European company develops mobile robots that are autonomous and multi-tasking
Madrid (Spain), September 19 (ANI): An European company has developed innovative robots which are mobile, multifunctional, collaborative, autonomous and polyvalent, suitable for a wide range of work from street cleaning and rubbish collection to accompanying elderly people.
According to a report carried out in www.basqueresearch.com, this new generation of robots have been developed by TECNALIA Technological [...]
Navy inducts stealth destroyer INS Kochi
Kochi, Sep 18 (ANI): The Indian Navy today inducted a stealth destroyer of Kolkata class, INS Kochi, to boost its maritime capabilities and safeguard India’s interests.
Madhulika Verma wife of Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Nirmal Verma, named the second of [...]
Government approves amendments in ASA between India and Saudi Arabia
New Delhi, Sep 17(ANI): The Government on Thursday gave its approval to the amendments in the Air Services Agreement (ASA) between India and Saudi Arabia.
In the MoU signed, the provision of the incorporation of ‘multiple designation [...]
NSA to convene China Study Group meeting to discuss incursion fallout
New Delhi, Sep.17 (ANI): National Security Advisor M K Narayanan will hold a meeting of the China Study Group – consisting of top officials including Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar and Secretaries of Defence, Home and Foreign Ministries – here today.
The meeting is expected to take stock of the situation along the Sino-India border, [...]
Navy to induct stealth destroyer INS Kochi on Sep.18
New Delhi, Sep 16 (ANI): The Indian Navy will induct a stealth destroyer of Delhi class on September 18 to boost its maritime capabilities and safeguard India’s interests.
Madhulika Verma wife of Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Nirmal Verma, will launch the second of the three Project 15-A [...]
New air filter system can destroy up to 99.9 per cent of bugs on aircraft
London, September 16 (ANI): British researchers have developed an air filter system that destroys up to 99.9 per cent of infectious viruses and bacteria as well as pollutants that can circulate in the confines of an aircraft, especially on long-haul flights.
According [...]
J and K Govt seeks Center’s clearance to construct concrete huts along LAC
Srinagar, Sep 16 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir Government has sought clearance from the Ministry of Defence to construct huts like along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) bordering China.
According to sources the State Government forwarded this proposal with the aim of strengthening the Indian presence along the LAC.
State [...]
Tibetans-in-exile at Leh react strongly to Chinese incursion
Leh, Sep 15 (ANI): Members of the exiled Tibetan community at Leh reacted strongly to the recent Chinese trespass into India’s border areas in Ladakh region.
Such concern was expressed by functionaries of Tibetan fora based at Leh on Monday.
Warning India of Chinese designs, Kunzang Dechen, President of Regional Tibetan Youth Congress, Leh, termed [...]
Changes in humidity, temperature may trigger asthma among kids
Washington, September 15 (ANI): Changes in humidity and temperature may trigger asthma among kids, suggests a report.
Published in the journal Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, the report says that such weather changes have been found to result in a rise in Emergency Department (ED) visits for paediatric asthma exacerbations.
“We found a [...]
Your bathroom showers are hazardous to health
Washington, September 15 (ANI): That invigorating relief and good cleansing from daily bathroom showers may bring along a face full of potentially pathogenic bacteria, warn researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Using high-tech instruments and lab methods, the researchers analysed roughly 50 showerheads from nine cities in seven states that included New York [...]
Pregnant Heidi Klum bares bum for sexy mag shoot
London, September 13 (ANI): Heidi Klum has left many jaws hanging in the air after baring her bottom for a magazine picture shoot.
The Victoria’s Secret model, who is expecting her fourth child next month, sported a tiny backless snakeskin dress while posing for the camera.
“She might be a mum of three already but Heidi has [...]
After Ladakh, Chinese incursions now reported in Uttarakhand
Dehradun (Uttarakhand), Sep.13 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal has reportedly informed the Central Government about possible incursions by the Chinese in his state.
Pokhriyal, quoting reports from locals in Rimkhim in Chamoli district, said the Chinese entered the state on September 5 and left behind biscuit packet wrappers and cigarettes.
He informed both Prime Minister [...]
Flood situation grim in Madhya Pradesh
Hoshangabad (MP), Sep 12 (ANI): Floods situation continued to remain grim in Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh.
Incessant rains, which have lashed Madhya Pradesh for last few days, have led to water overflowing many dams, submerging low lying areas.
State Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan made [...]
Airborne laser to shoot ballistic missile as part of flight test
London, September 12 (ANI): Soon, the Airborne Laser (ABL), built into a customized Boeing 747, is ready for flight tests, in which it will try to shoot a ballistic missile.
According to a report in New Scientist, the US Department of Defense’s Missile Defense Agency (MDA) [...]
Asian-origin RAF medic sues British Military for “Paki” and “terrorist” jibe cover up
London, Sep. 11 (ANI): An Asian origin Royal Air Force medic, who was racially abused and assaulted by senior colleagues, has claimed that British military investigators tried to cover up his complaints.
The British-born medic told an employment tribunal in central London that he was called [...]
‘Osama’s handshake was limp, like shaking a wet fish’
London, Sep 12 (ANI): The handshake by world’s most dreaded terrorist Osama bin Laden has been described as limp, and like shaking a wet fish by a producer of CNN who met the terror mastermind.
CNN producer Peter Bergen, who wrote The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al-Qaeda’s Leader, met the most [...]
CBI to visit YSR’s helicopter crash site today
New Delhi, Sep 12 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will visit on Saturday the site of the helicopter crash, where former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy and four others were killed, in order to probe the crash at Pavirallagutta in the dense Nallamalla forests.
The CBI multi-disciplinary investigation team [...]
Pak Taliban spokesman arrested
Peshawar, Sep.11 (ANI) The Pakistan Government on Friday announced that it had arrested the chief spokesman of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, Muslim Khan.
Khan was formerly a commander and spokesman of the Swat Taliban.
“Muslim Khan and Mahmood Khan with head money of 10 [...]
DGCA directs all domestic airlines to charge tariff at last week’s levels
New Delhi, Sep 11 (ANI): The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has written to the CMDs/CEOs of all scheduled airlines to charge air travellers tariff at a level prevalent in the week ending September 6.
In the letter, the DGCA said [...]
India, Nepal agree to review Air Service Agreement
New Delhi, Sep 11 (ANI): India and Nepal signed here a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for review of Air Service Agreement (ASA) and a technical accord.
As per the understanding reached between the delegation from the two countries, [...]



