India launches OceanSat-2, six others in 20 mts

The Indian Space Research Organisation on Wednesday successfully launched seven satellites in 1,200 seconds with the help of its most trusted Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle from the......

'Water shortage is a very, very serious situation'

It has been argued that the next world war will be fought not over oil, but over water. In India, water riots have broken out in Madhya Pradesh this year and people have lost lives fighting......

Turkish author wins Literature Nobel

Turkish author Orhan Pamuk won the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday, the Swedish Academy announced. In its citation, the academy said Pamuk, who lives and works in Istanbul, "in the quest for......