BEIJING: A China quake helicopter carrying 14 people has crashed during relief operations following last months, state media reported on Sunday.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: The shuttle Discovery successfully launched into orbit carrying seven astronauts and the key unit of the Japanese Kibo research module to the International Space Station.
Sameer Mishra of Indiana won the US National spelling Bee competition. He spelled out all words with no stress on his face. He showed humor in his spelling which kept whole audience laughing during all of his time. Mishra put himself on a mission. “I told my mom I was going to do the bee,” […]
Within seconds of adjusting the tall microphone to better match his 8-year-old height, Sriram Hathwar nailed the word judges gave him, barely pausing between letters.
Sriram Hathwar, 8, competes at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. He is the youngest speller in the history of the competition.
(ABC News)”Elicitation,” said Sriram, making sure to pronounce […]
Carlsbad, Calif. - Facebook is working on a redesign that will allow popular applications to become more accessible to users, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday.
“We’re moving the system away from box-based [layout] to applications that are more engaging, that people trust more, moving through the system,” said Zuckerberg, who was speaking at the Dow […]
The Indian rupee rose 23 paise at 42.73/74 against the US dollar on Wednesday, ending two day fall as the demand for dollar lowered from refiners due to drop in crude oil prices.
The local currency resumed firm at 42.87/88 a dollar from its last close of 42.96/97 a dollar at the Interbank Foreign Exchange […]
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - The dollar staged a comeback in afternoon trade, finding a boost from easing oil prices and stronger-than-expected U.S. data.
The drop in oil prices still leaves the commodity at hugely inflated levels but takes the edge off the market’s worst fears. After setting records above $135 last week oil has eased off […]
DPA New York, May 28 (DPA) A drop in oil prices and a tech share rally lifted US stocks across the board Tuesday, after last week’s worst performance since February. The 2.5-percent drop in oil prices was the steepest decrease this month, and gave counterbalance to a huge drop in US consumer confidence reported Tuesday.
The […]
New Delhi - The Canada-based manufacturer of Blackberry mobile phones has rejected a demand by Indian authorities to help decrypt text messages on security concerns, news reports said Tuesday.
DELHI: Vodafone Essar has rolled out a new product called, “Chhota Credit” which let its prepaid customers to avail a credit amount of Rs 10 by just sending an SMS to a toll free number 144.