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Motorola to release new Android 5.0 Lollipop for their Motorola DROID Turbo users
NEW YORK: Motorola did announce that they will be releasing the new Android 5.0 Lollipop for their Motorola DROID Turbo...
International Data Corporation discloses, global tablet market continued falling
NEW YORK: International Data Corporation discloses that the global tablet market continued falling. As per market-tracker IDC, shipments of tablets...
Bangladesh garment exporters urge govt to collect only 0.3% tax on profits
DHAKA: Garment makers in Bangladesh have urged the government to collect 0.3 percent tax at source on 10 percent of...
India reduces tax on iron ore export by 10%
NEW DELHI: India will cut an export tax on low-grade iron ore to 10 percent from 30 percent, Finance Minister...
Russia gives $119.91m loan to Belarus
MOSCOW: Belarus has received a loan worth 6.2 billion Russian rubles ($119.91 million) from Russia, the country's Finance Ministry said...
A distinctive song help researchers to find a new, elusive bird species
NEW YORK: An elusive bird with a tendency to hide among the grassy vegetation of central China's mountainous terrain was...
IBM scientists come close to building practical quantum computer
SYDNEY: The team of engineers and scientist at IBM T.J. Watson Research Laboratory succeeded in detecting and measuring two types...
Germany keens to enhance maritime trade with Iran
TEHRAN: Germany seeks to develop its cooperation with Iran in the fields of maritime trade and ports as a prelude...
DIFC keen to enhance trade ties with China
DUBAI: Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) seeks to boost trade ties with China at the ‘Dubai Week in China,’ to...
Jordan, Iraq trade activities disrupt over border attack
BAGHDAD: Jordan's overland trade has largely been paralyzed by recent border attacks from insurgents in neighboring Syria and Iraq, a...
NASA warp-drive engine closer to reality
NEW YORK: NASA may have successfully tested a form of space flight that could carry people to the moon in...
Hawaiian hot spots not to responsible for underwater volcanoes
HOLON: It turns out hot spots in Earth's mantle are not to blame for some of Hawaii's known underwater volcanoes,...
France seeks to enhance trade relations with Oman
MUSCAT: France says it is keen to expand the scope of its investments in the Sultanate Oman and enhance the...
Oman’s central bank accounts make up to 20% of GDP
MUSCAT: According to the Central Bank of Oman (CBO), SME firms employ 40 percent of the Sultanate's total workforce and...
Oman’s Ooredoo net profit up 21.6% in Q1
MUSCAT: Ooredoo reported a net profit of OMR10.7 million for first quarter 2015 compared to OMR8.8 million for the same...
Hot seabed vents possible source of life on Earth
BRENT: If it weren't for the emergence of complex organic molecules some billions of years ago, humans as well as...
Bats rely on vision to see ahead, echolocation to catch insects, study
WASHINGTON: Bats have always impressed scientists with their super-precise flying abilities, and a recent study shows the secret to these...
Bizarre new dinosaur lineage discovered in Chile
TOKYO: A bizarre pigeon-sized dinosaur with bat-like wings made of skin rather than feathers has been identified in China, shedding...
One in six of world’s species faces extinction due to climate change, study
FRANCE: One in six species on Earth could be threatened with extinction from climate change unless steps are taken to...
Astronauts’ brains may be damaged by radiation in deep-space, says study
WASHINGTON: As NASA develops plans for a manned mission to Mars, scientists said Friday that cosmic rays during an interplanetary...
