Washington: American automobile manufacturer Chrysler has plans to equip its cars with a system that will enable people to surf the internet while driving. The UConnect Web system is what the company says can bring wireless internet access to cars' dashboards.
Bizarre microbes flourish in the most punishing environments on Earth from the bonedry Atacama Desert in Chile to the boiling hot springs of Yellowstone National Park to the sunless sea bottom vents in the Pacific. Could such exotic life emerge in the frigid arctic plains of Mars? Nasa's Phoenix spacecraft could soon find out. Since plopping down near the Martian north pole a month ago, the three-legged lander has been busy poking its long arm into the sticky soil and collecting scoopfuls to bake in a test oven and peer at under a microscope.
Thomas W Evans The US president has the power to attack, and perhaps destroy, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the illegal cartel that has driven the price of oil over $130 per barrel. This can be accomplished without invasion or bombing. No special legislation is needed. The president need simply allow the states to seek relief in the Supreme Court under US antitrust laws.
Oil crisis is changing business practices and lifestyles High oil prices affect everybody, from the poor man to the captain of industry. In India, the government has not passed on the increase in the price of crude to consumers fully, but double-digit inflation has meant that everybody is bearing the brunt in one way or another. Therefore, everyone should do what they can to ease the burden.
Sumantra Das What are the positions of Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama and his Republican counterpart John McCain on the Indo-US nuclear deal, outsourcing, climate change and other issues that could affect India? As of now, here's where they stand. Indo-US nuclear deal / 123 agreement
BHUBANESWAR : Asking the UPA to focus on fighting inflation instead of the Indo-US nuclear deal, the CPI on Sunday said the Central Government should not be sacrificed in the name of such an agreement as nobody wanted early polls. "The priority at this moment is to fight the rising inflation and not the nuclear deal,' CPI general secretary A B Bardhan told reporters on the sidelines of a convention here against POSCO's proposed steel project in Orissa. He said nobody favoured early elections except the "divisive forces'.
Now, The Main Question: Did The Ice Ever Melt And Turn Mars Into A Habitable Place? After a decade of shouting, "Follow the water!' in its exploration of Mars, Nasa can finally say that one of its spacecraft has reached out, touched water ice and scooped it up. Now, scientists will be able to tackle the main question they hope to answer: Did the ice ever melt and turn Mars into a habitable place?
By H. K. Dua There comes a time when those who have taken upon themselves the responsibility to lead a nation or a cause have to bite the bullet and move on to achieve the desired aim. That time has come for Dr Manmohan Singh to see that the Indo-US Nuclear Deal he signed with George W. Bush gets operationalised before the end of his tenure as also that of the US President.
Washington: The World Bank on Tuesday put the blame for rising food prices in South Asia on export controls by India and others. The US also criticized New Delhi's handling of the crisis, stating the trade bans have rattled international markets. Surging food prices have become a serious concern in South Asia where food insecurity is relatively high, the World Bank Report on Global Development Finance said. "The situation has become increasingly acute across the region
