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Washington, Jun 10: Scientists have developed a new form of ultra strong, lightweight carbon that is elastic and electrically conductive, and may serve a wide variety of applications from aerospace engineering to military armour. Researchers, including those from Carnegie Institution for Science in the US, pressurised and heated a structurally disordered form of carbon called glassy carbon. They...

Mumbai, Jun 9: Internet users in the country will double by 2021 to 829 million users from 373 million users in 2016, driven by digital transformation according to a recent report. This means roughly 59 per cent of the Indian population will use the internet. Also, there would be two billion networked devices in 2021 up from 1.4 billion in 2016. Overall IP traffic is expected to grow 4-fold during...

Udupi, Jun 9: The district administration has set up a 24 x 7 Control Room in the light of monsoon having entered Udupi. The telephone numbers are Udupi Deputy Commissioner's Office: 0820-2574802; Toll-free: 1077; Udupi Tahsildar Office: 0820-2520417; Kundapur Tahsildar Office: 08254-230357; Karkala Tahsildar Office: 08258-230201; Udupi Taluk Panchayat: 0820-2520447; Kundapur Taluk Panchayat...

New York, Jun 6: A 31-year-old man has died after his tattoo became infected with flesh-eating bacteria that live in ocean water, according to a new report. Despite the common advice to avoid swimming for a few weeks after getting a new tattoo, the man went for a swim in the Gulf of Mexico just five days after he received the tattoo in his leg. According to the report published in the journal BMJ...

London, Jun 6: Starting your university life? Playing video games may help you develop 'graduate attributes' - skills required for higher education, a new study suggests. Researchers found that gaming improved student communication skills, resourcefulness and adaptability and may have a role to play in higher education. Over an eight-week period, undergraduate students were assigned to either an...

Kasaragod, Jun 6: In the context of unprecedented drought situation experienced in the State, hundreds of people from all walks of life observed World Environment day by joining hands with the government on its massive afforestation drive. Addressing a public function after inaugurating the district-level World Environment Day programme at the AUP School, Udinoor near Trikkarippur,on Monday...

Chennai, Jun 5: Taking a big leap forward in the space technology, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched its heaviest rocket GSLV-Mk-III carrying communication satellite at country's spaceport in Sriharikota near here. GSLV-Mk-III, the first of its kind mission, is capable launching four ton class of satellites to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). The GSLV rocket...

London, Jun 4: Trying to get a date with a woman? Using metaphors when you compliment her could do the trick, say scientists who suggest that poetic language may make a man seem more attractive. "We found that the use of metaphorical as opposed to prosaic language by men in compliments is perceived by women as indicative of creativity and intelligence," said researchers from University of...

Ballari, Jun 4: Mabunni (25), who was convicted of trafficking in human beings, committed suicide by allegedly hanging herself to death with a sari in her cell at the Ballari Central Jail on Saturday. She was among the 39 undergoing 10 years imprisonment in connection with trafficking in human beings. Gandhi Nagar police have registered a case.

Kasaragod, Jun 3: The police have registered a case against the manager of Essa School at Perwad, near Kumbla, for allegedly misbehaving with a woman teacher. On a complaint filed by the teacher, the Kumbla police on Thursday registered a case against the school manager, whom the teacher accused of talking to her in a sexually explicit manner, a senior police officer said. Declining to reveal the...