STD calls set to become cheaper

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 24, 2015, 18:28

Long distance domestic telephone calls are set to become cheaper as regulator TRAI today slashed a network charge that one operator pays to another for carrying the call by about 50 per cent to 35 paise a minute.

Panel suggests independent authority for higher education standards

Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 21:00

A committee named to draft rules on distance education on Thursday suggested setting up of an independent authority through an act of Parliament to regulate the standards of higher education.

Astronomers discover exoplanet that shouldn`t be there

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 13:58

A team of astronomers were left mystified after they discovered a giant planet orbiting its star at 650 times the average Earth-Sun distance.

App lets long-distance lovers hear each other`s heartbeat

Last Updated: Saturday, August 17, 2013, 22:03

Researchers have developed a new app that lets long-distance lovers listen to each other`s heartbeats regardless of the distance between them.

New pulsar distance record may help detect elusive gravitational waves

Last Updated: Friday, June 14, 2013, 13:54

An international team of scientists (ASTRON) have used the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) to set a new distance accuracy record, pegging a pulsar called PSR J2222-0137 at 871.4 light-years from Earth.

Long-distance social networks existed in the past much before technology

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 26, 2013, 12:27

Long-distance social networks existed long before the advent of the Internet, a new study has revealed.

Kavita starts practising for 2013 world championship

Last Updated: Monday, July 16, 2012, 21:11

Long distance runner Kavia Raut, who failed to qualify for the London Olympics, returned from Italy on Saturday night and started practising for the 2013 World Athletics Championship to be held in Moscow.

Distance degrees invalid, says J&K HC

Last Updated: Sunday, June 17, 2012, 14:05

Govt employees in J&K are facing prospect of dismissal or demotion as the state High Court has declared Distance degrees as "invalid".

Long-distance relationship is tough: Alexandra Burke

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 08:53

Alexandra Burke says she finds it "hard" being in a long-distance relationship with her America-based boyfriend Marcus Anthony.

Now, long-distance couples can send good vibes!

Last Updated: Sunday, February 19, 2012, 14:05

An interesting new mobile phone application that lets long-distance couples control the vibration on each other’s phones has been approved by Apple’s App Store.

Sistema-Shyam may get NLD licence soon

Last Updated: Thursday, December 15, 2011, 21:14

The Telecom Ministry is likely to grant National Long Distance (NLD) licence to new telecom operator Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd (SSTL), which offers mobile services under MTS brand.