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Study attributes Oklahoma earthquakes to subsurface wastewater injection

July 11, 2014

A study has attributed the dramatic increase in earthquakes in central Oklahoma since 2009 to subsurface wastewater injection at a few wastewater disposal wells. As per researchers, Oklahoma earthquakes make up nearly half of all central and eastern U.S. seismicity ..

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Granville Austin: Eminent Indian Constitution academic passed away

July 8, 2014

Granville Austin (87), a distinguished scholar of India’s Constitution and a Padma Shri awardee, passed away in Washington. Austin wrote two critically acclaimed political histories of the Indian Constitution — ‘The Indian Constitution: A Cornerstone of A Nation’ and ‘Working A ..

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'Mt Sinha': US names a peak in Antarctica after Indian scientist Akhouri Sinha

July 1, 2014

In the honor of Akhouri Sinha, a distinguished Indian-American scientist whose ground-breaking biological research expedition has provided vital data about animal populations, the United States has named a mountain in Antarctica after him as Mt Sinha. An adjunct professor in ..

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Japan’s acute policy shift from post-war pacifism, allows fighting for allies

July 1, 2014

In a dramatic shift in policy, Japan changed its stance of its post-war pacifism by revoking a ban that has kept the military from fighting abroad since 1945. Although the move signifies victory countries for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, it ..

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India denies patent to US pharmaceutical firm Abraxis BioSciences' anti-cancer drug "Abraxane"

June 24, 2014

The Indian Patent Office (IPO) has denied a patent on US firm Abraxis BioSciences’ anti-cancer drug ‘Abraxane’. The application was rejected on the grounds that the drug lacked invention, not being patentable and insufficient. While rejecting the patent IPO took into account Section ..

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Juan Manuel Santos gets another term as President of Colombia

June 16, 2014

Juan Manuel Santos has secured another term as the President of Colombia as he has won the recently held presidential poll. His victory symbolizes peoples support to his 18-month-old peace negotiations to end country’s longest-running conflict with the left-wing FARC ..

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India becomes permanent member of Washington Accord

June 13, 2014

A long wait for India ended when the country became a permanent member of the Washington Accord, an esteemed international treaty on engineering studies and mobility of engineers across signatory countries including the US, the UK and Australia. Permanent membership ..

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Obama administration demonstrates historic rules to cut coal pollution by 30%

June 3, 2014

The Obama administration showed notable environment directives for clipping carbon pollution from power plants by 30%, stimulating vision for a global agreement to end climate change. The fresh rules, officially declared by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), characterise the first ..

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Russia and China veto UN resolution to refer Syrian crisis to ICC

May 28, 2014

A draft UN resolution proposing Syrian crisis to be referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC) has been vetoed by Russia and China. The two permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) ignored the support for the measure ..

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9,800 US troops to remain in Afghanistan after 2014

May 27, 2014

The US President Barack Obama announced that he will leave 9,800 US troops in Afghanistan through much of 2015 and refrained from ending America’s longest war until at least his final year in office. The positioning of residual forces in ..

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