New York, April 9 (IANS) Social media giant Facebook and mobile message service WhatsApp are increasingly being used to sell weapons like AK-47s and truck-mounted machine guns in war-ravaged Libya, a media report said on…
Washington, April 9 (IANS) Carrying nearly 3,175 kg of cargo including expandable habitats and key medical research that will leverage benefits for the humanity, SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft was headed to the International Space Station (ISS)…
Washington, April 9 (IANS) US space firm SpaceX resumed its resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, carrying aboard an experimental inflatable space habitat that might be crucial for future deep space…
London, April 8 (IANS) Chinese information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider Huawei unveiled its two new flagship dual-lens smartphones — Huawei P9 and P9 Plus — here “to give users the best smartphone photography…
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Advent, the flagship mobile accessories brand of Adit Infratel Pvt. Ltd., on Friday launched its latest Bluetooth headset — EchoPhonz BT500 — which offers a range of upto 8-10 metres….
London, April 8 (IANS) An international team of scientists has successfully detected a mysterious new state of matter that causes electrons — thought to be nature’s indivisible building blocks — to break into pieces. The…
Kolkata, April 8 (IANS) Former professors from IIT, Kharagpur, who are part of the committee set up to probe the Vivekananda flyover collapse that killed 26 people, have sought blueprints of the structure for assessing…
Noida: People throng the office of Ringing Bell to buy its newly launched “Freedom 251” smartphone on Feb 18, 2016. The Noida-based startup’ website to crash within hours of opening up for pre-order. It claims…
London, April 8 (IANS) An Irish man has been jailed after tagging himself in a photo on social networking website Facebook that showed him taking part in a riot, a media report said. Robert Darragh,…
New York, April 8 (IANS) Scientists have developed a new technology that enables them to read and interpret the human genome, opening the door to identifying new drug targets to treat many genetic diseases. The…
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea by NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) seeking cancellation of Reliance Jio’s 4G licence on several grounds. An apex court bench…
Washington, April 8 (IANS) The World Bank has announced its plan to help developing countries add 30 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy to the world’s energy capacity and to mobilise $25 billion in private financing…
London, April 7 (IANS) An app for mobile phones was launched on Thursday which allows users to text like William Shakespeare. The free app is called ShakeSpeak and can be downloaded onto digital devices. It…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) In a first, ISRO’s National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) will monitor and map the water bodies in tribal belts in the country to help tackle irrigation crisis faced by tribal…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Iclassonline, a leading e-learning portal with offices in North America and South Asia, has launched its India operations with an aim to help students prepare for competitive exams using cutting-edge…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Union Human Resource Development Minster Smriti Irani on Thursday launched a portal for registration and allotment of International Standard Book Number (ISBN). “The portal has been created to facilitate publishers…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) A week after it blocked efforts to ban Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar, China on Thursday supported India against the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling that opposes India’s domestic manufacturing under…
Sydney, April 7 (IANS) An international team of scientists has found evidence of a series of massive supernovae, or explosions after a star runs out of fuels and leads to creation of many radioactive heavy…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS) By Sourabh Kulesh Mumbai, April 7 (IANS) In a fillip to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Digital India’ and ‘Startup India’ initiatives, software and cloud giant Oracle on Thursday…
Taipei, April 7 (IANS) Smartphones have given us unlimited access to the internet, but also made people over-dependent on it, to the extent that loss of connection while travelling may lead to irritation and anxiety….