A team of researchers has moved invisibility cloaks into the real-life classroom.
Real-life invisibility cloaks do exist, in a manner of speaking: researchers have engineered systems that bend light around an object, shielding it from detection. But most are very tiny and only work at very small wavelength ranges, rendering them less impressive to the average observer.
A 5.4 magnitude earthquake hit off Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Friday, within a week of the high intensity quake that hit Nepal and adjoining areas including parts of India.
The moderate intensity earthquake jolted the Andaman islands at 2:29 pm, said an official of the India Meteorological Department.
The epicentre of the quake lies 135 kilometres away from Port Blair.
The depth of the earthquake was measured as 10 km, IMD said in a statement.
Reports of damage to properties or life have not been received so far, it said.
President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday extended greetings to all workers of India on the occasion of May Day.
“On the occasion of May Day, I extend my heartiest greetings and good wishes to all the workers of India. May Day, also known as ‘Labour Day’ or ‘International Workers’ Day’, is an occasion when we pay
tribute to the contribution that workers have made to progress, prosperity and well- being of our society,” the President’s message read.
A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped and impregnated by her brother-in-law at Dante Kalimpong in this district. The accused has been arrested, police said on Friday.
Arun Rai (30), to whom the parents of the girl had sent their daughter and younger son for better schooling last year, had raped her and she gave birth to a child recently, police officials said.
The mother of the victim from Sikkim Namchi area filed a complaint against Rai following which police arrested him and today.
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Britain has told a UN panel of experts that it is aware of an “active Iranian nuclear procurement network” linked to two Iranian companies.
Two UN sources confirm that Britain’s warning on April 20 is included in a confidential report by the panel. The sources spoke on anonymity because they were not authorised to discuss it.
The warning names two companies, Iran’s Centrifuge Technology Company and Kalay Electric Company, but it gives no details.
The report comes as world powers negotiate with Iran on a possible comprehensive agreement on its nuclear program by June 30.
Israel is blaming its Arab neighbors for the failure of progress toward achieving a Middle East free of nuclear weapons, saying that “if a serious regional effort has not emerged in the Middle East during the last five years, it is not because of Israel.”
Israel’s statement, distributed today to a global conference on a landmark disarmament treaty, is the country’s first public comment since it showed up as a surprise observer. Israel has never publicly declared its nuclear weapons, and it is not a party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
In their article for Lithosphere on 12 March, authors Kristin Morell and colleagues wrote that the 700-km-long “central seismic gap” is the most prominent segment of the Himalayan front not to have ruptured in a major earthquake during the last 200-500 years.
They added that this prolonged seismic quiescence has led to the proposition that this region, with a population of more 10 million, is overdue for a great earthquake. Despite the region’s recognized seismic risk, the geometry of faults likely to host large earthquakes remains poorly understood.
A new study has suggested that engineering new blood vessels in people is one step closer to reality.
Scientists moved a step closer toward coaxing the body into producing its own replacement blood vessels after discovering that suppressing parts of the innate immune system may raise the chances of a tissue engineered vascular graft’s success.
Ikea India sought allotment of 50,000 square meters land from Telangana Government in Hyderabad(TSIIC) at a rate of Rs 19.21 crore an acre to set up business in and around Hyderabad, according to a CMO release on Thursday.
After negotiations between the TSIIC and the IKEA representatives, it was agreed upon to allot land listed under plot numbers 25, 26, 27 and 29 at Knowledge City under Rayadurgam limits.
Pumped up after a thrilling win over the smooth-sailing Chennai Super Kings, defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders will take on the resurgent Royal Challengers Bangalore in an IPL cricket match here tomorrow.
With last night’s win, KKR moved up a rung to the third position on the points table with four wins, two losses and one abandoned match.
RCB, on the other hand, have won three and lost as many in seven games and are on fourth position.
Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni looked jaded in his team’s loss to Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL T20 cricket tournament yesterday but coach Stephen Fleming said nothing was wrong with the captain.
Dhoni had a forgettable outing with the bat and was bowled for 1 after being done in by a wrong one by Piyush Chawla and also missed a stumping when Robin Uthappa was on 28 as the KKR opener top-scored with an unbeaten 80 to fashion a seven-wicket victory.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for helping Israel in its rescue work in quake-hit Nepal.
Netanyahu in a telephonic conversation yesterday thanked the Indian PM for providing helicopters to assist with the rescue of Israelis (from Nepal) and permitting Israeli relief planes to land in India, an official statement said.
Netanyahu also conveyed his condolences to the families of the Indian victims who lost their lives and were injured in the earthquake, it said.
Actress Lara Dutta is “super excited” to team up with Akshay Kumar in upcoming film “Singh is Bliing”, whose shooting she will begin tomorrow.
Directed by Prabhudheva, “Singh is Bliing” is the 36-year-old former Miss Universe’s eighth outing with Akshay after debut film “Andaaz” followed by “Aan: Men at Work”, “Insan”, “Dosti: Friends Forever”, “Bhagam Bhag”, “Blue” and “Housefull”.
