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India's first privately developed rocket set to soar today

Sriharikota (AP), Nov 18: The country's first privately made rocket is all set to be launched from here on Friday, with the vehicle named as a tribute to the father of India's space programme, Vikram Sarabhai. Vikram-S would be launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)...
Elon Musk to relaunch Twitters Blue Tick subscription service on Nov. 29
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Elon Musk to relaunch Twitter's Blue Tick subscription service on Nov. 29

New York, Nov 16: Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has said that Twitter's coveted USD 8 blue tick subscription service will be relaunched with verification on November 29, days after the microblogging platform temporarily halted it following a surfeit of fake accounts. Before Musk took...
Controversial Blue service with verification to return next week: Musk
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Controversial Blue service with verification to return next week: Musk

New Delhi, Nov 13: After facing a barrage of fake profiles with verified badges, Elon Musk on Sunday said that the $8 Blue subscription service, pulled back by the company after facing strong criticism, is likely to be back by the end of next week. Twitter paused its Blue service with...
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India's first privately built rocket set for November 15 launch

New Delhi, Nov 12: India's first privately developed rocket -- Vikram-S -- is set for a November 15 launch on a sub-orbital mission with three payloads, Hyderabad-based space startup Skyroot Aerospace has announced. The maiden mission of Skyroot Aerospace, named 'Prarambh' (the beginning), will...
ISRO increases carrying capacity of LVM3 rocket by 450kg
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ISRO increases carrying capacity of LVM3 rocket by 450kg

Chennai, Nov 10: Indian space agency has increased the carrying capacity of its LVM3 (GSLV MkIII) rocket by 450 kg with additional propellant loading of its cryogenic engine CE20, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said. According to ISRO, the CE20 cryogenic engine indigenously developed...
Musk will let Twitter users make digital payments, earn more
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Musk will let Twitter users make digital payments, earn more

San Francisco, Nov 10: As more advertisers pause spending on Twitter, Elon Musk has shared his digital payments plans with them where users will be able to send money to others like China's WeChat. In a live-streamed meeting with advertisers, Musk detailed his vision for Twitter to enter the...
Twitter to let users post long-form tweets, help creators monetise: Musk
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Twitter to let users post long-form tweets, help creators monetise: Musk

New Delhi, Nov 6: Elon Musk on Sunday said that Twitter will soon add the ability to attach long-form text to tweets, along with creator monetisation for all forms of content. In a series of tweets, the new Twitter CEO said that more details about these features will be revealed in the next two...
Musk axes human rights, accessibility, AI ethics, curation teams at Twitter
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Musk axes human rights, accessibility, AI ethics, curation teams at Twitter

New Delhi, Nov 5: Elon Musk has axed entire departments at Twitter in his exercise to deeply trim its workforce by half and human rights, accessibility, AI ethics and curation and communications teams were hit the hardest. Former Twitter Human Rights Counsel Shannon Raj Singh tweeted that the...
Closest known black hole to Earth spotted by astronomers
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Closest known black hole to Earth spotted by astronomers

Cape Canaveral (US), Nov 4: Astronomers have discovered the closest known black hole to Earth, just 1,600 light-years away. Scientists reported Friday that this black hole is 10 times more massive than our sun. And it's three times closer than the previous record-holder. It was identified by...
Musks job cut hits Twitter India, unaffected employees living in constant fear
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Musk's job cut hits Twitter India, unaffected employees living in constant fear

New Delhi, Nov 4: For most of the nearly 200-strong Twitter India workforce, Friday morning came with total chaos when they lost access to their official emails and internal Slack and group chats, as they were unfortunate to be part of the global sacking in the most brutal Elon Musk way. Some of...
Musk begins laying off Twitter employees, shuts offices temporarily
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Musk begins laying off Twitter employees, shuts offices 'temporarily'

San Francisco, Nov 4: Twitter has notified employees that it will be "reducing its global workforce" on Friday, as its new CEO Elon Musk aims to cut roughly half of its 7,600-strong workforce. Employees were set to receive an email by 9 a.m. PST (9.30 p.m. India time) confirming whether they have...
Twitter back after brief outage for some Indian users
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Twitter back after brief outage for some Indian users

New Delhi, Nov 4: Twitter suffered a brief outage for some Indian users on Friday morning and came back to life soon, as the new CEO Elon Musk prepared to sack several employees starting Friday.Twitter on mobile was working fine but users on the desktop version had some troubles logging into...
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