Washington, Nov 6: The life of Mars Phoenix Lander is literally hanging by a thread, with the solar-powered probe running out of sunlight, a condition that is being described by scientists as the ‘Hospice’ mode.

According to a report in Discovery News, compared to NASA’s long-lived Mars rovers, the ice-sampling Phoenix lander is presently in a communications coma, just five months after touchdown.

But, there is nothing engineers could have done to fix the fundamental problem.

Thimpu, Bhutan - Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk on Thursday was crowned Bhutan's fifth dragon king in a lavish ceremony in the capital of the tiny Himalayan state, becoming the world's youngest head of state.

Oxford-educated Jigme Kehsar, 28, took over the kingship from his father, Jigme Singye Wangchuk, 53.

Jigme Khesar has been in office since late 2006 when his popular father announced he was abdicating in favour of his son and at the same time transforming the country from an absolute monarchy into a democracy.

London, Nov 6 : Within hours after getting elected to become the first Black US President, Brack Obama was under way a military style operation as many fear that the 
44th President elect may never make it to the White House.

Obama celebrated his victory with more than 160,000 supporters in Grant Park, Chicago, from behind bulletproof glass 12ft high and 3ins thick, the Daily Express reported.

Alkali Metals, engaged in the business of manufacturing a range of fine chemicals, has got listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) at a discount of 12.62% at Rs 90 as against its issue price of Rs 103.
 
The stock is assigned the scrip code 533029 and is placed in the `B` group on BSE.

At 10.04 a.m. on the BSE, the scrip was trading at Rs 122.50, up 18.93%, and about 357,466 shares got traded within minutes of its listing. The scrip also touched a high of Rs 137.70 and a low of Rs 90.

Researchers have decoded all the genes in a woman’s cancer and they have identified eight new genes. Published in the journal Nature, the study, a first of its kind, could help researchers discover better ways of treating the disease.

Paris, Nov 6 : Following a fifth orbit-raising maneuver, India’s Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft has successfully settled into a trajectory that will take it to the Moon.

Chandrayaan-1 is India’s first mission to venture beyond Earth’s orbit.

After launch on 22 October, the spacecraft was first injected into an elliptical 7-hr orbit around Earth, between 255 km and 22 860 km above our planet.