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Google is reorganizing and Sundar Pichai will become new CEO In a blog post today, Google co-founder Larry Page announced a massive restructuring of the company, instituting Sundar Pichai as CEO and shifting himself and co-founder Sergey Brin to a larger holding company called Alphabet. As CEO...

False Vacuum This is, in short, a scientific hypothesis that our universe is actually in a false phase state as part of a larger universe, like if it were a temporary thing (think the real universe is a pot of boiling water, and we are just within a bubble forming at the bottom of the pot)...

The North Sentinel Island is among the Andaman and Nicobar Islands which is a group of 572 islands in the Bay of Bengal between Myanmar and Indonesia. These islands were formally a part of the Republic of India. However India has declared a few of these islands including the North Sentinel...

Chandrayaan’s rover and the moon rocks from Salem villages T. S. SUBRAMANIAN The soil and rocks, similar to what is found on the moon, have been located at Kunnamalai and Sithampoondi villages, 65 km from Salem, Tamil Nadu. This soil with rocks is used by ISRO to test its rover of...

The simmering Siachen and Indo-Pak ties In May 2005, as Indian and Pakistani Track I negotiators were reaching a 'settlement deal' on the forbidden Siachen Glacier, the then Chief of the Army Staff Joginder Jaswant Singh made an unexpected public statement. A deal would only work, he said, when...

Weavers, spinners divided on Indian yarn import MOHAMMAD SALEEM FAISALABAD: The import of cheap Indian yarn in Pakistan has generated a divided response from the weaving sector and the spinning industry. While the latter appreciates its availability due to lower prices, the spinners are...

HAL to produce cryogenic engines for ISRO Rs.139-crore facility in Bangalore will be ready in three years: Radhakrishnan The Indian Space Research Organisation is setting up a Rs.139-crore facility at the Bangalore unit of the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. to produce cryogenic engines and...

Just in Tejas LSP_8 had its maiden flight today at HAL airport in Bangalore. It was piloted by Air Cmdr Muthanna, NFTC head. More details soon. Tarmak007 -- A bold blog on Indian defence: LSP-8 maiden flight successful Pics

India's rocket launch business is open to industry New Delhi: In a bold move, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is opening up to market forces and is hoping to hand over part of the lucrative rocket launch business and satellite manufacturing to the Indian industry...

Indian Army set for its most radical revamp Josy Joseph, TNN, Jan 13, 2011, 01.47am IST NEW DELHI: The Indian Army is set for the biggest transformation in its recent history, according to authoritative sources and plan details accessed by TOI. The restructuring could begin as early as...

India to have third Antarctic station in 2012 New Delhi, Jan 11, DHNS: India’s third permanent station in Antarctica, “Bharati”, would be up and running next year accommodating 70 scientists and beaming back satellite pictures on ocean conditions back home in real time. To...

India in global top ten in research article output Dr. Michiel Kolman. Biometric tool SciVal Spotlight lists nation's research strengths The “Research Strengths of India,” revealed by Elsevier's bibliometric tool SciVal Spotlight, could come in handy for policy-makers as well as...

Volkswagen new official partner of IPL PTI NEW DELHI, December 23, 2010 Europe’s leading automobile giant Volkswagen has been named as the official partner for the fourth and fifth season of the high-profile Indian Premier League cricket tournament. Volkswagen became IPL’s...

AMD India develops new fusion chip Chip will make netbooks, tablets thrice as powerful HYDERABAD: The India team of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has designed and developed its latest fusion chip 'Ontario' - combining a central processing unit (CPU) and graphics processing unit (GPU) in...

The world wakes up to India Its economy is attracting global attention, but can the subcontinent deliver? Adrian Michaels and Dean Nelson report. Nicolas Sarkozy with Carla Bruni and Sufi Muslim priests during a visit to Fatehpur Sikri yesterday If you were having a romantic getaway...

China changing its J&K policy? NEW DELHI, November 23, 2010 The country has issued a stamped visa for a Kashmiri singer China appears to be finally responding to India’s concerns over the issuance of stapled visas to people of Jammu and Kashmir, a matter taken up recently by Prime...

The Secret 'K' Missile Family

India drubs Pakistan to enter semis Indian men’s hockey team reached the semifinals of the Asian Games after beating Pakistan 3-2 in a group B match here on Saturday. India recorded their third consecutive win as they had beaten Hong Kong 7-0 and Bangladesh 9-0 in their previous...

Tazeem is one-woman army in Pak team Biju Babu Cyriac | TNN New Delhi: She lives in a hilly region near Islamabad. She is the seventh child of a Zamindar. And she is a shooter by profession. But that is not her real claim to fame. Tazeem Abbasi is very special here at the Commonwealth...

Multiple terror attacks on the UK, France and Germany have been thwarted by the security services. The attack on Britain was planned to be in the same style as the Mumbai attacks in November 2008, according to Sky News sources. The intelligence agencies involved said that London was a...