Shania Twain named country music’s most beautiful woman
Washington – Shania Twain has been named country music’s Most Beautiful Woman of 2013 by Country Weekly magazine’s readers. The ‘That Don’t impress Me’ hitmaker beat off competition from the likes of Terri Clark, Reba McEntire and Lauren Alaina, Contactmusic reported. Meanwhile,... read more »
Facebook to continue showing beheading footages, if posted in `right contex...
London – In a continued controversy surrounding the extent to which violent content can be shown on Facebook, the social networking giant has reportedly said that it will continue showing footages of beheadings as long as they are in the ‘right context’. Facebook has been criticized for... read more »
Soon, batteries that have better efficiency than traditional ones
Washington – Researchers have fabricated a cathode (positive electrode) of lithium cobalt oxide (LiCoO2) in which the compound’s individual grains are aligned in a specific orientation, which they claim yields a significantly higher-performing battery than one with a randomly-oriented... read more »
Evidence of high-energy neutrinos coming from outside our solar system foun...
Washington – Within the eternal ice of Antarctica, scientists have observed first proof for high-energy neutrinos coming from cosmic accelerators beyond our own solar system. Between May 2010 and May 2012 the IceCube detector at the South Pole captured a total of 28 neutrinos with energies... read more »
Obama greets Sikhs on Guru Nanak birthday
Washington – President Barack Obama has greeted “Sikh friends” around the world on the birth anniversary of Sikhism’s founder Guru Nanak saying Sikh values of... read more »
Maldivian presidential election re-run Begins.
Male – The re-run of the Maldivian presidential election started Saturday morning. Polling stations will be open from 7.30 a.m to 4 p.m. local time. The Maldives has about 240,000... read more »
Modi: Stumbling on history
By Amulya Ganguli It is difficult to anticipate what may cause a politician to stumble. When Narendra Modi was chosen by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as its prime ministerial candidate,... read more »
Ricky Martin to sing Word Cup theme
Rio De Janeiro – Ricky Martin has been confirmed by world football’s governing body FIFA as the voice of next year’s World Cup in Brazil. The 41-year-old Puerto Rican will... read more »
EU disappointed at Japan’s new emission target!
Warsaw – The European Union has expressed disappoi! ntment at Japan’s new greenhouse gas emission reduction target announced Friday, Xinhua reported. Tokyo said it would cut its carbon... read more »
