Rail network in Kashmir comes under attack

Saturday, April 3, 2010 Nearly two feet of the rail route in Kashmir, India was blown up by militants near the Pulwama district, affecting train services from north to south Kashmir. The blast came a few days after militants fought with the Indian army in the area, thereby killing fourteen people. “There were no casualties,Read More

Hard drive technology breaks storage density record

Sunday, April 10, 2005 Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, the San Jose, California-based joint venture of Japanese storage vendor Hitachi and U.S. technology giant IBM, has set a new record for storage density at 230 gigabits per square inch (Gb/in2). The company has developed technology to implement a recording method known as perpendicular recording, which allowedRead More

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Car women’s rugby 7’s tournament

Sunday, June 25, 2006 This article features first-hand journalism by Wikinews members. See the collaboration page for more details. This article features first-hand journalism by Wikinews members. See the collaboration page for more details. The inaugural CAR (Confederation of African Rugby) women’s rugby 7’s tournament was held in Kampala, Uganda on the 24th June 2006.Read More

UN Report: Earth ecosystem in peril

Thursday, March 31, 2005A report Tuesday from a United Nations-backed project, consulting more than 1,300 scientists from 95 countries, and written over the last four years, warns that 60 percent of the basics of life on Earth — water, food, timber, clean air — are currently being used in ways which degrade them. Furthermore, fisheriesRead More

Want An Annual Or Perennial Plant, Check Out Water (Aquatic) Plants

Here’s An Opinion On: Hunter Irrigation Controllers Dural Irrigation Website Submitted by: John Hoffman Water (aquatic) plants are plants that have adapted to living in aquatic environments. They are also referred to as aquatic macrophytes. A macrophyte is an aquatic plant that grows in or near water and is either emergent, submergent, or floating. InRead More

Some Devices For The Elderly To Increase Quality Of Life

By Joe R. Maldonado Maybe you are worried about your elderly parents or relatives. They must be healthy enough to look after themselves if they are living alone or with you but if and when an emergency situation arises, they shouldn t be alone. In the olden times we used give special whistles to childrenRead More

Police in Britain uncover suspected terrorist plot

Friday, August 11, 2006 The Metropolitan Police’s anti-terrorist branch and security service in London have claimed that a terrorist plot to detonate bombs on nine planes travelling mid-air from the United Kingdom to the United States has been thwarted. Contents 1 Details of plot emerge 2 Flights disrupted 3 Security restrictions 4 Bank accounts frozenRead More