Sun's magnetic field on the brink of 180-degree flip
Washington: The Sun's magnetic field is expected to flip by 180-degrees in the next three to four months which could lead to changes in climate, storms and even disrupt satellites, scientists have warned. The Sun's magnetic field changes polarity approximately every 11 years. It happens at the peak of each solar cycle as the Sun's inner magnetic dynamo re-organises itself. The reversal will mark the midpoint of Solar Cycle 24. Half of
A $5mn boost for India studies in US
Washington: A $5 million gift to the India studies centre at a New York University is set to make it one of the pre-eminent resource centres for the study of Indian culture and civilisation in the US. The donations make the Centre for India Studies i
Diplomatic snub: Obama calls off meeting with Putin
Los Angeles: In a rare diplomatic rebuke, President Barack Obama on Wednesday canceled his Moscow summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The decision reflected both US anger over Russia's harboring of National Security Agency leaker Edward Sno
Indian-origin ex-Microsoft manager charged with rape
Washington: An Indian-origin former programming manager at Microsoft's corporate headquarters has been charged with raping a female janitor at his office. Vineet Kumar Srivastava (36), allegedly called the woman into his Redmond, Washington, office l
India summons Lanka envoy over jailed fishermen
New Delhi: India on Wednesday summoned the Sri Lankan High Commissioner and issued a demarche on the issue of 114Indian fishermen lodged in Lankan jails. Lankan High Commissioner Prasad Kariyawasam was summoned by joint secretary (BSM) Harsh Vardhan
Sikh woman warned against sleeping with husband
London: In what is believed to be the first ruling of its kind in the UK, an Indian woman who had an arranged marriage with a mentally disabled British Sikh man has been warned that she faces life in prison if she were to sleep with her husband. Just
Panesar fined for pissing in public
London: Cricketer Monty Panesar has been fined by police for urinating in public following a nightclub brawl in the beach town of Brighton in southern England. The 31-year-old spinner has since apologised after it emerged that he was drunk and disord
Martyr's wife refuses compensation, wants action against Pak
PATNA: The wife of a soldier, killed in an ambush by Pakistani troops in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch sector, has refused the compensation offered by Bihar government and has instead demanded military action against Pakistan.
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Emma bans Bruce from doing stunts
Los Angeles: Hollywood action star Bruce Willis has been banned from performing stunts by his worried wife Emma Heming over fears he will hurt himself on set. The "Die Hard" star, 58, has reluctantly decided to take a back seat when f
