New Delhi: While the world witnesses a never-ending debate between space agencies and alien hunters over the existence of extraterrestrial life, astronomers have already taken a step towards contacting them. A radio message has been sent by astronomers to a neighbouring star system – one of the c

NASHIK : A Muslim Student, Sultan Moiuddin Shaukat ali from Dr. Vasant Pawar Medical College Nashik topped the Maharashtra MBBS Final Exams and bagged 14 gold medals. According to Muslim Mirror Sultan Moiuddin bagged nine medals in various subjects of final year, while he also got five medals as

London, Nov 16: Astronomers have discovered an Earth-sized planet outside our solar system which is expected to be temperate and could be a “comfortable abode for possible life”. This Earth-sized world, named Ross 128 b, is likely to have a surface temperature that may also be close to that of th

On Friday, the proposal for the creation of a National Testing Agency (NTA) to conduct all entrance tests, was cleared by the Union cabinet. Currently, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is in charge of conducting these exams. The entrance examinations will be conducted under the NTA, o

NEW DELHI: Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) organised the UGC NET November 2017 national level university and college level teacher eligibility cum JRF award competitive exam today in various centres across the country. 9.30 lakh candidates registered for the UGC NET exam this year. The e

Facebook’s excellent earnings report on Wednesday came with a significant caveat – the social media platform has far more fake and duplicate accounts than it had previously admitted. As many as 10% of the accounts active each month on Facebook are duplicates, which Facebook CFO David M. Wehner de

After two consecutive failures, the Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and chairman Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), S Christopher on Sunday said that the test of Nirbhay missile will be done by next week. 'Test of Nirbhay missile (India's first home-grown, long range,

Indian businessman, Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio is well known for providing it's customers with free services in terms of voice call and internet data. From the past one year, it has been doing almost everything to destroy it's rivals and make a name in the industry. But, Jio that has created a gre

instagram and WhatsApp’s Snapchat clones aren’t slowing down. Today Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Instagram Stories and WhatsApp Status both now have 300 million daily active users. That’s up from 250 million for Instagram in June, and WhatsApp in July. That makes the copies almost twice th

Microsoft said on Monday it is working with professors from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Kharagpur towards developing a system that can form the basis for a deeper, more meaningful search engine. The new search algorithm could assist users looking for subjective information and truste

Almost everyday, Google remembers one great soul with a doodle featuring on its homepage. Today, November 1, Google Doodle is dedicated to Abdul Qavi Desnavi. Abdul Qavi Desnavi is a noted Indian Urdu poet, author and bibliographer. He has a number of books to his credit, but he is most commonly

BERLIN/NEW DELHI: In a first, a near- complete fossilised skeleton of a Jurassic ichthyosaur - large marine reptile which lived alongside dinosaurs - has been discovered in India, scientists said. Fossil records of ichthyosaurs, which means 'fish lizards' in Greek, have been found in North American

Vodafone has launched a new short-term recharge pack for prepaid users, with validity of just 7 days. Unlike data-heavy plans that telecom operators have been focussing on over the past year, the new Vodafone SuperWeek pack comes with just 500MB data allocation for the 7-day validity period. Instead

Xiaomi is having a tremendous year when it comes to the number of units it has managed to sell so far in the country. Announcing another milestone, the company has claimed that it sold over four million smartphones within a month - specifically , during the festive season. The news was annou

Instagram on Tuesday announced users can now live stream with a friend. Called 'going live with a friend', the new feature can be found in version 20 of the Instagram app for Android and iOS, already live on the respective app stores. The feature will be rolling out globally in the coming we

Apple, which recently said it was including wireless charging in its latest iPhone X and iPhone 8 smartphones, has acquired New Zealand firm PowerbyProxi that designs wireless power products for consumers and industry. An Apple spokesman confirmed the acquisition, which was earlier reported in Ne

The e-commerce giant Flipkart is holding “End of Season Loot on Mobiles” sale beginning from Wednesday and will go on till October 28 midnight. During these three-days sales, which is also called Mobiles HDFC fest, the e-commerce platform is offering heavy discounts on a slew of smartphones along wi

Vodafone and Micromax have come together to launch the Bharat-2 Ultra 4G-capable feature phone in a bid to take on Jio Phone. This is the second such partnership for Micromax, which launched the Bharat-1 last week in partnership with BSNL. The Vodafone phone's effective price will be Rs. 999 if the