Former CBI officer and Delhi police commissioner Neeraj Kumar has revealed in a book that the 9/11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and two other places by mastermind Mohammad Atta were funded by ransom money collected by gangsters after kidnapping Kadim Shoes owner Partha Pratim Roy Burman, chairman–cum–managing director of Khadim Shoes. The ransom collected ...
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Soon Flexible Badges Sniff Wound Recovery, Shows Binghamton University Project
Binghamton University will lead the New York node of a new $75 million, five-year federal initiative to advance flexible hybrid electronics manufacturing following the US Department of Defense (DoD) choice of the Flex Tech Alliance, of which Binghamton University is a founding partner, as America’s first Innovation Institute for Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing (FHE MII). “The Flex Tech Alliance and ...
Read More »Modi’s US Visit: More Rhetoric, Little Resonance ?
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States has become an annual pilgrimage to the United Nations’ Headquarters and meet other heads of state with the TV crew in toe to beam the visuals back home but from diplomacy point of view, little is expected from the visit to New York. The inevitable side visit to California to ...
Read More »Perseid Meteor Shower 2015 Today Best in Years, Says NASA
Come August, it’s time for Perseid meteor shower and this year viewers in America’s West Coat can expect the best of colourful shower in years, says NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. After midnight tonight (morning of August 11, 2015) and the following two mornings (August 12 and 13) are likely to be even better as the slender waning ...
Read More »Preeti Gupta in bigger mess after nude pics leak
Actress Preeti Gupta seems to be in a bigger mess after her nude pics got leaked online.The actress was in news few days before her upcoming movie about lesbian couple was banned. “It’s true that the actors are vulnerable, and I am actually very angry about it. It’s bizarre and a violation of privacy. It’s not cool, and if there ...
Read More »Changing color no longer a dream as scientists find a way out
Have you wondered if those advertisements where a man or woman changes their clothes in a random motion, promoting online shopping sites come true? Well, you might just get lucky with this new invention. Scientists of University of Central Florida led by an Indian-origin scientist, Debashis Chanda have researched and created world’s first full-color, flexible and reflective display that will ...
Read More »Apple Watch on Display: No Long Queues in Retail Stores as Demo Pieces are Not for Sale
By A Staff Writer Apple Watch began to adorn retail stores in Tokyo and Sydney to begin a long day trail of sales of the iconic post-Steve Jobs product from the stable of Cupertino-based tech giant. However, consumers can take a first look at the product but can’t buy it off the shelf. They should pre-order for shipments which will ...
Read More »Preet Bharara: Wall Street prosecutor or ambitious anti-Indian manipulator?
By Arun Kumar The enviable record of Wall Street’s Indian-American prosecutor Preet Bhrara, known in India for his dogged prosecution of an Indian diplomat, has put him in the limelight, but some have also questioned his methods. Time magazine put him on the cover and Vanity Fair described him as “Wall Street’s most fearsome foe”. recalled the Washington Post while ...
Read More »NASA captures fireball on Pittsburgh! What’s it?
NASA cameras last night captured a very bright meteor at the Allegheny Observatory near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the fireball was visible all over New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania around 4:45 am on Tuesday. Here’s a video released by the space agency, which shows a NASA camera located at Allegheny Observatory near Pittsburg, PA and two other cameras located at Hiram ...
Read More »Northeastern US faces ‘historic blizzard’ today
Residents of the states of the northeastern US would face a “historic blizzard” that would affect the region from Monday onwards, warned meteorologists. Weather authorities have also issued a blizzard warning for Philadephia, Pennsylvania and the east coast including New York, New Jersey and New England, as well as Canada, from Monday afternoon to Tuesday. “It’s a winter storm that ...
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