Goa cabinet to decide on shacks on beaches

Panaji, Sep 25 (IANS) The Goa state cabinet will Wednesday decide whether or not the hundreds of thousands of tourists hitting Goa's beaches this season can sip their cool beers or eat spicy fried prawns in beach shacks. Continue reading

Sunita Williams takes fifth spacewalk

Washington, Aug 31 (IANS) Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams, who holds the record of the longest space flight (195 days) for a woman, has completed her fifth spacewalk lasting a near record eight hours and 17 minutes. Continue reading

Bangalore Nano to focus on business opportunities

Bangalore, Aug 28 (IANS) The fifth edition of Bangalore Nano 2012, the premier nanotechnology event Dec 6-7, will focus on business opportunities in the sunrise sector, which helps in improving the quality of life and environment, a Karnataka government official said Tuesday. Continue reading

Respect internet freedom, US tells India

Washington, Aug 22 (IANS) Voicing its support for full freedom of the internet, US has urged India to maintain respect for fundamental freedoms, while probing rumours that have caused an exodus of northeastern Indians from southern cities. Continue reading

Freedom acquiring new meaning for thinking India

New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Freedom as an idea is no longer what it was 65 years ago when India emerged from the shackles of British domination at the stroke of midnight Aug 15, 1947. Today, it is an exercise in introspection on how much ground we have been able to cover towards being a sustainable, sovereign, fair, thinking and developed nation, as envisaged in the manifesto of a free India. Continue reading

US wants bio-weapon to destroy human brain: Report

Tehran, Aug 9 (IANS) A prominent political analyst has said the US has proposed a bio-weapon that would destroy the part of the human brain associated with spirituality, Iran's Press TV reported Thursday. Continue reading