Sony Xperia XA is set to be launched in India on Monday. The company’s latest teaser posted on Twitter reads “Your perfect Selfie companion, with OIS. This Monday” – hinting at the 16-megapixel selfie camera supporting OIS. The company will likely announce the price and availability details on Monday. The Xperia XA Ultra was announced […]
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IAF Plane with 29 on Board Still Missing, Defense Minister Menorah Paprika monitors Search Operation
A full-scale search and rescue mission has been launched to search the AN-32 transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) that went missing over the Bay of Bengal on Friday, with 29 people on board. The aircraft was on way to Port Blair from Chennai, and was to land at Port Blair at […]
Plane Crashes in Plainfield Subdivision, Pilot Killed
A small plane crashed into a house in southwest suburban Plainfield subdivision on Thursday morning, killing the pilot. The plane crashed into a street at Bedford Drive and Hampton Court, in the Brighton Lakes subdivision, near Theodore and Rt. 59, setting a two-story house on fire. The crash occurred at 11:14 a.m, and officials believe […]
Earth-sized Exoplanets are Rocky Worlds, Reveals a Study
A new study has confirmed that two potentially habitable planets in nearby system are actually rocky worlds. In May this year, scientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Liège, and other schools announced the discovery of a planetary system hosting three potentially habitable planets. These scientists used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to catch […]
Xiaomi Redmi Pro to be Launched at July 27 Event in Beijing
Chinese handset manufacturer Xiaomi will launch its upcoming Redmi smartphone Redmi Pro on July 27 in Beijing. The company confirmed in a Weibo post that the official name of upcoming smartphone is ‘Redmi Pro’. According to some reports, Redmi Pro will be equipped with a deca-core MediaTek MT6797M processor and 3 GB RAM. There are […]
Parliament’s Monsoon Session Begins, PM Modi Urges All Parties to Support GST Bill
With sparks all set to fly in the Parliament over a range of issues, the Monsoon Session of the Parliament began on Monday. About a dozen pending bills have been listed by the government for consideration and passage during the monsoon session. Ahead of the session, PM Narendra Modi appealed opposition parties to help the […]
French Police Arrests Two More Suspects in Connection with Truck Attack in Nice
On Sunday, French authorities arrested two more suspects, a man and a woman, in connection with truck attack in Nice. On Thursday night, Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, a Tunisian-born émigré killed at least 84 people in the city when he rammed a truck into Bastille Day revelers, many of whom were foreign tourists. Tens of thousands […]
Tim Peake Says He is Feeling Great and Trying to Readjust to Life on Earth
On Friday, British astronaut Tim Peake was at Farnborough Air Show to launch Futures Day – an event which aims to inspire youngsters to study science, technology, and mathematics. “I’m absolutely delighted to be back here at Farnborough 2016,” Major Peake said ahead opening the event. The astronaut also revealed that he is now feeling […]
Idea Cellular Slashes Mobile Data Rates across All Circles
Idea Cellular, India’s 3rd largest national mobile operator, has announced to cut mobile data rates across all circles in India. The new data rates will be effective from July 15. Idea said it is offering data benefits up to 45 percent for 2G, 3G, and 4G data packs. The company said it decided to slash […]
Tiangong-1 – China’s First Space Station – is Likely to Crash Back to Earth
Tiangong-1, China’s first space station, could make an uncontrolled re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere sooner than expected, an amateur astronomer has warned. Tiangong-1, nicknamed —was launched from the Jiuquan launch centre in Gansu province in September 2011. Chinese space agency had planned to bring down the station into the ocean in a controlled crash, but it […]
Hackers Attack Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s Twitter Account
The high-profile Twitter account of Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter has been hacked. After hacking the account, the attacker “OurMine” posted a tweet saying “Hey, its OurMine, we are testing your security” that was followed by release of a few Vine videos, which cross-posted to Dorsey’s Twitter feed. Earlier, hackers with the name “OurMine” […]
Goats are Intelligent and Could Rival Dogs in Their Ability to ‘Talk’ to Humans
A new study has revealed that goats are more intelligent than what they are thought to be and could rival dogs in their ability to ‘talk’ to humans. The study, which was carried out by researchers from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), revealed that these horned ruminants can form an emotional bond with humans […]
Now You Can Use Facebook’s New Multilingual Composer to Post in Several Languages at Once
Facebook has played an important role in lessening the geographical distance between people around the world. Now the world’s largest social network has launched its new “multilingual composer” that will let users compose a single post that will appear in multiple languages on Facebook. Other users will be able to see that post in their […]
Antarctic Ozone Hole is Healing Now, Scientists Report
A new study conducted by an MIT-led team of researchers has suggested that the Antarctic ozone layer is now healing, and the hole has shrunk by more than 4 million square kilometers in the past 15 years. The study also reveals that this ozone recovery gets slow sometimes due to volcanic eruptions that take […]
Prehistoric Tombs may Have Worked as Telescopes for Early European Communities
Prehistoric humans may have used 6000-year-old passage graves as underground observatories to spot faint stars, suggests a new study carried out by researchers from University of Wales Trinity Saint David and Nottingham Trent University. Passage graves are underground tombs, scattered across Europe, and made by early European communities to bury the dead. These tombs were […]
