Production begins on China’s jumbo jet
Hong Kong, Sep.9 (ANI): China’s largest domestically-produced jumbo jet made its international debut at Asia’s biggest air show in Hong Kong Tuesday.
The single-aisle C919 is a jetliner with up to 200 seats that could boost the country’s fledgling aviation industry to compete with Western rivals like Boeing [...]
Aquaculture accounts for 50 percent of fish consumed globally
Washington, September 8 (ANI): A new report by an international team of researchers has determined that aquaculture, once a fledgling industry, now accounts for 50 percent of the fish consumed globally.
The findings are published in the Sept. 7 online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
“Aquaculture is set to reach [...]
Coimbatore experts bring perfect pictures closer to reality
Washington, July 9 (ANI): Coimbatore-based experts have turned to neural networks to help photographers clean up blur’s noise and distortion in images.
S. Uma of the Coimbatore Institute of Technology and S. Annadurai of the Government College of Technology say that their approach can significantly reduce information loss while reversing blurring caused by lens aberrations [...]
Kate Hudson ‘making sexy late-night phone calls to A-Rod’
Washington, May 27 (ANI): Kate Hudson is spicing up her fledgling relationship with Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez by making sexy late-night phone calls, it has emerged.
The ‘Bride Wars’ actress and the sportstar, who was earlier linked to Madonna, were recently spotted kissing at New York’s Mustang Grill restaurant, reports Contactmusic.
New York Daily News newspaper reports: [...]
Urban’s alcohol problems took our marriage for a toss: Kidman
Sydney, Apr 19 (ANI): Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman has admitted that her husband Keith Urban’s alcohol problems sent their fledgling union into a tailspin.
“We were thrown into his alcohol problems three months into the marriage and that was big,” The Sydney Morning Herald quoted the 41-year-old actress, as telling the Daily Mail newspaper.
The Australian beauty [...]
We’re all first, all equals: Mulayam
The Samajwadi Party today remained evasive about the issue of leadership in the fledgling Fourth Front, which also includes the Lalu Prasad-led Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Ram Vilas Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (LJP).
The leaders of the three parties, who have announced they will not pitch their candidates against each other in UP and Bihar, [...]
We’re all first, all equals: Mulayam
The Samajwadi Party today remained evasive about the issue of leadership in the fledgling Fourth Front, which also includes the Lalu Prasad-led Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Ram Vilas Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (LJP).
The leaders of the three parties, who have announced they will not pitch their candidates against each other in UP and Bihar, [...]
Iraq-style troop surge not a solution for Afghanistan: Petraeus
Washington, Mar 14 (ANI): The commander of the U.S. Central Command has said that an Iraq-style increase in troops cannot be a solution to the problems in Afghanistan.
Speaking before about 800 people at an event sponsored by the World Affairs Council, General David Petraeus [...]
Afghan army to grow to more than 100,000 by end of 2009
Kabul – The fledgling Afghan national army was to grow to more than 100,000 troops by the end of this year, a spokesman said Monday.
The troops are to be trained by US-led international forces, as NATO commanders in Afghanistan demand additional soldiers to effectively combat the resurgent Taliban militants.
So far a total of 85,000 army [...]



