The 106th Science Congress turned rather funny when a Tamil Nadu-based scientist, Kanan Jegathala Krishnan, made some bizarre comments about internationally accepted theories of physics.   According to Krishnan, both Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein made huge mistakes while solving the equations  of physics. He claimed that modern physics is here for a brief time and …

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways revealed that nearly one of the four railway bridges in the country is either a century old or older which needs an upgrade citing the pressure on Indian railways.  The increase in the number of pressures and plus the new heavier and faster trains put pressure on these old structures and unless the bridges …

In a tragic accident, a school bus fell into the gorge in Himachal Pradesh leaving six children and driver of the bus dead. The accident took place around 8 am today in the state’s Sirmaur district.  A private bus carrying students of DAV School, Renuka, fell into a gorge. Seven people — six schoolchildren and the bus driver — were killed, …

Businessman Vijay Mallya has finally been declared a ‘fugitive economic offender’ by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). It was back in November when ED submitted an application before a court requesting to declare Mallya, who is facing charges of financial irregularities, a fugitive under the Act. The embattled liquor baron has become the first person to be declared a ‘fugitive economic …

Samsung’s phones last year weren’t quite what you’d call earthshaking. Its Galaxy S9, S9 Plus and Note 9 didn’t have many noticeable changes from 2017’s Galaxy S8, S8 Plus and Note 8. Sure, they had faster processors and other souped-up components. But they kept the same design, something that reportedly has hurt demand for the smartphones. After all, why buy …

President Donald Trump is chiming in on Apple’s sales warning from earlier this week, an announcement that prompted a quick drop in the iPhone maker’s stock price. “They’re gonna be fine,” Trump said Friday at a White House news conference. “Apple is a great company.” In a letter to investors Wednesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook said revenue in the company’s fiscal first quarter would …

Chinese censors must reportedly learn a history previously unknown to them so they know which information the government wants them to stop from spreading. Employees of censorship companies like the Beijing-based Beyondsoft are taught about the government’s violent suppression of the 1989 student-led Tiananmen Square protests and late activist Liu Xiaobo, who was repeatedly imprisoned for his anti-government views, The …

I’m in a parking lot in Menlo Park, California, eyeballing a small canister that looks like an Amazon Echo with a fringe on top. It’s a location beacon, but it’s not plugged into a power source. In fact, it’s not powered by anything other than ambient temperature. Despite that fact, it’s showing up on the phone screen, actively pinging external …

Apple’s new lineup of iPhones didn’t have a happy holiday. And a rare sales forecast slash may bode poorly for the rest of the year. In a letter to investors on Wednesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook warned that the company’s fiscal first-quarter revenue would be weaker than previously expected. It now sees sales of $84 billion, well below the range …

Monitor arms are great — they provide more flexibility for the location and positioning of a display than you can get with a stand. But they’re traditionally clunky, conspicuous and/or industrial looking. Samsung’s taken its invisibility-is-golden, flush-against-the-wall TV design aesthetic and applied it to its new line of minimalist Space Monitors, which debuts with 27- and 32-inch models at CES …