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Technology

SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn to soon drive crew to 1st-ever ‘all-civilian’ spacewalk

New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Polaris Dawn, run by tech billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is all set to drive billionaire Jared Isaacman, along with three others, for the first-ever ‘all-civilian’ spacewalk. Polaris Dawn — the first commercial spaceflight mission with a spacewalk — is expected to launch on July 31. It is the first mission […]

Embracing lifelong learning an absolute necessity today

New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Embracing lifelong learning is not only imperative but also an absolute necessity and the government is committed to creating an ecosystem that promotes it, Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge), Jayant Chaudhary, said on Thursday. In his address at the ‘SKILLS Bridge Masterclass Series’ webinar, […]

Zomato relaunches ‘Intercity Legends’ service with minimum order value of Rs 5K

New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Online food delivery platform Zomato has relaunched its ‘Intercity Legends’ service with a minimum order value of Rs 5,000. The service, which allowed users to order food from popular restaurants in other cities, was paused in April and has been relaunched with a fresh look within the app. It is […]

Low rainfall & high CO2 can replace India’s biodiversity hotspots

New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Even as greenhouse gasses are increasing unprecedentedly, it can decrease rainfall in the equatorial region as well as affect India’s biodiversity hotspots, according to a new study on Wednesday. The study showed that it will potentially replace India’s biodiversity hotspots consisting of evergreen forests in the Western Ghats, northeast India, […]

India’s solar observatory Aditya-L1 completes halo orbit L1: ISRO

New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Aditya-L1 spacecraft, known as India’s solar observatory, has completed its first halo orbit around the Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 1 (L1), announced mission officials at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The Aditya-L1 was launched to low earth orbit (LEO) on September 2, last year by the Indian rocket Polar Satellite […]

Fraudsters using FB, WhatsApp to dupe users in investment scams in India

New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Cybersecurity researchers have revealed the alarming rise of investment scams in India peddled through social media messaging platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, X, and others, in which fraudsters convince users to invest in crypto, stocks by promising assured returns, a new report showed on Tuesday. Since the beginning of […]

IIT Madras to organise sports tech startup conclave in Delhi

Chennai, July 2 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Madras) on Tuesday announced it is set to organise a first-of-its-kind sports tech startup conclave to strengthen the sports ecosystem in the country. The two-day event, to be held from July 12-13 in the national capital, aims to promote technology for various sports goods manufacturing […]

X becomes group chat for Earth, says Elon Musk

New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Monday said that his X social media platform has become a group chat for Earth, with maximum traffic coming from all over the world. X now has 600 million monthly active users (MAUs) globally. “X is the group chat for Earth,” Musk posted. […]

5 US universities win NASA’s 2024 Human Lander Challenge

New York, June 30 (IANS) Five US universities have won NASA’s 2024 Human Lander Challenge (HuLC) for different innovative concepts addressing the complex issue of managing lunar dust during the impending Moon exploration campaign Artemis, the space agency said. Dust mitigation during the landing of the Artemis mission is a key challenge that NASA and […]

IVF does not increase risk of mental health issues in adolescents: Study

New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Researchers have found that there was no increased risk of mental health or neurodevelopmental conditions for adolescents who were conceived using IVF (in vitro fertilisation) or other Artificial Reproductive Technologies (ART) compared to those who were conceived naturally, a new study showed on Saturday. Alexandra Martiniuk, Professor of Epidemiology at […]

Amitabh Kant highlights urgent need to improve urban air quality

New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) G20 Sherpa and former NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Saturday highlighted the urgent need for improving urban air quality and advocated for a nationwide shift to electric vehicles (EVs) by 2030. Speaking with NDTV on enhancing India’s urban sustainability and resilience, Kant emphasised the critical need to tackle urban […]

Hyundai, Kia, Tesla, Volkswagen to recall over 456,000 vehicles for faulty parts

Seoul, June 26 (IANS) Hyundai Motor, Kia and two other carmakers will voluntarily recall more than 456,000 vehicles due to faulty components, the transport ministry here said on Wednesday. The four companies, also including Volkswagen Group Korea and Tesla Korea, will voluntarily recall 456,977 units of 11 different models, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and […]

Indian researchers develop method to produce hydrogen from methanol, paraformaldehyde mixture

New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Researchers at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Tirupati, have innovated a method to produce hydrogen gas from a mixture of methanol and paraformaldehyde under mild conditions, the Ministry of Science & Technology said on Wednesday. This research, accepted for publication in the journal Catalysis Science & Technology, […]

Silveline Power inks $135 mn deal with SRAM & MRAM group for EV green energy

New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Electric motorcycle company Silveline Power on Wednesday said that it entered into a Technology License Agreement worth $135 million with SRAM & MRAM Group for Hydrogen fuel-based electric vehicles (EVs). Through this collaboration, SRAM intends to scale up the manufacturing and commercialise it. This will be a step further in […]

Spectrum auctions to catalyse rapid rollout of 5G services: Industry

New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) The 5G auctions will catalyse the rapid rollout of 5G services across the country, leading to enhanced coverage and vastly improved connectivity, leading industry bodies said on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, the government began the auction of spectrum worth Rs 96,238.45 crore for telecom services. The total quantum of […]

Researchers find ChatGPT biased against CVs with credentials that imply disability

San Francisco, June 22 (IANS) Researchers have found that OpenAI’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT consistently ranked curriculum vitae (CVs) or resumes with disability-related honours and credentials — such as the ‘Tom Wilson Disability Leadership Award’ — lower than the same resumes without those honours and credentials, a new study has revealed. In the study, […]

Indian-origin Shawna Pandya onboard Virgin Galactic’s new space research flight

New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Indian-origin researcher Shawna Pandya will be part of the second research mission by Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic and the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences (IIAS) to fly to space aboard the Delta Class spaceship. It will be the second research mission that IIAS is conducting with Virgin Galactic after the […]