Pune-based physicist Thanu Padmanabhan propounded the theory that dark energy in cosmology is the root cause of accelerated expansion of the universe and threw a challenge to peers to prove him wrong giving them a decade in 2006. Now that the ten years are over, research could not prove him wrong and he won the challenge. A renowned scientist from ...
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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 »Earth Hour Turns World Dark for Planet’s Future; Origin, History, Current Impact
The world goes dark with switching off of lights for Earth Hour at 8.30pm (20:30) on the last Saturday of March, this year on March 28, 2015, a city like Delhi will save 250 MW of power, which signifies not merely the need to conserve power but also to save earth from the excesses of global warming. Initiated by the ...
Read More »World Cup 2015 Semi Final 2: Australia vs India Match Preview, Live streaming Info, Team news
Time: 9:00 am IST Date: 25th March Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Spin friendly Sydney will be flooded with spectators on Thursday as hosts Australia prepare to take on defending champions India in a mammoth semi final clash in the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup. With a spot in the final on the cards, the competition just doesn’t get bigger. ...
Read More »‘He stabbed me’ — How Many More Such Incidents Make Australia Wake Up?
“He stabbed me, darling” are the last words of her which will ring in every Indian’s ears hereafter when they visit Sydney, the crime capital of Australia. The sad killing of an innocent, lonely and helpless woman IT consultant and mother of a 9-year-old child, took place on Saturday night while she was walking alone, talking to her husband on ...
Read More »Australian Researchers Mark World Record in Solar Power Efficiency
Australian solar researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have converted more than 40 percent of the sunlight hitting a solar cell system into electricity, the highest efficiency ever reported. The record efficiency was achieved in outdoor tests in Sydney, before being independently confirmed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) at their outdoor test facility in the ...
Read More »‘We are United by the Ideals of Democracy’ Says Modi to Australian Parliament
Prime Ministr Narendra Modi will head to Fiji on Tuesday evening after his Australian visit, where he hold bilateral talks with his counterpart Tony Abbot and addressed the Australian Parliament in Canberra this morning. Modi is the first Indian PM to address the Australian Parliament. Addressing the gathering, Modi raised his voice against terrorism, which he mentioned as a major ...
Read More »Sydney Welcomes Modi, Thousands Keen to Attend India-Aus Unity Event
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday heads towards Sydney with his ambitious project “Make in India”, after attending the high profile G20 Summit in Australia. Allphones Arena in Sydney is all set to welcome the PM, who will attend the mega community event organised by Indian diaspora. While leaving to Sydney, thanking Brisbane, Modi tweeted on his micro blogging site, ...
Read More »Narendra Modi Visit Inspires Indian Diaspora in Australia
After wowing and wooing millions all over the world, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to cast his oratory magic on the Indian expatriates living in Australia. With few hours to go before the mega reception being hosted in Allphones Arena at Olympic Park in Sydney, the Indian expatriate community seems to be truly in the grip of ...
Read More »Australian surgeons aciheve brekathrough, transplant ‘dead’ heart after reviving it
Australian surgeons have made a dead heart beat again and successfully used it in a transplant, achieving a breakthrough in hearts transplantation from brain-dead patients. The director of Sydney’s St Vincent’s Hospital Heart Lung Transplant Unit, Peter MacDonald told a press conference that the successful surgery meant many more “dead” hearts could be used in transplants, Xinhua reported. “In all ...
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