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SpaceX signs world's first private passenger to fly around the moon

Elon Musk’s space transportation company SpaceX said it has signed the world’s first private passenger to fly around the moon aboard its BFR launch vehicle. “Find out who’s flying and why on Monday, September 17,” SpaceX said in a tweet on Thursday.   SpaceX has signed the world’s firs

Nokia 9 leaked image shows five cameras at the back

Nokia 9 is supposed to be the next big flagship from HMD Global, if one goes by all the rumours and leaks. Earlier an image of the Nokia 9 was shared by Slashleaks showing a five camera set up on the phone. Now, another image has come from China, with a five lens set up at the back of the Nokia 9.

ISRO to launch Chandrayan 2 on GSLV-MK-III in January

Bengaluru, Aug 28: India's second moon mission Chandrayaan-2 will now be launched between January and February 2019, ISRO Chairman K Sivan said on Tuesday. Sivan informed that the window for launch is in between January 3 to February 16. "In January 2019, we will have a major mission Chandrayaan

'Unpopular' courses likely to be discontinued at IITs

The Indian Institute of Technology has decided to consider putting an end to certain ‘unpopular’ courses due to lack of interest shown by students, and growing number of vacant seats in the last few years. Courses like agricultural engineering, biochemical engineering and pharma engineering, have no

ISRO to soon start space and science TV channel as ISRO TV

India will soon launch a dedicated space and science television channel to make their benefits reach people across the country, a top official said on Sunday. "Within the next three to four months, there will be a television channel launched to reach even the rural parts of India on how space progra

Gmail to launch new scheduling feature

You might soon be able to schedule emails by using the Gmail app, a new report surfaced online suggested. According to Android Police, tech giant Google is said to be working to add a new feature to its Gmail app which will enable Android users to schedule emails. The indication comes after Andro

WhatsApp status gets an update: Take a look into top 5 recent changes

WhatsApp status update: Under immense pressure from several quarters to control the spread of false news and rumours of horrifying incidents, Whatsapp on Friday announced a new measure to curb it. In a statement, Whatsapp said that it is launching a test to limit forwarding messages to five chats at

iPhone users in India could face deactivation by telcos due to TRAI's new regulation

India’s telecom regulator has announced new rules that look set to escalate its ongoing battle with Apple. If enforced, the regulation could lead to deactivation of services of iPhone users in the country, unless Apple blinks first in a battle that has been brewing for quite some time. The Teleco

NEET 2019 to be conducted online, twice by National Testing Agency (NTA): Complete schedule

NEW DELHI: National Testing Agency (NTA), a national level examination conducting authority will organise NEET 2019 twice in Computer Based Test mode. According to the Minister of Human Resource Development (HRD), Prakash Javadekar, the NTA has started its work and will be conducting various entranc

WhatsApp testing highly-awaited feature: All you need to know

Amid the pressure to curb fake news spread over its popular chatting platform, Facebook-owned Whatsapp is in a process of testing a new feature. The company is moving with the idea of adding a ‘Suspicious Link Detection’ feature. The feature aims to help its users to know whether the website links w

Alternative to IAS? Modi govt opens lateral entry for professionals as Joint Secretaries; details here

In a bid to rope in the expertise of private sector professions, PM Narendra Modi-led Union government has notified 10 positions of joint secretaries through ‘lateral scheme.’ Generally, senior bureaucrats are appointed as joint secretaries in several government departments. Any private sector profe

India successfully test fires nuclear-capable Agni-5

BALASORE: India on Sunday Successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable Long Range Ballistic Missile Agni-5 with a strike range of 5,000 km from Dr Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast. The surface-to-surface missile was launched with the help of a mobile launcher from lau

"WhatsApp has competition": Ramdev's Patanjali launches messaging App

NEW DELHI: Yoga guru Ramdev's Patanjali has launched a messaging application, "Kimbho", pitching it as a challenge to popular messaging app WhatsApp,  which has over 1 billion downloads from Google Play Store. This "swadeshi messaging platform" comes after Patanjali launched Swadeshi Samriddhi sim c

Baba Ramdev invades telecom: Patanjali to offer Swadeshi sim cards with BSNL; 2GB data and other benefits

After making a successful foray in the consumer goods market, Patanjali on Sunday announced that it is entering the telecom sector with the launch of Swadeshi Samriddhi SIM cards, in alliance with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). Yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali offered a phone SIM card using w

CBSE Class 12 results likely to push up Delhi University cut-offs, 12k students score above 95%

The pass percentage in the Class XII board examination rose by 1 percentage point and the number of students scoring above 95% increased sharply, according to results declared by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Saturday, an outcome that will mean tougher competition for seats in Delhi

Petrol, Diesel prices hiked 2 days after Karnataka election, marks first jump since April 24

After a 19-day pre-Karnataka poll hiatus, petrol price was today hiked by 17 paise a litre and diesel by 21 paise as PSU oil firms began passing on the spike witnessed in international rates to consumers. Petrol price in Delhi was hiked to Rs 74.80 per litre from Rs 74.63 while diesel rates were

Warning! Severe Solar Storm to Hit Earth on May 6; Tech Blackout Likely

New Delhi, May 3: A massive solar storm or geomagnetic storm is likely to hit earth on May 6, according to a report by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). As per the report, the sun has opened its three coronal holes due to which a huge amount of cosmic particles are being eject

Karnataka second PUC results on 30 April; Students to get grace marks in English and Physics

Bhatkal 28 April 2018: (Bhatkallys News Bureau) Department of Pre-University Education, Karnataka will announce 2nd Pre-University results on April 30 Monday karresults.nic.in and pue.kar.nic.in. A total of 6.90 lakh students appeared for the PUC examination including 3,37,860 females and 3,52,29