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IBM's Sequoia Reigns as World's Fastest Supercomputer

IBM's Sequoia has claimed top spot as the most powerful supercomputer on the planet, beating Fujitsu's K Computer to second position.

Jun 19, 2012

Apple's Efforts Fail, Samsung Galaxy S3 Set for June 21 Launch

Samsung Galaxy S3 will be launched in the US on June 21 despite Apple's best efforts to prevent it.

Jun 13, 2012

Eating Mango Skin May Help Reduce Obesity; Scientists Find Fat-Busting Components in the Peel

A new research states that eating mango peel may protect human body against obesity as its contains certain components that restrains the formation of fat cells.

Jun 6, 2012

Venus Transit 2012: Spectacular Images of the Century's Last Celestial Event From Around The World [PHOTOS]

Sky-gazing enthusiasts around the world witnessed the once-in-a-century celestial phenomenon of Venus sliding across the sun on June 5 and 6. Take a look at the spectacular images of the Venus transit captured from around the world

Jun 6, 2012

Nigeria Plane Crash: Death Toll Rises to 193, Two Indians Among Those Killed

Nigeria has begun a three-day mourning for the victims of the plane crash, with the death toll now raised to 193. Two of the victims onboard the commercial airliner were Indian nationals. Co-pilot Mahendra Singh Rathore and engineer Rijo Eldos were the names of the two Indians killed.

Jun 5, 2012

Manmohan Singh On Extending the Olive Branch To Suu Kyi: An Opportunistic Move for India?

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Myanmar this week ended with an invitation to democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi to visit India, a sign that India hopes to rebuild ties dampened by its association with the former military junta.

Jun 1, 2012

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Firewall Middleboxes Help Internet Hackers: Study

Firewall technology is supposed to boost internet security but a new study has discovered that it helps hackers break into social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. The study revealed that ﬁrewall middleboxes enable offpath TCP sequence number inference attack.

May 22, 2012

Solar Eclipse 2012: Northeast States to Witness 'Ring of Fire'

The eclipse will begin at 2.26 am and will end at 8.19 am (IST). Only the northeastern states will witness the first solar eclipse, that too when the eclipse ends between 4.45 and 4.55 am. It will not be visible in any other parts of the country

May 20, 2012

Mamata Banerjee Goes Ballistic, Labels Students Maoists

Hot headed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee labelled the university students as Maoists and Left supporters at a television show organised by CNN-IBN in Kolkata, when few questions of them that she found too uncomfortable to answer.

May 19, 2012

No Mocking Please: A Fresh Cartoon Row On Mamata Banerjee

A fresh controversy has been surfaced over cartoon on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday. Dr Bikram Saha, associate professor of medicine, approached the police station to file a complaint against two, who have allegedly prepared and circulating a cartoon that is allegedly causing insult to Mamata.No Mocking On Mamata Banerjee Please: A Fresh Cartoon Row In West Bengal

Apr 22, 2012

Mamata Banerjee at Loggerheads with Media; To Launch Newspaper and TV Channel

It seems Trinamool Congress Chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee believes in setting a thief to catch a thief as she has decided to take on the media in the state by launching newspaper and television channel.

Apr 21, 2012

A surface-to-surface Agni V missile is launched from the Wheeler Island off the eastern Indian state of Orissa.

Agni-V Can Target 8,000 Km Away, Says Chinese Researcher; India Downplayed Its Missile Capability?

All eyes are on India after it successfully test fired Inter-continental Ballistic Missile Agni-V with a range of more than 5,000 kilometers (3,100 miles). However, India seems to have downplayed its missile capability if a Chinese researcher's claim is to be believed.

Apr 20, 2012

Mamata Targets Media Again: Asks People To Stop Watching News Channels

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is rapidly becoming notorious for her dealings with the media community.

Apr 20, 2012

Is Mamata Banerjee too Sensitive?

From her looks, anyone will have the impression that Trinamool Congress Chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is a tough person, who is not scared of taking tough decisions. Yes, she has taken some bold decisions in the recent past but she seems to be too sensitive on matters related to her image.

Apr 17, 2012

Cartoon On Mamata: Four 'Trinamool Workers' Arrested For Assaulting Professor

The police on Saturday arrested four people for assaulting Jadavpore University professor Ambikesh Mahapatra. The four men, who were reportedly form the ruling Trinamool Congress party, got bail.

Apr 14, 2012

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