Pluto’s largest moon Charon has been spotted for the first time, in a cosmic snapshot captured from nearly 885 million kilometres away.

Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur is looking forward to his new role as the narrator of politics-based reality series Pradhan Mantri, which aims to bring to the audience the never seen before facets of Indian history.

Scientists have found that nerves play a critical role in both the development and spread of prostate tumours.
The findings, by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in US, using both a mouse model and human prostate tissue, may lead to new ways to predict the aggressiveness of prostate cancer and to novel therapies for preventing and treating the disease.

Scientists have discovered a new potential treatment for cancer which kills tumours by starving them and leaves the body’s healthy cells undamaged.

He has made a habit of coming good when the chips are down and Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni feels his excellent finishing skills have a lot to do with the good cricketing sense he is “blessed” with.

After guiding India to a nail-biting victory over Sri Lanka in the tri-series final on Thursday, Mahendra Singh Dhoni has again staked claim to the title of the best-ever finisher in the history of one-day cricket.

Debris brought over by overnight rains blocked Badrinath National Highway for six hours on Friday as bad weather forced chief minister Vijay Bahuguna to cancel his tour of some affected areas.

People like listening to sad music because it actually evokes positive emotions, according to a new study.
Japanese researchers asked 44 volunteers, including both musicians and non-specialists, to listen to two pieces of sad music and one piece of happy music.

The media coverage of rape incidents in India has caused “some anxiety” among Australian women who plan to travel to India, Patrick Suckling, Australian high commissioner to India, said on Friday.

CPI(M) on Friday opposed the Supreme Court verdict putting a bar on a person in prison from contesting polls, saying it was a case of “judicial overreach” and should be “overturned” as it infringed democratic rights.