Everything you need to know about Matasya Ind. Area: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Matasya Ind. Area: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Panaji, May 18 (IANS) A trial court in Goa Saturday sent a 39-year-old truck driver to nine days of police remand for molesting a five-year-old girl.
Washington, May 11 (IANS) Two Indian young entrepreneurs are among 20 Under 20 Thiel Fellows chosen to "pursue innovative scientific and technical projects, learn entrepreneurship from the ground up, and begin to build the innovative companies of tomorrow."
Declaration of results of class 12th board has begun and students passing 12th examination usually face a state of confusion on deciding about their future education and leaves with a question: What after class 12th? Presently, wide range of undergraduate courses after 12th are available in different streams but it is advisable for the candidates to choose the best suited course for them so as to deliver the best in that field in future.
Washington, May 7 (ANI): A new study has found that significant changes in weight are associated with changes in our core personality traits.
Yola, May 6 (Xinhua-ANI): At least 10 people were killed in attacks on a market and a church in northeastern Nigeria, police reported on Monday.
Toronto, May 4 (IANS) An Indian-origin man has been arrested in Canada in connection with the 2012 murder of another Indian-origin man.
Washington, May 4 (ANI): Astronomers from around the world were blown away by a record-setting blast of gamma rays from a dying star in a distant galaxy.
Surat , May 1 (ANI): Authorities have evacuated people from a 30-year residential building that had developed massive cracks and is on the verge of a collapse.
Scientists have discovered new drug-resistant strains of the parasite responsible for causing malaria. These malaria-causing parasites were found in western Cambodia and have found to be different from the other strains present across the world. The researchers also found that, these parasites have the ability to withstand treatment by artemisinin - a frontline drug in the fight against malaria.
Mumbai, April. Apr 27 (IANS) The state government's apex housing body, Maharashtra Housing & Area Development Authority (MHADA), Saturday announced a new lottery to sell 1,259 houses.
Beijing, April 20 (IANS) A military vehicle carrying 17 soldiers to China's quake-hit Sichuan province plummeted off a cliff Saturday, killing one soldier, military officials said.
Washington, April 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) NASA's "planet-hunting" space telescope Kepler has discovered seven new planets, including two that are orbiting in the zone "between fire and ice" that could sustain life, experts said.
New Delhi, Apr. 18 (ANI): Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Thursday said the capture of biometrics, for creation of National Population Register (NPR) using Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) enrolment software, is in progress.
Islamabad, April 16 (IANS) People rushed out of offices and homes as quake rocked Pakistan Tuesday afternoon.
North Dinajpur (West Bengal), Apr 16 (ANI): The Border Security force (BSF) are providing computer training to locals, youths and primary school children in the border villages situated in West Bengal's north Dinajpur district under the scheme of Border Area Development Program (BADP).
Washington, Apr. 10 (ANI): An upcoming documentary film about UFOs has claimed that it will be offering evidence of aliens' existence including the cutting-edge scientific analysis of a recovered body.
Washington, April 7 (ANI): A luxurious bus stop in Arlington, Va., cost 1 million dollar to build, but it leaves commuters waiting for transportation exposed to wind and rain.
Tokyo, April 5 (Xinhua-ANI):Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday unveiled a Japan-U.S. time frame on returning Okinawa's land used by the U.S. military to the Japanese southernmost prefecture, according to local media.
Bangalore, April 2 (IANS) Medical technology group Opto Circuits has sold the diagnostic product line of its subsidiary Cardiac Science to the US-based Mortara Instrument for $21 million (Rs.113 crore/Rs.1.13 billion), the company announced Tuesday.
Toronto, March 8 (IANS/CMC) Olympic and world 400 metre champion Grenada's Kirani James says he was shocked on hearing the South African double amputee athlete, Oscar Pistorius, was accused of murder.
Tarn Taran (Punjab), March 4 (IANS) Punjab policemen were caught on camera beating a young woman - who was being sexually harassed by truck drivers - and her aged father here after she called police for help.
Shanghai, Feb 18 (IANS) Students in 21 primary and middle schools here were ordered to stop wearing their uniforms Monday after a toxic dye was found in the products of a garment firm.
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) India and the United States have begun exploring an agreement in the area of training of United Nations peacekeepers.
