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Facebook reports global outage; users unable to post
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Facebook reports global outage; users unable to post

Guwahati, Nov 12: Several people across the globe have been facing issues with uploading posts on their Facebook pages since Sunday morning. Although the issue was noticed on Saturday evening, however, it became more prominent on the occasion of Diwali in India after several people from different...
Partial Lunar Eclipse to be visible tonight
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Partial Lunar Eclipse to be visible tonight

Guwahati, Oct 28: In a rare celestial event, parts of India, the whole of Asia, Europe, Africa, and Russia will witness a partial lunar eclipse on the night of October 28.The ‘Lunar Eclipse’ or the ‘Chandra Grahan', is happening just 14 days after the Solar Eclipse that occurred on October 14.The...
Global smartphone market declines for 9th consecutive quarter, Samsung leads
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Global smartphone market declines for 9th consecutive quarter, Samsung leads

New Delhi, Oct 17: Global smartphone sell-through volumes fell 8 per cent (year-on-year) in the third quarter, the ninth consecutive quarter to record a decline, a report showed on Tuesday. The market is expected to decline for the full year of 2023, reaching its lowest level in the decade largely...
ISRO to flight test human space mission’s crew module escape system on Oct 21
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ISRO to flight test human space mission’s crew module escape system on Oct 21

Chennai, Oct 15: Indian space agency will fly the first of the four Flight Test Vehicle Abort Mission-1 (TV-D1) to demonstrate the crew escape system on October 21 as part of its human space mission/Gaganyaan, said a top official. Speaking to reporters Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)...
2023 Nobel for Chemistry goes for discovery of quantum dots
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2023 Nobel for Chemistry goes for discovery of quantum dots

New Delhi, Oct 4: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Wednesday awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 “for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots” to Moungi G. Bawendi from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Louis E. Brus from the Columbia University, and Alexei I....
Nobel in Physics 2023 goes for exploring electrons with attosecond pulses
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Nobel in Physics 2023 goes for exploring electrons with attosecond pulses

New Delhi, Oct 3: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Tuesday awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 for exploring the world of electrons with extremely short pulses of light. The award went to Pierre Agostini from the the Ohio State University; Ferenc Krausz from Max Planck Institute of...
2023 Nobel for Medicine awarded for mRNA vax against Covid
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2023 Nobel for Medicine awarded for mRNA vax against Covid

New Delhi, Oct 2: Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman have been jointly awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of mRNA vax against Covid-19. They received the honor “for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of...
Aditya-L1 gets send off from Earth as ISRO performs key manoeuvre
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Aditya-L1 gets send off from Earth as ISRO performs key manoeuvre

Bengaluru, Sep 19: Aditya L1 spacecraft, India's first space-based mission to study the Sun, got a "send-off" from the Earth after orbiting it since its September 2 launch as it underwent a key manoeuvre in the early hours of Tuesday, ISRO said. The Trans-Lagrangian Point 1 Insertion...
Google Voice adds spam text warnings on Android, iOS
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Google Voice adds spam text warnings on Android, iOS

San Francisco, Sep 18: Google Voice has introduced a new feature that is similar to the "suspected spam caller warnings," but this time for SMS messages. On both Android and iOS devices, users will now be alerted of suspected spam messages with a red exclamation sign appearing in the profile...
Microsoft Edge shuts tablet-friendly Web Select feature
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Microsoft Edge shuts tablet-friendly 'Web Select' feature

San Francisco, Sep 18: Microsoft has shut down its most applauded feature, "Web Select" -- from Edge browser. To improve end-user experience, the Web Select feature "is being deprecated and will no longer be an option under Web Capture or via keyboard shortcut," Microsoft said in a support...
Aditya-L1 spacecraft takes a selfie: ISRO
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Aditya-L1 spacecraft takes a selfie: ISRO

Chennai, Sep 7: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday said the Aditya-L1 spacecraft has taken a selfie and the images of the Earth and the Moon. According to ISRO, Aditya-L1, that is destined for Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L1), has taken a selfie and also the pictures of...
Moon done for India, over to the Sun now as Aditya lifts off successfully
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Moon done for India, over to the Sun now as Aditya lifts off successfully

Sriharikota (AP), Sep 2: ISRO on Saturday launched the country's ambitious Solar mission, Aditya L1 eyeing history again after its successful lunar expedition, Chandrayan 3 a few days ago. As the 23.40-hour countdown concluded, the 44.4 meter tall Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) soared...
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