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You won't be able to use WhatsApp on these devices in 2019
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook-owned WhatsApp has been dropping support for dated devices and operating systems (OS) from time to time and now it is ending support for iOS 7 and older versions, Android 2.3.7 and Nokia Series 40 (S40). What this means is that users of Nokia Series 40 device will no longe
SSLC final examinations timetable released
Bengaluru: The timetable for SSLC final examinations for the academic year 2018-19 has been announced by the Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) on Thursday December 13. As per the timetable announced by the KSEEB, SSLC examination is scheduled to be held between March 21 to A
NASA finds water on Asteroid Bennu
WASHINGTON: NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission has found water locked inside the asteroid Bennu -- a remnant from early in the formation of the solar system. Launched in September 2016, OSIRIS-REx is NASA's first mission
Nasa probe reaches giant asteroid which might slam into Earth 166 years from now
he National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (Nasa) deep space probe has reached an asteroid which has a potential to collide with Earth. Nasa's deep space explorer called Osiris-Rex, short for Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer, flew On Monda
Indian 'Froggipedia' becomes iPad App of year: Apple
Froggipedia app from Mumbai-based e-learning company Designmate has become the iPad App of the Year, Apple announced on Tuesday. Froggipedia is an interactive learning Apple Augmented Reality (AR) app that helps explore and discover the unique life cycle and intricate anatomical details of a frog.
Free training with salary for Law graduates of Minorities by Minority welfare department
Bhatkal 3 December 2018: (Bhatkallys News Bureau) Minority Welfare Department, Directorate of Minorities will offer a 4 year training program including a fixed salary for law graduates in Karnataka. The training also includes a monthly stipend (fixed salary) of Rs. 4000/-, payable to the candidat
WhatsApp's new update is making many quit the platform
WhatsApp is planning to introduce targeted advertisements to be displayed in the Status tab of its messenger and not everyone is happy about this attempt being made by Facebook to monetise the messaging platform. The move is reportedly making some users to switch to other ad-free messengers. Ther
Instagram security bug exposed passwords of some users
Facebook has been hit with another security bug which exposed passwords of Instagram users. This security bug affected those users who accessed Instagram’s ‘Download Your Data’ feature. Instagram notified those users affected by this security bug, The Information reported. Passwords of users who
Google to allow users to comment on search results - details inside
San Francisco: Google is planning to launch a new feature that will enable users to leave in search results comments that could be seen by others. While the feature has not yet gone live, an official Google help document has described how it would work, the Search Engine Journal reported on Saturday
WhatsApp trick: How to check who you are talking to the most
Facebook-owned WhatsApp has not just grown in terms of user base but also in terms of users experience by consistently adding new features to its platform. WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging apps with more than 1 billion users globally and around 200 million users in India. The app allows
Karnataka Minority Directorate will provide incentives for students taking journalism courses
Bhatkal 17 November 2018: (Bhatkallys News Bureau) As per the Government of Karnataka order incentive will be provided to candidates belonging to minority communities (Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, Sikh, Jain & Parsi) who are pursuing Journalism and Mass Communication related Training/ Certificat
SSLC final exams timetable released
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) has announced its tentative timetable for the Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) final examinations. The SSLC examination is scheduled to be held between March 21st , 2019 and April 4th, 2019 as per the released provi
B.Ed, D.Ed minority students to get yearly Rs. 25000 incentives along with regular post-matric scholarships
Bhatkal 23 October 2018: (Bhatkallys News Bureau) Minority students studying B.Ed and D.Ed can now apply for yearly incentive of Rs. 25000 provided by Minority Welfare Department and Directorate of Minorities Karnataka, along with their regular post-matric scholarship. The Directorate has called
CBSE will now check only learning outcomes in granting affiliation to schools
The Centre announced a liberalisation of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)’s affiliation-granting regime on Thursday, with Minister of Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar saying that the state government alone would henceforth certify a school's infrastructure while the CBSE w
Meant to last 6 months, India’s Mangalyaan completes 4 years in space and running
Bengaluru, Oct 1: Mangalyaan or Mars Orbiter Mission, India's first interplanetary probe, completed four years on job on September 24. It was put into the orbit around Mars on this date in 2014 and it achieved a number of feats then. It not only saw India becoming the first country to succeed in Mar
17 year old held for hacking the UPSC website on September 11 - report
New Delhi: On September 10 the UPSC;s website was hacked - albeit for a few hours and then quickly restored - but hacked none the less. And the culprit has now been apprehended. The mastermind and the hacker, it is now known, is a 17 year old teenages. The 17-year-old teenage boy, accused of hacking
NASA’s planet-hunting telescope discovers two new Earth-like planets
A planet-hunting orbital telescope designed to detect worlds beyond our solar system discovered two distant planets this week five months after its launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, officials said on Thursday. NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, better known as TESS, made an early di
WhatsApp is ending support for Apple devices on iOS 7 or older: All you need to know
WhatsApp has phasing out support for Apple devices running iOS 7 and older, The Mirror reported. This should not affect users who have WhatsApp installed on their device as it will continue to function until 2020. However, users will not be no longer be able to install the app. A new version of What