Beijing, Feb 6 (IANS) Next Chinese president Xi Jinping visited troops stationed in northwest China and urged the military to enhance its combat preparedness and improve its ability to fulfill missions.
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Pakistan's exports to India in April-December 2012 grew by 66 percent over the same period in 2011, while India's exports to it increased by 16 percent, officials said Wednesday.
Washington, Jan 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Toilet paper has become a hot commodity at a Pennsylvania school. Vandalism forced school officials to remove tissue paper from the boys' bathrooms and all male students now have to sign up for toilet paper.
Kolkata, Jan 28 (IANS) The Indian Army's technical posts are not being filled up in full from West Bengal for the past few years as not enough young people are applying, a top official said here Monday.
Washington, Jan 26 (ANI): The US military technology developer, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), is working on two new plans to make laser weaponry a reality, a report has said.
Washington, Jan.25 (ANI): Victims of sexual assault in Washington, DC are not getting the effective response they deserve and should expect from the district's Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), Human Rights Watch has said in a report released yesterday.
Barcelona, Jan 24 (IANS/EFE) Milan Pique Mebarak, the newborn son of Colombian pop star Shakira and Spanish soccer player Gerard Pique, has become a member of his father's FC Barcelona club at birth.
Washington, Jan. 21 (ANI): A five-year-old girl has been suspended from elementary school in Pennsylvania after she made what the school called a 'terrorist threat'.
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Iraqis will travel to India from April to get trained in irrigation and land reclamation.
Beijing, Jan 5 (IANS) An astounding 7,300 couples got married in China's Shanghai metropolis on a date considered auspicious - 2013-1-4 - as the six digits when spoken in Chinese sound like the phrase "love you for life".
Guwahati, Jan.3 (ANI): Assam Congress leader Bikram Singh Brahma has been arrested by police in the state's Chirang District for allegedly attempting to rape a woman.
New Delhi, Jan.2 (ANI): The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released the recommendations on "Terms and Conditions of Unified License (Access Services)" on the reference made by the DoT.
Karachi, Jan.2 (ANI): The funeral prayers of four persons, who died in the blast that occurred at Ayesha Manzil on Tuesday night, will be offered today, even as the MQM has announced that it will observe a mourning day here on Wednesday.
Islamabad, Jan 2 (ANI): At least one person has been killed and 32 were injured in a massive blast in Karachi, Pakistan.
Beijing, Jan 1 (IANS) At least five workers died and 18 others injured after an under construction concrete platform of a building collapsed in China's Shanghai city, Xinhua reported Tuesday.
Islamabad, Dec 31 (IANS) Extremists blew up an all-girls school in Pakistan's Khyber Agency, a tribal area, leaving one person killed, Geo News reported Monday.
London, December 19 (ANI): Carly Cushnie, Alexander Wang, the Olsen twins and Michael Avedon have been highlighted in this year's Forbes '30 Under 30' list of style.
New York, Dec. 18 (ANI): Diet Pepsi has secretly added a new artificial sweetener to its formula, in a desperate bid to improve its declining sales, it has been revealed.
Manila, Dec 18 (IANS) The Philippine government Tuesday urged Filipino exporters to look for opportunities in India amid slowdown in key markets like the US and Europe and the existing trade agreement between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and India.
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) The union cabinet Thursday approved revision of the core network under the prime minister's rural roads scheme by connecting 2,697 villages in tribal areas that have no roads.
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Congress leader Oscar Fernandes Tuesday said all the MPs should use their Member of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) funds for building infrastructure for welfare of children.
Washington, November 2 (ANI): Astronomers using data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have made the most accurate measurement of starlight in the universe and used it to establish the total amount of light from all the stars that have ever shone, accomplishing a primary mission goal.
Mumbai, Nov 1 (IANS) Nobel laureate V.S. Naipaul has flatly declared he would no longer write about India or its people, giving a shock to the who's who of Mumbai's literary circles and glitterati at the ongoing five-day literary festival here.
Washington, October 30 (ANI): A team of researchers is studying a place on earth, which is very similar to the Martian crater where NASA's rover Curiosity roams, in the hope to find clues about life on the red planet.
London, Oct. 11 (ANI): A film crew from the British broadcasting network, BBC was arrested at gunpoint for sneaking into a top-secret UFO military base in the United States.