Amazon Announces Page Flip – A Reimagined Kindle Navigation Experience for Users
Amazon has announced Page Flip, a new feature that will allow Kindle users to easily explore books while always saving their place. The reimagined Kindle navigation experience – as described by Amazon – will allow users to easily flip back and forth between pages to reference different parts of the book while they read. The […]
A Mini Ice Age Could be on the Way as Sun Goes Blank for the Second Time in June
Planet Earth could be heading for a mini Ice Age, scientists have claimed after finding that Sun has gone blank again during the weakest solar cycle in more than a century. According to scientists, there were no sunspots on Sun surface on June 4 and this continued for four days – something which happened last […]
RCom to Offer 4G Services on Reliance Jio Network
Indian telecom operator Reliance Communications will soon launch 4G service in select circles. The service will be offered through Reliance Jio network to CDMA customers only, and GSM users will not be able to use the 4G service. “RCom has written to the Department of Telecom, informing (the department) that it will be using Reliance […]
Autonomous Vehicles Revolution could be Marred by Ethical Dilemma, Says Study
Driverless car technology – a bright vision of the future – could be marred by an ethical dilemma, suggests a new study carried out to analyze how people would like their autonomous vehicles to behave when faced with moral decisions that could also result in death. It is claimed that autonomous vehicles, when introduced on […]
Maruti Announces Country-Wide, Free, Week-long Monsoon Check Up Camp for Customers
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. has announced a country-wide, week-long, free ‘Monsoon Fit Checkup Camp’ for its customers to help them tackle rains more effectively. Maruti was established in 1982 in Gurgaon, Haryana, and the launch of the first Maruti Suzuki 800 began a whole new chapter in the Indian automobile industry. “We set out with […]
Indian Government Launches Trial Run of Two Wheelers Running on CNG
The Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan has made a plan to run heavy vehicles like trucks and buses with CNG in the country. Efforts to materialize three plans have already started, and trials are now being conducted in Delhi to run two wheelers fitted with CNG kits. On Thursday Mr. […]
Instagram Hits a New Milestone of 500 Million Users
Facebook’s Instagram has hit a new milestone in its history by crossing the 500 million user mark. In a blog post, Instagram revealed that over 80% of its users are now based outside the U.S. “Today, we’re excited to announce our community has grown to more than 500 million Instagrammers — more than 300 million […]
Iceland’s Hekla Volcano Could Erupt at Any Minute, Warns Expert from the University of Iceland
Pressure readings within Iceland’s Hekla volcano are alarming and suggest that this volcano – dubbed ‘Gateway to hell’ – could blow in any minute, an expert from the University of Iceland has warned. Hekla volcano is located in South Iceland and is believed to have erupted about 20 times since 870 AD. The volcano erupted […]
Four Hundred Fen Raft Spiders (Dolomedes plantarius) Released in the UK
Zookeepers at Chessington World of Adventures (CWoA) park have released 400 baby fen raft spiders (Dolomedes plantarius) in the wilds in the UK to protect the endangered species from extinction. The organization has been rewarded with a gold medal at the annual BIAZA awards for its conservation efforts. Fen raft spiders are the largest of […]
A Rare, Translucent Blind Catfish Discovered in Amistad National Park Cave in Texas
A rare species of blind catfish has been discovered recently in an underwater cave near Del Rio, Texas, by a team of researchers. These endangered catfish or Mexican blindcat (Prietella phreatophila) are unique in color and size, and were previous known to exist only south of Texas in Mexico. A pair of these fishes was […]
HP Spectre – World’s Thinnest Laptop – to be Launched in India Tomorrow
HP is all set to launch HP Spectre 13.3 – its thinnest laptop – in India on Tuesday, 22 June. Media invite for the event has been sent out, and the message reads “come to experience the convergence of art with technology.” On June 19, 2016, HP India tweeted: “2 days to go! Hit ‘like’ […]
An Aquatic Scientist Films a Video Showing Thousands of Giant Spider Crabs Gathering on the Shores of Port Phillip Bay in Australia
An aquatic scientist in Australia has filmed a video which shows thousands of giant spider crabs gathering on the shore of Port Phillip Bay near Melbourne to molt in a moving mass of shells and pincers. The clip shows these marine creatures piled on top of one another and stretching for hundreds of meters in […]
Asus Launches A540LA and R558UR Laptops with USB Type-C in India
Asus has launched two new laptop models in India – the A540LA and the R558UR, both equipped with new USB Type-C port. The R558UR is upgraded variant of the R88UF premium notebooks, with Full HD Antiglare display. It is also equipped with ultra-fast DDR4 memory. The New GT930MX graphics from Nvidia enable the device offer […]
Scientists at LIGO Say They Detected Gravitational Waves for the Second Time in December Last Year
Scientists at the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational Waves Observatory (LIGO) have announced that they detected gravitational waves for the second time – on December 25th last year. Earlier in February, LIGO scientists had announced first detection of a large space-time ripple at LIGO labs in Livingston, Louisiana and Hanford, Washington. This ripple was detected on […]
British MPs Call for a National Space Program to Help Country Get More Leadership Roles in Future ESA Missions
British MP have demanded the government to develop its own national space program, that would run alongside Britain’s existing participation in the European Space Agency (ESA) and help address the problem of skills shortage that is holding back the growth of the British space industry. A report from the House of Commons Science and Technology […]