Dubai, May 2: Dubai has become the first city in the world to get its own Microsoft font, the media reported. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai`s Crown Prince and Chairman of the Executive Council, launched the Dubai Font on Sunday, the Khaleej Times reported. He directed government institutions all across the city to adopt the font, saying it is considered a positive shift...
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Kasaragod, May 1: A 23-year-old man was stabbed to death and another sustained grievous injuries at Peral, near Kumbla, in an attack by unidentified persons on Sunday. The police said the group attacked M.A. Abdul Salam, son of Muhammed Kunhi of Madavur Manzil at Peral in Mogral-Puthur village, and his companion, Muhammed Asainar at 6.30 p.m. The assailants escaped under the cover of darkness, the...
Bhopal, Apr 30: What would you generally gift a newly-married couple? A Madhya Pradesh minister decided on an unusual present -- a 'mogri' or a wooden bat-- for nearly 700 brides at a mass marriage ceremony. While the mogri is traditionally used to wash clothes, the minister has advised the brides to use it on their husbands if they turn alcoholic or harass them and refuse to mend their ways. The...
Apr 28: Tech giant Apple has wasted no time in entering the self-driving car technology sector with what it calls 'Project Titan.' Soon after securing permission to test its self-driving cars on the roads of California, the Cupertino-giant is out on the road testing the vehicle. The good chaps at Bloomberg have got lucky and captured what are probably the first images of Apple's self-driving car...
Toronto, Apr 26: Scientists are developing new self-charging batteries that harvest energy from light and could put an end to our smartphone recharging woes. Lithium-ion batteries have allowed the rapid proliferation of mobile devices such as phones, tablets and computers. These tools however require frequent re-charging because of the limited energy density of their batteries. "With smart phones...
Washington, Apr 26: The shopping bag is an infamous source of plastic pollution. The 2010 documentaryBag It' estimated that Americans use 102 billion plastic bags per year. Bags are persistent. Plastic at the waste dump can last for an estimated 1,000 years. And they are pernicious. A wild baby manatee named Emoji died in a Florida zoo in February after filling its guts with plastic bags and other...
Washington DC, Apr 25: As bizarre as it may sound but caterpillars could now help us get rid of plastic pollution! Scientists have found that a caterpillar commercially bred for fishing bait has the ability to biodegrade polyethylene: one of the toughest and most used plastics, frequently found clogging up landfill sites in the form of plastic shopping bags. The wax worm, the larvae of the common...
Mangalore: Dr. K. Byrappa, Vice Chancellor of Mangalore University inaugurated three days National Level Hands on Workshop on “HIGH-SPEED FLOWS & DAQ- HSDAQ” on 21st of April 2017. Speaking on the occasion, he highlighted the importance of data acquisition in material science research and the application of high speed computing systems in data acquisition. Mr. Syed Mohamed Beary, Chairman, Bearys...
Frankfurt, Apr 24: A Bavarian start-up is developing a five-seat "flying taxi" after successful test flights over Germany of a smaller version of the electric jet. Munich-based Lilium, backed by investors who include Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstrom, said the planned five-seater jet, which will be capable of vertical take-off and landing, could be used for urban air taxi and ride-sharing services...
Apr 22: Apple Inc outlined a plan to train operators of self-driving cars in documents submitted to California regulators earlier this month, the latest clues to the company's autonomous vehicle technology aspirations. Apple was granted a permit to test self-driving cars on April 14 by the California Department of Motor Vehicles but the company has never said anything about its plan. The state...