Mini recalls about 35K cars to bolster side crash resistance

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 29, 2015, 20:39

Mini is recalling about 35,000 cars in the US and Canada because they don't meet side-impact crash-test requirements.

Guillotine used for resistance siblings `found in Germany`

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 04:13

The guillotine used to execute Nazi resistance siblings Sophie and Hans Scholl in 1943 appears to have been found in southern Germany after being thought lost for decades, a museum said on Friday.

516 Lutyens` bungalows to be rebuilt, each to cost Rs 2.7 cr

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 19:19

At least 516 bungalows in the prime Lutyen`s zone of Delhi, built almost 90 years ago, are proposed to be dismantled and rebuilt with modern specifications like earthquake resistance at an estimated cost of Rs 3000 crore.

Plants use hormones to choose growth over pathogen defence

Last Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2014, 16:36

Scientists have discovered how plants use steroid hormones to choose growth over defending themselves against pathogens.

Fruits and veggies still stay alive after harvest

Last Updated: Friday, June 21, 2013, 15:23

A new study has revealed that the fruits and vegetables we buy in the grocery store are actually still alive.

US offers $5 mn bounty for Uganda warlord

Last Updated: Thursday, April 4, 2013, 10:58

The Lord`s Resistance Army fled northern Uganda where it had waged a two-decade-long rebellion following a military offensive by the Ugandan military.

Three billion-year-old proteins resurrected

Last Updated: Thursday, February 28, 2013, 16:15

Scientists have resurrected two to three billion-year-old proteins from which the enzymes that armour superbugs against antibiotics have descended.

Rajinder Sachar meets Sheila, opposes privatization of water sector

Last Updated: Monday, January 28, 2013, 22:13

Former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Rajinder Sachar met Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and urged her not to go ahead with privatisation of the sector alleging it will severely hit the common man.

Lone Chinese home destroyed; farmer accepts deal

Last Updated: Saturday, December 1, 2012, 14:09

Authorities have demolished a five-story home that stood incongruously in the middle of a new main road and had become the latest symbol of resistance by Chinese homeowners.