General News

Electrons conduct electricity like bouncing balls in Graphene ‘billiards table’

Washington, Sept 16: Physicists at the University of California, Riverside have found that electrons conduct electricity in Graphene the same way balls bounce back from the walls of a billiards table.

Graphene is a two-dimensional honeycomb lattice of carbon atoms, and, structurally, is related to carbon nanotubes (tiny hollow tubes formed by rolling up sheets of graphene) and buckyballs (hollow carbon molecules that form a closed cage).

Oblivious couple spends the night with wasps under pillow!

London, Sept 16: A couple slept the entire night without realizing that a swarm of wasps had built a nest beneath the pillows of their bed.

Mr and Mrs Hames noticed a strange buzzing when they retired to bed, but they ignored it assuming that it would be a single wasp.

"Clive was tired and told me the wasp could stay there for the night and to go to sleep," Daily Mail quoted Mrs Hames, as saying.

When 57-year- old Vicky Hames got up in the morning, she still heard the buzzing.

Manmohan Undergoes Surgical Operation At AIIMS

New Delhi: For benign enlargement of the prostate gland, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today went through a surgical operation at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).

Sanjaya Baru, Manmohan’s Media Adviser stated that the operation took place to treat benign prostatic dysplasia of the prostate gland.

“The Prime Minister was recovering and has had a stable post operative course,” Mr. Baru added.

For the next two days, Mr. Singh will stay at hospital, and it is likely that he will go back home by Monday morning.

Two ASI Officials Suspended Over Ram Setu Controversy

New Delhi: Two functionaries of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) have been suspended over Ram Setu affidavit controversy.

One of the suspended officials was the director administration whereas the other was of the grade of assistant director.

Both were accountable for the drafting of the affidavit with the divisive citations to Ram that resulted to a storm of protestations.

Another Case Of Lady Teacher Sexually Harassing Girl Student

After a controversial false TV sting operation that kicked up public fury in the capital over a fortnight ago, one more sex case came up Friday, in which a woman teacher has been charged with sexua

Newborn Hippo cheers animal lovers at Patna Zoo

Patna, Sep.14: The birth of a baby hippo at Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park past Monday night (September 10) has spread a wave of cheer among animal lovers and zoo officials here.

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