Satyam Computers Chairman Ramalinga Raju resigns
Shares of Satyam Computer Wednesday crashed by over 72 percent to Rs.50 from a opening of Rs.179.10 on the bourses around 1 p.m., following the resignation of its founder-chairman B. Ramalinga Raju after he admitted to a Rs.40 billion (Rs.4,000 crore or $823 million) fraud - the largest in India [...]

NASA telescope unveils a dozen new pulsars
Washington, Jan 7 (ANI): NASA’’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has discovered 12 new gamma-ray-only pulsars and has detected gamma-ray pulses from 18 others.
“We know of 1,800 pulsars, but until Fermi we saw only little wisps of energy from all but a handful of them,” said Roger Romani of Stanford [...]

Sheikh Hasina takes oath as the new Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Dhaka, Jan.6 (ANI): Awami League Chief Sheikh Hasina Wajed on Tuesday sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Bangladesh after her party-led grand alliance swept the general elections a week ago.
Bangaldesh President Iajuddin Ahmed administered her the oath of office and secrecy at Bangabhaban [...]

Big volcanic eruptions can cool the tropics
Washington, Jan 6 (ANI): Climate researchers have shown that big volcanic eruptions over the past 450 years have temporarily cooled weather in the tropics.
The researchers included Rosanne D’Arrigo, a scientist at the Tree Ring Lab at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Rob Wilson of Lamont and the University of [...]

Pak Taliban commander surrenders in Khyber Agency
Peshawar, Jan.5 (ANI): A Taliban commander in Pakistan’s Khyber Agency surrendered to the area’’s political administration on Monday,even as traffic movement along the Pakistan-Afghanistan highway remained suspended, hindering NATO forces supplies.
Maulana Hazrat Nabi offered himself up for surrender through a Jirga of elders.
Sources were quoted by The News as [...]

Students protest against Israeli offensive in Gaza
New Delhi, Jan 5 (ANI): Students Federation of India (SFI), students wing of Communist Party of India (Marxist), staged protest here today against Israeli offensive in Gaza and to show solidarity with the Palestinians.
The SFI protestors blamed the United States for the Israeli attack and accused United Progressive Alliance [...]

Pakistan confers Hilal-i-Quaid-I-Azam on Boucher
Islamabad, Jan.5 (ANI): President Asif Ali Zardari conferred the award of Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam on Richard Boucher, U.S..Assistant Secretary of State for Central and South Asian Affairs, at a special investiture ceremony at the Aiwan-e-Sadr here on Monday.
The award was conferred on Boucher for his services to Pakistan, The News reported.
The citation read [...]

US should help India, Pak resolve Kashmir issue: Gilani
Islamabad, Jan.5 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Monday urged the U.S. to extend its help to both India and Pakistan towards resolving the issue of Kashmir.
His appeal came a day after a senior leader of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Maulana Abbas Ansari, appealed to [...]