Day: November 22, 2018

Dolce&Gabbana accused of insulting China; blames hackers

BEIJING — The Italian luxury fashion house Dolce&Gabbana apologized Wednesday for insulting remarks about China it allegedly made in exchanges on Instagram but claimed its accounts had been hacked. Chinese celebrities reacted angrily after screenshots of the conversations were posted on social media and several said they would […]

Mars landing comes down to final 6 minutes of 6-month trip

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.— It all comes down to the final six minutes of a six-month journey to Mars. NASA’s InSight spacecraft will enter the Martian atmosphere at supersonic speed, then hit the brakes to get to a soft, safe landing on the alien red plains. After micromanaging every […]

Cut off from the world, an Indian island remains a mystery

NEW DELHI — For thousands of years, the people of North Sentinel island have been isolated from the rest of the world. They use spears and bows and arrows to hunt the animals that roam the small, heavily forested island, and gather plants to eat and to fashion […]

‘Explorer at heart’: American missionary killed in India

SEATTLE — John Allen Chau spent summers alone in a California cabin as a wilderness emergency responder, led backpacking expeditions in the Northwest’s Cascade Mountains, almost lost his leg to a rattlesnake bite, and coached soccer for poor children in Iraq and South Africa. But kayaking to a […]

Why a salmonella outbreak shouldn’t ruin your Thanksgiving

NEW YORK  — There’s no reason to skip Thanksgiving dinner because of a salmonella outbreak linked to raw turkey. That’s according to health officials who’ve been monitoring the year-old outbreak. But they say it’s a reminder to properly prepare your holiday bird. Cooking kills salmonella. The ongoing outbreak […]

Lancelets help scientists uncover the secrets of vertebrate gene regulation

The research is clear, the physiological complexity that makes modern humans — and other mammals — unique from simpler species is a product of gene regulation, not genet quantity. But when and how did vertebrates and mammals evolve the kinds of gene regulatory mechanisms that made human complexity […]

Rupee rises 35 paise to 71.11 against US dollar

Mumbai :  Rising for the seventh straight day, the rupee strengthened by 35 paise to 71.11 against the US dollar in early trade Thursday on the back of falling crude oil prices. Traders said dollar’s weakness against some currencies overseas and increased selling of the greenback by exporters and […]

Sensex rises over 100 pts on firm rupee, falling crude prices

Mumbai : The benchmark BSE Sensex recovered over 100 points in early trade on fresh gains in bluechips like Infosys, RIL, TCS and HDFC amid rising rupee and easing crude prices. The 30-share index bounced by 134.93 points, or 0.38 per cent to 35,334.73, with sectoral indices led by […]

Nandita Das to receive FIAPF Award

Brisbane, Nov 22: Filmmaker Nandita Das will be honoured with the FIAPF Award at the 12th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) here.Das will be presented the award in recognition of her achievement in film in the Asia Pacific region on November 29, the APSA and its founding partner FIAPF […]

India, Australia ink 5 pacts as Kovind meets PM Morrison

Melbourne :  India and Australia signed five agreements on Thursday to boost investments and enhance cooperation in key sectors like disability, agricultural research and education as President Ram Nath Kovind met Australian Prime minister Scott Morrison in Sydney. Kovind, the first-ever Indian head of state to visit Australia, arrived […]

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