In what highlights the Persistent bitterness in relations between Tehran and Washington despite a historic nuclear accord signed recently, Ayatollah al Khamenei in a tweet threatened the US President, claiming Iran will defeat US in case a war took place.
As per reports, the US President could knock out Iran’s military. We welcome no war, nor do we initiate any war, but if any war happens, the one who will emerge loser will be aggressive and criminal US, said Khamenei.
A huge carnivorous plant has become the first plant species to be "discovered on Facebook" after a photo posted by an amateur researcher in Brazil was spotted by scientists on the social networking site.
The plant, which can grow up to one and a half metres in length, was identified by scientists as a new species, and has since been named 'drosera magnifica', or magnificent sundew.
Experts identified the plant as a new species, describing it as the second-largest carnivorous plant in the Americas.
The plant has a Medusa-like tangle of sticky, carnivorous leaves that can grow up to 24cm in length and ensnare insects the size of a dragonfly.
The scientists were surprised that the large and eye-catching plant species had remained undiscovered for so long.
India has seen the second-biggest outflow of high net worth individuals in last 14 years, with as many as 61,000 millionaires shifting base to abroad due to reasons like tax, security and child education.
As per reports, some 61,000 uber-rich Indians have changed domicile between 2000 to 2014, second only to China which saw an outflow of 91,000 ultra-rich persons in the same period.
Indian HNWIs tend to move to the UAE, the UK, the US and Australia. Chinese HNWIs mainly moved to the US, Hong Kong, Singapore and the UK.
ONGC to Invest in KG Oil and Gas Finds
State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) plans to invest over USD 8.8 billion in bringing to production its much-touted KG-basin oil and gas discoveries by 2018-19.
Asa per a company official, ONGC has divided 12 oil and gas finds in the block KG-DWN-98/2 or KG-D5 and gas discovery in an adjacent G-4 block the Bay of Bengal into three clusters to quickly bring them to production.
The investment will be for drilling 45 development wells, an array of sub-sea pipelines carrying gas to a fixed platform for processing and a pipeline to carry gas form it to an onshore terminal. Oil will be transported to a floating production system (FPSO) that will transfer it to ships for taking to refineries.
Scientists to Hunt for Alien Life on Jupiter Moons
After a successful mission to Pluto last week, scientists are preparing to launch a probe to search for life on the icy moons of Saturn and Jupiter.
The European Space Agency announced that it would collaborate with aircraft manufacturing giant Airbus to launch a space probe in 2022 to look for extra-terrestrial existence on the four icy moons, Titan, Saturn's largest moon and the ocean-bearing worlds of Europa, Ganymede and Callisto of Jupiter.
Security forces busted a militant hideout in Sinthan area of Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir and recovered huge quantity of arms and ammunition.
As per a defence report, the hideout was found in Sinthan region of Pir Panjal Ranges in the mountainous district of Kishtwar by a joint team of Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police.