NASA recruitment drive for Mars: Do you have what it takes to work on Red planet?
The vibrant posters feature 'advertisements' for teachers, surveyors and farmers, among a raft of other occupations.
Jun 17, 2016, 12:29 PM ISTRio Olympics won't accelerate spread of Zika, claims WHO
The UN health agency said that only pregnant women should try to skip the August games in Brazil.
Jun 15, 2016, 10:42 AM ISTRegular exercise in middle age can prevent cognitive decline in later years
Exercises like brisk walk to mountain climbing is best suited for an adult and can play a pivotal role in preventing mental ailments.
Jun 12, 2016, 07:13 AM ISTMaduro vows no recall referendum before next year
Venezuela's embattled President Nicolas Maduro has vowed that no referendum on ending his administration would be held until next year.
Jun 12, 2016, 06:55 AM ISTChina is the biggest and best 'abuser': Trump
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has alleged that China is the "biggest and best abuser" as it was dumping its goods into the US, stealing intellectual property and imposing hefty taxes on American companies doing business in that country.
Jun 12, 2016, 06:38 AM ISTOfficial says 2 people dead in plane crash in Tennessee
Amy Maxwell, a spokesman for Hamilton County Emergency Services, said yesterday a single-engine plane crashed around 12:50 p.M. At the Collegedale airport. Collegedale is a city about 20 miles east of Chattanooga.
Jun 12, 2016, 03:49 AM ISTEight killed, 20 injured as bus falls into gorge
At least eight persons, including five women, were killed and 20 others injured when a private bus rolled 150 feet deep into a gorge near Darlaghat in Solan district, 50 kms from here, police said.
Jun 12, 2016, 03:46 AM ISTSecrets of lost Cambodian cities to be revealed: Report
Archaeologists are set to unveil further details of medieval cities hidden under jungle in Cambodia near Angkor Wat, the world's largest Hindu temple complex, the Guardian newspaper said today.
Jun 12, 2016, 03:38 AM ISTAlgeria's Bouteflika replaces energy, finance ministers
Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika replaced the energy and finance ministers today in a surprise reshuffle a year after they were appointed.
Jun 12, 2016, 03:35 AM ISTBoko Haram kills four women in NE Nigeria: Vigilantes
Boko Haram has killed four women in a remote village in Nigeria's northeast in the latest attack by the Islamist group, local vigilantes assisting the military said today.
Jun 12, 2016, 03:30 AM ISTGuatemala arrests ex-cabinet ministers in public funds probe
Authorities in Guatemala say police have arrested two former cabinet ministers in connection with the alleged misuse of public funds.
Jun 12, 2016, 03:27 AM ISTDrone closes busy Dubai International Airport for an hour
The airport says the closure disrupted flights for 69 minutes today. The airport, the world's busiest for international travel, reopened at 12.45 pm.
Jun 12, 2016, 03:24 AM ISTGoods train derails after being hit by engine, guard injured
A goods train derailed and its guard was critically injured when a train engine rammed it from behind in Asansol division of Eastern Railway this evening, triggering disruption of services, ER officials said
Jun 12, 2016, 03:10 AM ISTHackers sell stolen Twitter account credentials
Twitter was adamant that its computer systems had not been broken into by hackers, and that it was not the source of any account information being hawked on the Internet.
Jun 10, 2016, 07:13 AM ISTWomen in Zika areas should delay pregnancy: WHO
In order to avoid virus' devastating birth defects, the World Health Organization has said that women who live in areas where Zika is spreading should consider delaying pregnancy.
Jun 10, 2016, 06:13 AM ISTFood aid enters Syria's besieged Daraya : Red Crescent
A food aid convoy has entered the Syrian town of Daraya, the first delivery since the start of the siege there by the Damascus regime in 2012, a Red Crescent official has said.
Jun 10, 2016, 05:03 AM IST18 killed in Brazil bus accident
Eighteen people were killed after a bus carrying university students overturned in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, the media reported.
Jun 10, 2016, 04:36 AM ISTSome 2,000 migrants rescued off Libya: Italian coastguard
Around 2,000 migrants were plucked to safety off the coast of Libya in the latest series of rescue operations in the Mediterranean, the Italian coastguard said.
Jun 10, 2016, 04:31 AM ISTPeru vote count gives Kuczynski win, but court challenges loom
Ex-Wall Street banker Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has won the majority of votes with all ballots counted in Peru's photo-finish presidential election, officials have said, but the official result will depend on a handful of challenged ballots.
Jun 10, 2016, 04:29 AM ISTFrance vows to keep Euro 2016 moving despite strikes
President Francois Hollande has vowed to take "all necessary measures" to ensure the smooth running of the Euro 2016 football tournament in strike-hit France, as bags of uncollected rubbish piled up in Paris streets.
Jun 10, 2016, 04:23 AM IST