New Delhi, Oct.9 (ANI): In an interactive session with the Indian Industry leaders, Timothy Geithner, Secretary, US Department of Treasury, expressed his optimism on the India's growth story in the future.
Henan (China), Oct. 6 (Xinhua-ANI): A Foxconn plant in central China's Henan Province has resumed production following a dispute between workers and the plant over stricter quality inspections for the iPhone 5, authorities said Saturday.
New York, Oct 6 (ANI): Steve Jobs' high school girlfriend and the mother of his daughter Lisa is planning to write a book telling the story of her relationship with the late Apple co-founder, who died last year in October.
Attari/Wagah, Oct.5 (ANI): Truck drivers here have expressed their anguish as vegetables that are to be sent to Pakistan, are rotting due to administrative apathy at the Attari border in Punjab.
Beijing, Sep 18 (IANS) The Chinese army has conducted a series of military drills over the past few weeks to finetune its capabilities of amphibious operations, media reports said.
Islamabad, Sep 17 (IANS) Pakistan Monday successfully test fired an indigenously developed multi-tube cruise missile with a range of 700 km and capable of carrying nuclear warheads, the military said.
Washington, Sep 14 (ANI): The mother of slain U.S. envoy to Libya Chris Stevens has said he wanted to be posted in that volatile nation.
Shimla, Sep 9 (IANS) The development of tribal areas in Himachal Pradesh is one of the top priorities of the government, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said Sunday.
Sydney, Sept. 6 (ANI): News Limited chief executive Kim Williams has hit out at 'draconian' government proposals for a new media regulator, by which it can threaten to send journalists to jail.
Shanghai, Aug 7 (IANS) There was panic when a 1.5-metre-long crocodile was found in a creek in a suburban residential area in this Chinese business hub.
Beijing, July 30 (Xinhua-ANI): A Chinese man was sentenced to one year and two months in prison for a plane bombing hoax, a Shanghai court announced Monday.
Washington, July 27 (ANI): Web giant Google has unveiled its new Google Fiber service in Kansas City, USA, which is capable of providing Internet access at over 100 times faster than today's average broadband rate.
London, July 10 (ANI): New UK immigration rules over marriages with overseas residents that came into effect recently, clearly indicates that Pakistanis would be the community hit hardest by the new law.
Washington, July 7 (ANI): Researchers have decoded a molecular mechanism that sheds light on how trauma can become engraved in the brain.
Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) is likely to introduce a fresh affordable housing scheme soon in Ghaziabad district, Uttar Pradesh, which is adjacent to Delhi/NCR. A senior officer of GDA informed to media in this regard by adding that new land bank is being created to complete various residential and commercial projects.............
Ghaziabad, June 26 (IANS) Land bank will be created for various residential and commercial projects here and its acquisition process will be streamlined, the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) said Tuesday. It also proposed to launch an affordable housing scheme.
Ramallah, June 24 (Xinhua-ANI): Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on Sunday pledged to prevent Israel from demolishing a village in the West Bank.
Washington, June 22 (ANI): The University of Hawaii has released a remarkable first infrared astronomy image obtained using its new 16-megapixel HAWAII 4RG-15 (H4RG-15) image sensor on the UH 2.2-meter (88-inch) telescope on Mauna Kea.
Islamabad, June 5 (Xinhua-ANI): Pakistan successfully tested a nuclear-capable cruise missile with a range of 700 km on Tuesday, the military said.
Islamabad, June 5 (IANS) Pakistan Tuesday successfully test-fired the indigenously developed cruise missile Hatf-VII (Babur), having a range of 700 km, the military said.
Kolkata, June 5 (ANI): The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Tuesday won elections in four civic bodies, while Left Front retained power in one and the Congress in one Notified Area Authority.
Shanghai, June 3 (IANS) Half-naked men and women in bikinis took part in an annual bicycle ride to promote the use of green energy, healthy lifestyle and zero-carbon transportation in this Chinese metropolis.
New York, May 31 (ANI): US entrepreneurs, including one of Indian-origin, announced the launch of online bra shop True and Co., where finding your best fit is based on a carefully crafted algorithm, on Wednesday.
Beijing, May 12 (Xinhua-ANI): China's Defense Ministry denied reports that the People's Liberation Army (PLA) units had entered level-2 combat readiness.
