Monday, September 5, and Tuesday, September 6, will mark 50 years after 11 members of Israel's Olympic team were killed in what is known as the Munich massacre in history. The tragedy occured......
NASA's infrared eye on the universe -- the Spitzer Space Telescope -- has marked its tenth year in space and it is still going strong. Report: PTI Please click NEXT for...
Scientists have discovered a new, frozen planet that has the same mass as that of Earth and is located 13,000 light-years away. The finding may help understand the types of planetary systems that......
For the first time, seven new Earth-sized exoplanets that may be able to sustain life have been discovered orbiting a star 39 light years away, astronomers said on Wednesday. “They could......
In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Spitzer and Swift space telescopes have joined forces to unveil an elusive brown dwarf (external......
Japanese car major Nissan on Tuesday said will hike the prices of its vehicles, including hatchback Micra and sports utility vehicle Terrano in India, by up to 4 per cent from next month in order......
Indian-American businessman and political activist Andy Shenoy has been appointed to the Tourism Advisory Board of the Empire State Development Corporation by the New York governor David Patterson.......
The Securities and Exchange Commission will issue rules next month to curb trading abuses in the mutual fund industry that favour large institutional investors over individual shareholders, SEC......
Securities and Exchange Board of India Chairman M Damodaran is taking a leaf out of New York Attorney-General Eliot Spitzer's books. According to Sebi sources, the regulator is considering a......
North American automotive executives have picked India over China as the most popular offshore destination for the migration of business processing activities, according to a new survey.Nine out of......
On September 5, 1972, members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage at the poorly secured athletes’ village by Palestinian gunmen from the Black September group. Within 24 hours, 11......
The widow of an Israeli athlete, slain during the 1972 Munich Olympics denounced the IOC during a memorial Monday to honour the dead, shouting "Shame on you!" for failing to offer a moment of......
When young East German shot putter Birgit Boese was told to keep quiet about what went on in her sports school she thought it was because of the food. Bananas featured regularly in the school's......