Archaeologists have discovered a new pyramid under the sands of Saqqara, an ancient burial site that has yielded a string of unearthed pyramids in recent years but remains largely unexplored.
The 4,300-year-old monument most likely belonged to the queen mother of the founder of Egypt’s 6th Dynasty, and was built several hundred years after the famed [...]
‘Taj Mahal’, a new variety of red rose has been launched at the Amsterdam’s Horti Fair, the largest flower export in the world, by its Indian exporter, two days after its successful launch in London.S Ramasundaram, Chairman of Tanflora, on Wednesday, handed over the first bunch of ‘Taj Mahal’ roses to Th Ruys, [...]
cientists conducting research using public funds may soon get a share in the intellectual property rights (IPRs) for their discoveries and inventions.In a move to encourage research in state-funded laboratories, Government is planning to enact a legislation on the lines of the Bayh-Dole Act in the US which spurred applied research in American universities.
In India [...]
U.S. crude oil futures fell more than $1 a barrel after Wednesday’s settlement, slipping to a 13-month low as traders were concerned over weaker demand linked to a widespread economic slowdown.
That is the lowest price for U.S. crude since August 31, 2007, and less than half the July 11 record high of $147.27 a barrel.
November [...]
Hopes for wresting the White House from Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama are receding for Republican presidential nominee John McCain.
According to a Washington Post report, the latest survey, done by Research 2000, puts the Arizona senator down by 10 percentage points, 51 percent to 41 percent, a four-point shift in favor of Obama since its [...]
Thousands of protesters denounced Peruvian President Alan Garcia on Tuesday, a day after his energy minister quit in a widening scandal over steering oil concessions to favored bidders.
Members of Peru’s largest labor confederation, the CGTP, demanded Garcia shake up his cabinet and change his free-market economic model, which critics say has caused growth to surge [...]
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has been variously described as ‘Mr Invisible’ or ‘Slippery Eel’. Ban, who took office on January 23, 2007 retorts by saying that the UN’s work is often “unappreciated”. A 20-country survey of international opinion on the performance of world leaders, conducted by WorldPublicOpinion.org, showed that 83 per cent [...]
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Monday that the government is ready to compromise to reach a security accord with the United States because Iraq still needs American troops despite the drop in violence.
In an interview with The Associated Press, al-Maliki said neither he nor Iraq’s parliament will accept any pact that fails to serve the [...]
Office emails are more loaded with lies than traditional written communications like pen and paper, new research suggests. Previous research has supported this notion, also finding that phone calls are even more packed with prevarication.
A pair of new studies indicates email in the workplace is more deceptive than old fashioned writing, and that people [...]
The union representing the majority of Lloyds TSB bank staff has called on the bank to end its outsourcing of jobs to India in the wake of its recent takeover of Scottish banking and insurance giant Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS).The Lloyds TSB Group Union (LTU) has been arguing for some time that jobs that [...]