Beijing, May 12 (IANS) China Saturday denied that it was preparing to go to war with the Philippines.
Washington, May 10 (IANS) Hindu and Buddhist groups have grown steadily in the US, being concentrated in Texas, California, the New York Metropolitan Area, Illinois and Georgia, says a new study.
Madrid, April 26 (IANS) Bayern Munich have qualified for the final of the Champions League football after knocking out Real Madrid in a penalty shoot-out.
Yinchuan (China), April 18 (Xinhua-ANI): An unmanned Chinese military drone recently completed its first digital mapping mission near north China's Helan mountain, capturing high-definition imaging data during more than five consecutive hours of aerial photography.
Melbourne, Apr 12 (ANI): California state regulators have released a list of common nail polishes that claim to be toxin-free but actually contain chemicals that are linked to cancer and birth defects.
Washington, April 10 (IANS) Frequent dental x-rays have been linked with higher risk of developing meningioma, the most commonly diagnosed primary brain tumour, says a new study.
Rayagada, Apr 3 (ANI): Local authorities in Orissa have extended a ban on foreign tourists from visiting Maoist-affected areas across the state following the abduction of two Italian nationals.
Washington, Apr 1 (ANI): Some preschoolers may consider overweight kids to be not as "nice", a new study has revealed.
Shanghai, March 31 (IANS) Many people got stuck inside dark elevators in China's commercial capital when the string of a kite got entangled around high-tension wires and caused a blackout.
Washington, March 27 (IANS) Human noises, such as the rumble of traffic or the hum of machines, do affect birds and animals which change their behaviour accordingly, indicates a new study.
Washington, March 22 (ANI): Scientists have identified two areas of the brain that compare the movements of the eye with the visual movements cast onto the retina so as to correctly perceive objects in motion.
Washington, March 22 (ANI): Scientists have identified two areas of the brain that compare the movements of the eye with the visual movements cast onto the retina so as to correctly perceive objects in motion.
London, March 21 (ANI): Man-made noise doesn't just affects birds and other animals, it has ripple effects on plants too, researchers say.
If someone thinks that noise affects only birds and animals in our surroundings, then we are wrong.
London, March 21 (ANI): Man-made noise doesn't just affects birds and other animals, it has ripple effects on plants too, researchers say.
London, Mar 12 (ANI): A US girl is suing her school after she was forced to hand over her Facebook password and punished for posts she made on the social networking site.
Shanghai, Feb 24 (ANI): A Shanghai court has rejected an appeal from a Chinese tech firm to ban sales of Apple's widely popular iPad in the city.
Shanghai, Feb 24 (ANI): A Shanghai court has rejected an appeal from a Chinese tech firm to ban sales of Apple's widely popular iPad in the city.
London, Jan 16 (ANI): A team of scientists including one of Indian-origin has spotted an area in the brain, which is involved in the visual categorization process.
London, Jan 16 (ANI): A team of scientists including one of Indian-origin has spotted an area in the brain, which is involved in the visual categorization process.
Washington, Jan 11 (ANI): NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, which has been surveying high-energy sky for more than three years, is extending its view into a largely unexplored electromagnetic range.
Zemithang, Jan 5 (ANI): Seven Black Necked Cranes (BNCs) have been spotted in Zemithang Valley in Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh much to the delight of the local denizens.
London, Dec 25 (ANI): A brothel owner in Nevada is going to open a Sci-Fi themed hooker house for men who want to bed women from out of this world.
Washington, Dec 13(ANI): The ultra-conservative 'Tea Party' group has said its description of US President Barack Obama as a skunk was satirical, after it was slammed as a racist group.
London, Dec 7 (ANI): Now, consumers would be required to pay more for their favourite novels because of an investigation launched by the European Union into whether Apple and five major publishing houses illegally raised the prices of e-books.
Islamabad, Dec 5 (ANI): The Pakistani Taliban has splintered into over 100 smaller factions, weakened and running short of cash, over the country's military operations and US drone strikes, security officials, analysts and tribesmen from the insurgent heartland have said.
Washington, Nov 29 (ANI): 'Super bubbles' in space could be the main source of high-energy cosmic rays striking the earth, a new study has revealed.
New Delhi, Nov 26 (ANI): A match making company in China has claimed that it can help any single woman find their 'soulmate' in just 90 days.
