Canada: Al Qaeda terror plotter gets 16 yrs jail
Toronto: Canada Monday sentenced to 16 years the main leader in the country’s first al Qaeda inspired mass-murder plot unearthed in 2006. Known as the Toronto-18 terror plot, it was uncovered with the...
View ArticleAccident-prone MiG fighter aircraft on the way out, says: Antony
The government today said it was planning to phase out the Russian-origin, accident-prone MiG from the Indian Air Force by 2017 and replace it with more modern aircraft. Defence Minister A K Antony...
View ArticleRise of the machines
Deriving its origin from the Czech word robota, meaning forced labour; robots are the helping hands everyone has always wished for. Though the first thing that comes to mind vis-a-vis a robot is an...
View ArticleBreakthrough in cancer research
An Indian-origin scientist-led team has discovered a radical way of knocking out cancer cells and leaving healthy ones unharmed, a key finding they claim could pave the way for new treatments for the...
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