NASA explores inflatable heat shield on Mars to help humans settle on Red Planet
NEW YORK: NASA Working on Inflatable Heat Shield to Help Spacecraft Land on Mars. An inflatable heat shield for spacecraft ...
Year: 2015
Researchers plan to grow lettuce on Mars by 2018
PARIS: The team of science students have created a plan to land lettuce on Mars. The project, being run at ...
Iran’s $490 million revenue deposited in Oman
MUSCAT: A $490 million installment in Iran's revenues blocked overseas has been deposited in Oman under Teheran's nuclear agreement with ...
Lenovo uncovers Intel 5th gen Core-powered X1 Carbon in Thinkpad in $ 1249
LAS VEGAS: Chinese laptop maker Lenovo has unveiled a series of fresh devices for its business user-focused Thinkpad line-up, including ...
Philippines spends P3 billion to expand Manila Container Terminal
MANILA: Port operator International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) is beefing up its budget for capital expenditures this year by ...
2016 Kia Optima gets sharper design: to be Unveiled at New York Auto Show in April 2016
WASHINGTON: The new report indicate that next-generation Kia Optima will feature a sharper design when it debut in the first ...
Fragile economy: Russia faces budget deficit for 2018 FIFA World Cup
MOSCOW: The fragile economy Russia also effected the preparations of 2018 FIFA World Cup and Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko ...
Philippines Customs urged to amend tariff code to define smuggling as economic sabotage
MANILA: Philippines lawmaker had proposed amending tariff and customs code to define any form of smuggling involving goods with an ...
Indian rupee slides by 8 paisa against US dollar
LONDON: The rupee staged slightly revival but was still trading weaker by 8 paisa to 63.37 against the US dollar ...
Political chaos: Europe and Gazprom deal not finalized
MOSCOW: Gazprom's deal with German petrochemical company BASF has not materialized due to political tensions, according to the sources here ...
Google claims to fix Lollipop storage leak
LONDON: Google has fixed a memory leak that has affected users of devices running Android 5.0 (Lollipop), an enthusiast site ...
Orient likely to buy substantial stakes in Aisha Steel Mills
KARACHI: The maker of electronic home appliances Orient Group showed keen interest in substantial stakes in Aisha Steel Mills. According ...
Google Nexus 6 Vs BlackBerry Classic: Nexus 6 out class in spec
NEW YORK: After releasing the “Passport” flagship, the Canadian Smartphone maker is preparing to launch the BlackBerry Classic, a mid-range ...
Hong Kong stocks start 0.66% lower, Hang Seng dips 158.63pts
BEIJING: Hong Kong stocks have started 0.66 per cent weaker as a lukewarm led from Wall Street. The benchmark Hang ...
India’s four international airports become hub of 94 per cent drug smuggling cases
NEW DELHI: India’s four major international airports in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata constitute about 94 per cent of instances ...
Netherlands, Nigeria sign agreement on non-oil-goods trade
AMSTERDAM: Dr. Taco Westerhuis is the First Secretary of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Nigeria. Responsible ...
Saudi Arabia hangs two drug smugglers to death
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia says it has beheaded two men accused of drug smuggling. More than 80 people were executed in ...
Australian stocks take negative start, S&P 200 sheds 1.9pts
SYDNEY: The Australian stocks started lower with the weaker Australian dollar dipping to buoy shareholders appetite, as worlds markets come ...
Tokyo stocks close 0.24% lower, Nikkei 225 falls 42.06pts, Topix index sheds 0.46pc
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks dipped 0.24 per cent on Monday on the first trading day of the New Year, following a ...
Oman’s Economic Committee rejects exile tax plan
MUSCAT: The Economic Committee of Oman's State Council has rejected a plan to levy a tax on the remittances sent ...
