Category: World News

Curiosity sent back home the news pictures that it had clicked. This color panorama shows a 360-degree view of the landing site of NASA’s Curiosity rover, including the highest part of Mount Sharp visible to the rover. The rover is around 12 miles away from the base of Mount Sharp.   Photo Credit: NASA   

A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.3 hit El Salvador coast on Sunday. El Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. It borders pacific ocean from one side. There was a Tsunami warning issued for the neighbouring countries such as Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama and Mexico which was later…

Isaac is a large storm and could bring lot of damage to areas within hundreds of miles of its center. This comes seven years after Hurricane Katrina which devastated New Orleans. After hitting  Florida the storm is moving Northwest towards Alabama and Louisiana. The Republican governors of Alabama and Louisiana are trying to focus on preventing the damage that will…

A powerful typhoon has crashed into the Japanese island of Okinawa, forcing thousands of residents move to safer public buildings on the island. All domestic and international flights out of the island’s Naha Airport have been cancelled. A lot of areas have no electricity. The latest typhoon is the 15th storm that can do a lot of…

Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on moon passed away on Saturday. He was 82. It is indeed a sad moment for all around the world as he was an astronaut unmatched in his accomplishments. 43 years ago, in July of 1969, Neil Armstrong with  Michael Collins and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin were part of…

Tropical Storm Isaac hit Haiti early Saturday with winds blowing upto the speed of 60 miles (95 kilometers) per hour and very heavy rainfall.  A tropical storm is thunderstorm accompanied with strong winds and heavy rains.  It must be a sad sight in Haiti because already thousands of people are living in makeshift camps after…

  An elderly woman’s Do It Yourself  has become a nightmare for a spanish church. The old lady decided to try and fix a famous painting of Jesus Christ after it was damaged by water. This unique 19th century fresco in Zaragoza in the north of the country has a lot of emotional value for the locals…

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Curiosity begins the test drive on Mars proving that it can indeed move. Although moving at a very small speed, lesser than 4cm per second, it covered a distance of six meters. If Curiosity keeps making a slow and a steady progress we might learn a lot more about Mars, mostly about…

After Olympics it is now turn for the London Paraolympic games 2012. The official countdown to the Paralympics games begun on Wednesday when some mountaineers and people with disabilities, trekked the tallest peaks in the four regions of the United Kingdom –  Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland and lighted the Paralympic flame. The four…

  Tungurahua Volcano in Ecuador has been showing increased volcanic activity and the emission of steam, gas and ash. The volcano is located near Banos, 140km south of the country’s capital of Quito.  There was a sudden activity around 19th August and finally an outburst on 21st August. The Tungurahua, aptly named as “Throat of Fire” in…

Huge crowds gathered across China to protest against their neighbouring country Japan over the ownership of disputed Diaoyu islands. What is a Dispute or Disputed thing? Have you and your friends ever fought over a same piece of toy?  Oh Yeah !! So the toy is a disputed toy? Here China and Japan are arguing over…

Don’t like those annoying 3D glasses that keep falling down? Well now there is a new technology for a  three-dimensional movie that you can enjoy without the glasses. The technology that changes the conventional 3D films to be shown on the new TV  will be shown in Berlin IFA trade show next month. IFA is the world’s biggest exhibition for…