World Updates

US soldier charged in Afghan massacre Sat, 24/03/2012 - 20:32 by nipun ansal Staff sergeant Robert Bales, the American soldier accused of slaughtering more than a dozen Afghan civilians, has now been officially charged with 17 counts of murder, among other charges. Comments Read more	Manhunt on for Jewish school killer in France Sat, 24/03/2012 - 18:45 by nipun ansal French police has launched a massive manhunt operation to find out the perpetrator of the attacks at a Jewish school, that claimed the lives of three children and their teacher. Comments Read more	Anonymous wants White House to legit DDoS as a type of protest Sun, 13/01/2013 - 15:19 by Savvy Aggarwal The global controversial hacktivist group Anonymous wants White House to accept and legit DDoS (Direct Denial Of Service) as a type of public protest. The group has formed a petition for the same on the White House official website. Comments
U.S. reportedly alleged to have hacked French intelligence computer systems Thu, 22/11/2012 - 13:25 by Akshay Sharma Popular French magazine L' Express has reported that American officials had discharged a malware into the French defence intelligence office computers to access confidential information. Comments	Hello Bali, Goodbye Doha Thu, 13/09/2012 - 12:36 by Dinesh Dhiman The clamour for replacing the defunct Doha talks is growing. Is the World Trade Organization listening? Comments Read more	North American bugs stay in the sun rays to keep off germs! Mon, 27/08/2012 - 15:29 by Minnie Mahendru Nature is unchallenged and its ways are amazing always. A study carried out by the Canadian Scientists on the North American bugs show that they use sunbathing to keep off germs and stay healthy.The study discovered emission of certain compounds by the insects with the process of biosynthesis carried out in sunlight, protected the bugs from penetration by germs. Comments Read more
Fossils from Nile Delta indicate end of Egypt due to “Mega Drought” Sat, 18/08/2012 - 13:54 by Minnie Mahendru The creators of the majestic pyramids could not deal with the climatic changes and fell a victim to the “mega drought" leading to the extinction of the Egyptian Empire 4200 years ago. The time of the pyramid creation was characteristically termed as “Death on the Nile“ leading to the end of “The Old Kingdom” in Egypt. Comments Read more	Sleep deprived male pectoral sandpipers have greater mating success Fri, 10/08/2012 - 17:19 by Neka Sehgal Sleep deprivation may lower libido in humans but the strategy seems to work for birds!! Comments Read more	Flat-Faced Early Humans Confirmed Thu, 09/08/2012 - 17:25 by RESHMI CHAKRAVORTY According to the researchers, new fossils of the human lineage suggest our ancestors may have lived alongside a diversity of extinct human species. Comments Read more
Elephants “Low pitched vocalizations” similar to communication in humans? Sat, 04/08/2012 - 17:24 by Minnie Mahendru African elephants are known to take out extremely low pitched noises called infrasounds that help them communicate with each other when miles apart. The “infrasounds" or low pitched vocalizations are of a very low frequency even less an 20 hertz per second that is way below the human hearing ability. Comments Read more	Mayan society used chocolate as spice 2,500 years ago! Fri, 03/08/2012 - 16:42 by Neka Sehgal The Mayans and other pre-Hispanic cultures love for chocolate is well documented! However, unlike the sweet treats of the modern world, their preferred method of consumption was a thick frothy beverage. Comments Read more	By century end, western evergreen forest could turn scrubland-- suggets study Wed, 01/08/2012 - 16:08 by RESHMI CHAKRAVORTY A new research suggests that the western evergreen forests, which cover an area from southern Canada to northern Mexico, took up a lot less carbon from the atmosphere during the drought that lasted from 2000-2004. Comments Read more