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The Town of Quispamsis is ready to co-host the 2018 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge. The tournament will be organized in Quispamsis and Saint John from November 3 to November 10, 2018. The organizers and the administration of both towns are expecting this tournament to boost to economy of the region. The event is being supported […]
Cattle pound project in Panchkula has been stopped due to shortage of technical staff in the municipal corporation. The project was to be constructed in Sukhdarshanpur village, and local public had pinned a lot of hope on this project. “The shortage of senior technical hands makes it hard for us to carry on with […]
Researchers from Australia’s Department of the Environment and Energy have spotted on camera a rarely seen sea cucumber (Enypniastes eximia) that looks like a bulbous, red, headless chicken. This weird marine creature was spotted in the in Southern Ocean waters off East Antarctica. Researchers are surprised about the location of the discovery as the […]
Can an animal’s blood be good for humans? A might be a little strange to hear, but this is reality. The blood of a crab found in the sea of North America is considered elixir. This crab is called Horseshoe, and its blood is not red but blue in color. Horseshoe crabs are prehistoric creatures […]
NASA astronomers have discovered a neutron star located about 200,000 light years from Earth. The discovery was made using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope. Although astronomers have identified ten similar objects in the past, this is the first time that a neutron star outside Milky Way […]
NASA’s IceCube, a tiny satellite deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) in May 2017, has created the first global map of ice clouds. The ice clouds are considered key variables in climate and weather models. Like other clouds, they also absorb/reflect the Sun’s energy and affect the heat emission from Earth into space. Ice […]
For most of us, mosquitoes are irritating creatures. Their itchy bites, the whiny hum of buzzing wings, ubiquitous presence, and uncanny abilities to sense human presence not only ruin our beautiful evenings in the backyard of our homes but also spoil our sleeps in our bedrooms at night. Most people are not aware of the […]
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has apologized to Facebook users and promised to take measures to ensure that the Facebook user data is not misused to influence elections in India and elsewhere. He said he was sure that “someone is trying” to meddle in elections via Facebook. “This is a massive focus for us to make […]
The UK has directly blamed Russian military for malicious NotPetya ransomware attack of June last year that cost companies hundreds of millions of pounds. The attack targeted Ukraine but later spread across Europe. According to estimates, companies lost more than $1.2bn due to this attack. Reckitt Benckiser that makes Dettol, Durex and Strepsils was among […]
Twitter has suspended 1,062 accounts that were allegedly linked to the St. Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency (IRA) and shared information meant to meddle with the 2016 US presidential election. In a press release, the company announced about the suspension of these accounts. “We have identified an additional 1,062 accounts associated with the IRA,” the release […]
Japanese bike maker Kawasaki has launched its Vulcan S model in India at a competitive price tag of Rs 5.44 lakh (ex-showroom). The bike, which has been introduced after a long wait of almost two-and-half years, will be assembled at Kawasaki’s Chakan plant in Pune. The bike is expected to give a tough competition […]
The company HMD Global, which bought the Nokia brand, is likely to release the updated Nokia E71 smartphone in January, 2018. The model, which was one of the most popular in the world, will be equipped with a full QWERTY-keyboard, a 3.5-inch display, and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 205 processor with 4G support, according to Chinese […]
Apple has been sued over the revelations that it deliberately slows down older iPhones without user consent. The complainants alleged that Apple committed unlawful act and interfered with the use of phones. Last week, Apple had confirmed that it reduces the clock speed of the processor models iPhone 6,6s, SE and 7 (this function is […]
Russian space agency Roscosmos has joined hands with S7 airline to build a new orbital cosmodrome complex, a source in the aerospace industry told daily Izvestia. The new cosmodrome complex will be used to assemble and fuel spacecraft. The complex is also expected to be used to launch spacecraft into near-earth orbits as well as […]
The average annual car insurance premium in the UK increased by £90 in 2016 to around £666, according to a new research carried out by Consumer Intelligence. This increase of about 15% was about five times the Consumer Prices Index rate of inflation at 2.9% in May. According to experts, premiums will increase further as […]
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) has achieved the milestone of selling 4 million copies. The game was launched in late March and took less than 3 months to hit the milestone. Creator Brendan Greene aka PlayerUnknown thanked fans on Twitter for their support. The game had earlier taken just 16 days to sell 1m copies, and less […]
BSNL is planning to introduce satellite phone service to public in 2019. Initially, the service will be offered only to Indian military, railway, state police, and other government agencies. The main feature of satellite phones is that they use communication satellites in Earth’s orbit to transmit and receive signals, and therefore offer secured and seamless […]
India has offered Apple tax concessions to boost production in the country, according to a report published by Reuters. A few days back, Cupertino, California-based company started manufacturing iPhone SE at its Taiwanese contract manufacturer Wistron’s plant in Bengaluru, and now the Government of India has decided to offer Apple tax-free import of mobile handset […]
Active email addresses of about 1.9 million customers of Bell Canada have been illegally secured by hackers, the company has revealed, while also stating that this attack has no link to “WannaCry” malware case. According to Bell Canada, the largest telecommunications company of Canada, nearly 1,700 names and phone numbers of customers were also stolen […]
Telecom group BT has announced to cut 4,000 jobs after a challenging year in which the company reported a fourth-quarter revenue of £6.12 billion. “This has been a challenging year, but BT remains well positioned for the future,” the company said. BT said the company has strength to withstand setbacks as shown by “strong businesses, […]
On Wednesday, the photo-sharing service Instagram announced that it now has 700 million users. Instagram reached 600 million users in December 2016 and took just four month to add 100 million new users. “We’re thrilled to announce that our community has grown to more than 700 million Instagrammers. And the last 100 million of you […]
India’s telecom regulator TRAI has asked Reliance Jio to withdraw its three-month “Summer Surprise” offer. Reliance Jio had introduced this offer to provide free three months of call and 1 GB 4G data per day to customers signing up by April 15 for a data plan worth Rs 303. TRAI has now ordered Reliance Jio […]
To counter Reliance Jio’s Summer Surprise, BSNL has come out with a new plan for its broadband users. The telecom company is now offering 10 GB of data per day to its broadband users for Rs 249. However, the plan doesn’t offer free calling all times. BSNL’s free calling in this plan will only be […]
Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio has announced that over 72 million users have subscribed for its ‘Prime’ offer. Jio also said that its free services will be extended by another three months for customers who opt for its ‘Prime’ subscription and Rs 303 monthly-billing scheme or above. “Considering the unprecedented demand for enrolling to Jio Prime […]