Everyone knows never to trust the weather report. But European scientists are using a supercomputer to predict the weather months in advance. And whether it's for bikinis or umbrellas, big-money businesses are taking notice.
Germany has a string of cities that take one through the entire digestive tract: Essen (eat), Darmstadt (intestine city), and Pforzheim (which is close enough to the German word for "fart" to make it a punch line). But are you
Germany's train drivers are set to go out on strike yet again on Monday in a move that has angered many. Rail service will be severely compromised but Deutsche Bahn has drawn up an emergency plan to ensure some trains
Tata said this in an interview to L'Espresso, an Italian media company. An excerpt from the interview quoted Tata as saying, "I have two passions in my life -- cars and aircraft. I have always dreamt of being able to
The Tata group is looking at offloading around 26 to 49 per cent stake in its telecom tower infrastructure company -- Wireless-TT Infoservices -- and is in talks with a clutch of global and Indian investors.
The premier southern institute is said to have got about 100 international and 600 domestic offers for its batch of 425 students. ISB rules mandate that each student will get at least two offers.
Star Plus has signed up telecom major Airtel as the presenting sponsor for the Shah Rukh Khan-anchored Kya Aap Panchvi Pass Se Tez Hai. According to sources, the deal has been struck at Rs 40 crore. The Airtel deal follows
In a clear sign of how global recession has affected placements, Day 2 of the Slot Zero at the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad saw consulting firms emerge as the clear favourite over the traditionally-preferred investment banks.
According to the Deputy Chair of the Central Election Commission Stanislav Vavilov, Medvedev got 52,530,712 votes (70.28 per cent) and the turnout was little over 64 per cent of the total 190 million registered voters.
Pakistan's caretaker minister for human rights Ansar Burney, who played a key role in the return of Indian national Kashmir Singh after he spent 35 years in jail, on Friday defended his action, saying he has done nothing wrong. Burney,
Three new victors -- the Pakistan People's Party, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Awami National Party have shown their majority many days ago, but President Pervez Musharraf is playing delaying games and using secret agencies to break the majority party PPP
Expect a few occasional high clouds early, as a weak area of low pressure dives to our south. Otherwise, high pressure continues to dominate our weather, bringing mostly sunny skies and warmer temperatures as we head toward the weekend.
One rebel politician was all it took to unravel plans of Germany's Social Democratic Party to form a minority government in the state of Hesse. SPD leader Andrea Ypsilanti has announced she won't seek election as governor after one of
Girl band No Angels will fly the flag for Germany at this year's Eurovision Song Contest. Viewers hope the manufactured pop group will secure more votes than last year's German entrant.
One day after Greece said it would veto NATO membership for Macedonia if the country didn't change its name, the Macedonians took out full-page newspaper ads to plead their case. There is still no end in sight to the dispute.
