earthquake measuring 5.6-magnitude hit Japan's Fukushima area at 11.45 a.m. local time Monday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey has revealed. The quake struck beneath the Pacific off Fukushima prefecture in the country's north, at a depth of Comments Read more
Facebook's bug bounty scheme: $40K already paid for finding bugs Wed, 31/08/2011 - 14:15 by NeelamGoswami Facebook on Monday said it has paid out more than $40,000 to users for detecting and reporting bugs on its social networking site during the first three weeks of its bug bounty program. Comments Read more	CO2 emissions soar to record levels, IEA says Tue, 31/05/2011 - 17:37 by NeelamGoswami After a dip in 2009 caused by the global financial crisis, energy-related carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions reached a record high in 2010, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Monday. Comments Read more	NYC man spends life savings on May 21 doomsday ad campaign Sat, 14/05/2011 - 15:42 by Jaspreet Virk As if the massive Japan earthquake followed by tsumani was not enough to jolt everyone, a New York City man is claiming that the worst is still to come on May 21 this year. Comments Read more