At the Spacecraft Control Centre (SCC) at the ISRO Telemetry Command, Control and Tracking Network (ISTRAC), headed by S. K. Shivakumar at Bangalore, an air of professionalism and calmness flowed. Here, on Sunday morning, the commands were radioed by radio frequency specialists to the engine on board Chandrayaan-1 to fire.

Singapore - The Singapore Tourism Board said Thursday that the number of tourists visiting the city-state has declined because of the global economic crisis and the downturn could continue into next year.

The current global economic climate has caused a general air of uncertainty, which has impacted consumer sentiment and lowered discretionary spending, the board said in a monthly report.

It would be really nice to know that British kids are taking their Internet safety seriously as a latest survey has suggested that they want adults to supervise them every time they are surfing the web.

Out of the total children who were surveyed, near about 45% agreed that adults should sit next to them or at least be near so that they could see what is being surfed over the web.

Other than this, two out of three suggested that pornographic sites and chat rooms on the web should be blocked or filtered.

Washington, Oct 30: The NASA Messenger spacecraft, which is gliding over the surface of Mercury for the second time this year, has revealed previously unseen territory on the planet.

After completing a critical gravity assist to keep it on course to orbit Mercury in 2011, Messenger unveiled 30 percent of Mercury’s surface never before seen by a spacecraft.

The current land speed record of 763 mph was set up by Richard Noble and Andy Green, who are now geared up to create a car, which they claim to break through the 1,000-mph barrier. If they are able to achieve the target, then this car would be more like a land rocket.

This car will also be equipped with piston, jet and rocket engines, and is expected to be more then 42 feet long. In just 40 seconds, this car is expected to make the run from 0 to 1,050 mph.

Washington, Oct 30 : Virtually realizing their defeat in the Nov 4 presidential poll, the Republican Party has trained its guns on the media alleging “bias” against the party.

Faced with dim prospects in Congress and an uphill climb to the White House on Election Day, Republicans are increasingly taking out their frustrations on the media, accusing them of tipping the scale in favor of Democrats, reported foxnews. com.