“Super excited to start Singh is Bliing tomorrow with @akshaykumar! I’ve lost count of our movies together. #friendphilosopherguide,” Lara tweeted.
Blake Lively is always looking for new challenges and the latest one is to go to Harvard Business School someday.
The ‘Age of Adaline’ star said in an interview with UK magazine that she has a dream to go to Harvard Business School and one of these days she will do that in her spare time, Us Magazine reported.
The 27-year-old actress she loves business but it was more innate for her and not something she went to college for. (ANI)
Britney Spears recently tumbled and rolled-up on-stage during her performance in Las Vegas and got her left ankle twisted.
The American singer was performing on ” (You Drive Me) Crazy ” when she jumped up and rolled her ankle as she landed and quickly grabbed her foot as she was in quite a bit of pain, but still the singing star continued her performance without missing a beat, E! Online reported.
The United Nations warned fuel shortages threaten to halt all relief operations in Yemen “within days” as Saudi Arabia reported the first retaliatory cross-border attack of its five-week air war.
Riyadh rejected any neutral venue for UN-brokered peace talks as a confidential UN report supported its allegations that regional rival Tehran had been arming Yemen’s Huthi Shiite rebels since 2009.
Laila Ali, the daughter of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, appears to have taken a swipe at Floyd Mayweather as the former reminded the unbeaten US boxing champion that her father is still ‘the greatest’ boxer of all-time.
Mayweather, who will square off against Manny Pacquiao in the ‘fight of the century’ bout on May 2 in Las Vegas, had attracted widespread criticism last week as he said that he “couldn’t care less” for upsetting people by claiming that he is better than Ali or Sugar Ray Robinson.
A 7.1-magnitude earthquake has been recorded in Papua New Guinea, and a local tsunami is possible.
The US Geological Survey says the quake this evening was centered in the province of East New Britain, about 110 kilometres from the provincial capital, Kokopo.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said hazardous tsunami waves were possible within 300 kilometres of the epicenter. It also said the epicenter was 61 kilometres deep. Shallower quakes typically have more damage potential.
Days after an American cargo ship was intercepted by Iranian patrol boats in the Strait of Hormuz, Pentagon officials have said that the U.S. Navy will accompany all U.S.-flagged commercial vessels through those waters in the future to prevent interference by Iran.
The U.S. Navy will only accompany the commercial vessels and monitor the area as they cross the strait.
The BBC had earlier reported that Iranian naval ships had fired warning shots near a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship before seizing it and its crew on Friday.
New images purporting to show an Islamic State (IS) training camp in Afghanistan, near the Pakistani border, have surfaced on the internet, indicating that the Middle east-based terror group is making inroads into South Asia.
According to Fox News, the pictures were obtained by a Pakistani journalist earlier this month and published by the military blog, ‘The Long War Journal.’
Pakistani journalist Saleem Mehsud had originally posted the photos on his Twitter page on April 18, but could not divulge details about their origin.
A cost-estimating website has highlighted cost obsessions in Pakistan and India with their fascinating maps using Google’s autocomplete feature.
The website known as Fixr.com showed that weddings costs is the most Googled item in Pakistan, whereas, cows topped the search in India, the Express Tribune reported.
The maps shows the most- Googled for object in each country, using the autocomplete formula of “How much does * cost in [x country]”.
Tibetan Prime Minister in-exile Lobsang Sangay has inaugurated a renovated Tibet Museum in a popular Buddhist temple of Dharamsala.
The museum is a part of the Buddhist temple complex called Tsuglagkhang in the Mcleod Ganj area. At the ceremony, Sangay also launched the re-designed version of the Central Tibetan Administration’s official website, Tibet.net.
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s daughter North West has definitely inherited great fashion taste from her parents and she seems to hate her aunt Khloe Kardashian’s fashion advice.
Khloe recently shared a funny incidence during an interview that Kim once made North West wore all pink leotard and tutu and the 2-year-old did not like it at all as she wanted a black tutu, E! Online reported.
The 30-year-old reality star also shared that Nori’s cousin Penelope Disick is way too girly and both the little ones have different personalities. (ANI)
At least 11 people lost their lives when a van carrying a marriage party collided with a truck West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district on Friday.
The accident took place when the marriage party was returning from the wedding.
While seven people died on the spot, the injured were rushed to a nearby hospital.
“On the spot seven people were dead and here in the hospital four of them had already died. Three were, perhaps, not brought here. So, there are total eleven who have died,” said Doctor Arindam Adhikari.
The injured included women and children.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s charm seems to make girls go crazy as recently a Venezuelan TV presenter stripped it all while talking about the Real Madrid player.
Yuvi Pallares, the TV presenter was reporting on romantic rumors that are spreading all over between the professional football player and a Playboy model Daniella Chavez when she decided to strip down naked, the Mirror reported.