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PARIS: Europe was given a front-row seat on Tuesday to the first solar eclipse of 2011 only to find that in many places a thick curtain of cloud marred the spectacle. In London, Paris and Rome, hopes for a spooky darkening of the winter skies at sunrise were dashed by dense cloud which turned the event into a grey mush. “Aaah... 

Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao have been married for the last five years but the couple did not have any official honeymoon. Ever since they were married, Aamir got busy with his films, first it was ‘Taare Zameen Par’, ‘Ghajini’ and then ‘3 Idiots’. But this time Kiran was adamant for a holiday. But after lot of thinking,... 

When entries for the second Akshay Kumar Invitational Karate Tournament opened earlier this year, the website crashed due to a registration overload for the October event. However, there’s another reason why the actor has already got his team working on the website for the next year’s edition of the competition, which he... 

A day after the website condemned by the U.S. for releasing classified government documents moved from it Swedish service provider to escape a cyberattack, Amazon.com has stopped hosting the site. Amazon.com has stopped hosting the WikiLeaks website, a day after the site was forced to move from its service provider in Sweden... 

Washington: Disastrous volcanic eruptions in Europe could have wiped out local bands of Neanderthals and indirectly affected farther-flung populations, revealed a study. Modern humans, though, squeaked by, thanks to fallback populations in Africa and Asia, say researchers. About 40,000 years ago in what we now call Italy and... 

London: A new study has suggested that birds embarking on long distance migrations are more susceptible to shifts in the climate than ones making shorter journeys. Scientists have said that the increasingly early arrival of spring at breeding sites in Europe makes it harder for the birds to attract a mate or find food. The researchers... 

Birds embarking on long distance migrations are more vulnerable to shifts in the climate than ones making shorter journeys, a study suggests. Scientists say the increasingly early arrival of spring at breeding sites in Europe makes it harder for the birds to attract a mate or find food. The researchers warn that the “increasing... 

A widely-used diabetes drug should be pulled from the market, European regulators say. Avandia is used to control blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetes patients. It was licensed 10 years ago and more than 100,000 patients in the UK use it despite on-going concerns linking it to heart problems. After reviewing safety data, the... 

How Businesses and Communities Can Partner to Rebuild the Jobs Pipeline by Edward Gordon Publisher: berrett-koehler This post was submitted by somya harsh. Read More →

With an anti-outsourcing tirade in America rising, Indian software giants like Infosys and Wipro are planning to This post was submitted by Chinmaya Nayak. Read More →