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Getting married in the Metaverse
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Getting married in the Metaverse

New Delhi, Aug 15: In 1992, when science fiction author Neal Stephenson predicted the metaverse in his book 'Snow Crash', little did he know that the idea would revolutionize the lives of people three decades later. From 'Zoom weddings' in the post-pandemic era, to a U.S. couple conducting the first...
NASAs InSight mission finds Martian equator is dry
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NASA's InSight mission finds Martian equator is dry

New York, Aug 12: Martian equator contains little or no ice, according to a new analysis of seismic data from NASA's Mars InSight mission. The findings, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, describes the dry conditions in the top 300 metres of the subsurface beneath the landing...
Google expands AI-based content advisories to more searches
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Google expands AI-based content advisories to more searches

New Delhi, Aug 12: Google has announced to expand content advisories to searches where its AI systems don't have high confidence in the overall quality of the results available for the search. Pandu Nayak, Google Fellow and Vice President, Search, said that this doesn't mean that no helpful...
Can Biofuel contribute to Net-Zero aspiration to save our planet?
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Can Biofuel contribute to Net-Zero aspiration to save our planet?

Tezpur, Aug 10: Sir Rudolf Diesel's visionary research on peanut oil (1893) to make his own invention, the internal combustion engine,self-reliance (Atmanirbhar) is honoured by celebrating the World Biofuel Day. This appears significant as fuel production and consumption have been at centre stage...
Over 8 in 10 Indian kids face cyberbullying, highest globally
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Over 8 in 10 Indian kids face cyberbullying, highest globally

New Delhi, Aug 8: A whopping 85 per cent of Indian children faced cyberbullying well over twice the international average, according to a report on Monday. The McAfee Cyberbullying Report showed that 42 per cent of Indian children have been the target of racist cyberbullying, strikingly 14 per...
ISRO faces setback as maiden SSLV mission suffers
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ISRO faces setback as maiden SSLV mission suffers 'data loss'

Sriharikota, Aug 7: Indian Space Research Organisation's tryst with history suffered a setback on Sunday, as the maiden Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) suffered "data loss" at the terminal stage, although three stages "performed and separated" as planned and the scientists were "currently...
Rs 50 cr SSLV rocket by India, for India
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Rs 50 cr SSLV rocket by India, for India

Chennai, Aug 6: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is hoping to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the country's Independence with the launch of its new rocket Small Satellite Launch Vehicle - Developmental Flight 1 (SSLV-D1) on Sunday. The countdown down for the SSLV-D1 launch will...
Musk says Twitter must follow law of the land in India
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Musk says Twitter must follow law of the land in India

New Delhi, Aug 6: Tesla CEO Elon Musk has claimed that Twitter does not follow the law of the land in India and this has jeopardised one of its largest markets. In a countersuit against the micro-blogging platform filed in a Delaware court in the US late on Friday, Musk said he was "hoodwinked"...
Meta shuts Pak hackers targeting Indian officials via honey trapping, malware
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Meta shuts Pak hackers targeting Indian officials via honey trapping, malware

New Delhi, Aug 5: Meta (formerly Facebook) has cracked down on a cyber espionage operation linked to state-sponsored bad actors in Pakistan that targeted people in India, including military personnel and government officials, with various methods like honey trapping and infiltrating their devices...
IIT Kharagpur researchers develop low-cost, fast-charging Sodium-ion batteries
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IIT Kharagpur researchers develop low-cost, fast-charging Sodium-ion batteries

Kolkata, Aug 4: A team of researchers from IIT Kharagpur has used nano-materials to develop Sodium-ion-based batteries and supercapacitors for next-generation energy storage technologies and their use in e-vehicles. Sodium-ion (Na-ion) batteries have generated interest as a possible...
Webb telescope images colourful Cartwheel Galaxy
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Webb telescope images colourful Cartwheel Galaxy

Washington, Aug 3: The powerful next-generation James Webb Space Telescope has captured colourful images of Cartwheel Galaxy, located about 500 million light-years away. Using its powerful infrared cameras, Webb produced a detailed image of the Cartwheel and two smaller companion galaxies against...
Musk slams Wikipedia, says it
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Musk slams Wikipedia, says it's 'losing objectivity'

San Francisco, July 31: After the online encyclopedia platform Wikipedia suspended the editing of the "recession" page, tech billionaire Elon Musk slammed co-founder Jimmy Wales and said the platform is "losing its objectivity". While replying to a user on Twitter, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO showed...
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