Solar-powered plane completes journey across Pacific Ocean! WTTT: SOLAR/WIND/OCEAN WAVES POWERED PLANES/BOATS/CARS & DRONES SHD PLAY A REVOLUTIONARY ROLE IN TRANSPORT OF THE FUTURE WORLD WITH CLEAN AIR!

Solar-powered plane completes journey across Pacific Ocean: Pilot Bertrand Piccard landed the Solar Impulse 2 in Mountain View, in the Silicon Valley south of San Francisco, at 11-45 p.m. following a 62-hour, nonstop solo flight without fuel. The plane taxied

No water, no weddings in parched Bundelkhand

No water, no weddings in parched Bundelkhand: A tumbler tucked under her armpit, Bhuri trudged along the dusty broken path to the “.” The exhaustion on the 48-year-old Kumhar woman’s face was apparent as she approached the hill in the blazing su

Jacob Koshy on five cutting-edge technologies that could change the landscape of healing

Jacob Koshy on five cutting-edge technologies that could change the landscape of healing: Earlier this month, the World Health Organisation issued its first global report on diabetes and warned that the number of adults living with the illness had almost quadrupled since 1980 to 422 millio

Shiv Visvanathan on Justin Trudeau's apology for the 1914 Komagata Maru incident

Shiv Visvanathan on Justin Trudeau's apology for the 1914 Komagata Maru incident: History rarely produces moments of epiphany, where politics appears as a creative act of redemption and the future becomes a collective act of healing. Each society carries its wounds like a burden,

AP, Reuters, New York Times among 2016 Pulitzer Prize winners

AP, Reuters, New York Times among 2016 Pulitzer Prize winners: shared the breaking news photography award for images of the European refugee crisis.
The Pulitzer Board, in conferring the most prestigious honors in U.S. journalism and the arts on Monday, also

Where the grass is green even in blazing summer

Where the grass is green even in blazing summer: Caretakers of the Amba Vilas Palace (Mysuru palace), have not been a bit perturbed by the blazing summer. Having to water its 28-acre lawn is not such a big deal as the palace has become a model in c

F8 conference: Facebook's push towards connecting people better

F8 conference: Facebook's push towards connecting people better: The much-awaited Facebook’s F8 annual conference for developers kicked off on April 12 with a lot of surprises. From livestreaming platforms and 3D cameras to new virtual reality technology that will

Barack Obama makes his income tax returns public

Barack Obama makes his income tax returns public: “The President and the First Lady filed their income tax returns jointly and reported adjusted gross income of USD 436,065. The Obamas paid USD 81,472 in total tax. The President’s effective federal i

Man deletes his whole company after typing wrong code

Man deletes his whole company after typing wrong code: He wrote on a forum for server experts ‘Server Fault’ yesterday, that he was stuck after accidentally running destructive code on his own computers, including the websites of his customers. The code,

Water levels in 91 major reservoirs alarmingly low

Water levels in 91 major reservoirs alarmingly low: Water levels in major reservoirs of the country are alarmingly low, weekly data released by Central Water Commission (CWC) shows. CWC, a technical organisation under the aegis of Ministry of Water

How Israel survived seven years of drought! WTTT: PALESTINIANS SURVIVED ISRAELI OPPRESSION,KILLINGS & BRUTALITY MANY YEARS! SO WHAT..???

How Israel survived seven years of drought: If a country like Israel can survive seven years of drought through the right technology and a certain amount of conservation, then the solution to Bengaluru’s intermittent water crises might not be t

Ode to the idli: the batter options! WTTT: WORLD TAMILS LOVE IDLI,DOSAI AS WELL AS PIDDU,IDIYAPPAM,ROTTI TO BF & DINNER! RICE WITH MANY CURRIES FOR LUNCH!

Ode to the idli: the batter options: The idli and the dosa have been the breakfast staples in south Indian households, the idli more so. Because it is steamed it is more easy on the palate, especially for kids. Doctors would often prescr

In parched Latur town, a long wait for the water express

In parched Latur town, a long wait for the water express: In the roiling temperatures inching up to 40°C, hundreds of residents wait eagerly for the ‘water express’ to roll into this town. Ten wagons with 50,000 litres of drinking water each that will be

Lion kills woman sleeping in farm inside Gir forest/GUJARAT/INDIA !

Lion kills woman sleeping in farm inside Gir forest: The woman was asleep in the family’s farm when a lioness dragged and killed her outside the farm at Bharad village inside the Gir forest in Amreli district. ‘Cub caged’“The woman was dragged 400 metre

This drummer creates music from everyday objects

What Are The Odds That You Exist?

Put it off, and be creative..!!!

Put it off, and be creative: Perhaps I might be forgiven, being in the age group that I am, for making a mountain out of a molehill and then considering the same as so insurmountable. Imagine, therefore, my surprise, a sense of

amudu: In search of Ramanujan movie

amudu: In search of Ramanujan movie: Film:  Andrew Robinson marvels afresh at the self-taught mathematical genius in a new biopic. The story of the Indian mathematician...