Science News Updates

Pragati
'India passing through biggest technological revolution'

New Delhi: India is passing through the biggest technological revolution which will make data analytics critical for delivery of services to the people, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said on Thursday. Leakages in government schemes are now vanishing and in due course all benefits provided by the government will go straight to the intended beneficiary’s […]

f secure black
Cyber security firm F-Secure acquires Digital Assurance

London: Cyber security company F-Secure on Thursday acquired British security consultancy firm Digital Assurance to make it easy for organisations to address the cyber security needs with the help of a single vendor. The acquisition will allow F-Secure to combine its cyber security solutions with the Digital Assurance’s current offerings. “This acquisition will help F-Secure […]

Apple To Announce Quarterly Earnings
iPhone 7 world's best-selling smartphone in Q1

San Francisco: Apple iPhone 7 has emerged as the worlds best-selling smartphone model in the first quarter of 2017, with an estimated shipment of 21.5 million units that captured six per cent market-share worldwide, a new report said. Apple iPhone 7 Plus, with a bigger screen and higher price, shipped 17.4 million units for second […]

Yuegong-1
China plans to install cabin on moon

Beijing: While it remains unclear exactly how long China’s first lunar explorers will spend on the surface, the country is already planning for longer stays. Eight Chinese volunteers will live in “Yuegong-1,” a simulated space “cabin” in Beijing for the next year, strengthening China’s knowledge and technical know-how, and helping the country’s scientists understand exactly […]

video-games-1136046_960_720-790x527
Online gaming industry in India to hit $1 bn by 2021

Mumbai: Though still in a nascent stage, the online gaming industry in India is expected to grow to $1 billion by 2021 from the current $360 million – a growth rate of 20 per cent – with the online gamers community reaching 310 million by 2021, a Google-KPMG report said on Wednesday. There has been […]

earth
Life on land originated 580 million years earlier than thought

Melbourne: Deposits preserved in 3.48 billion-year-old rocks formed in ancient hot springs in Western Australia provide evidence that microbial life on land originated 580 million years earlier than thought, according to a study. Besides shedding new light on the origin of life on Earth, the researchers believe that their findings have major implications for the […]

Mughal road to be developed as eco-tourism site
Mughal road to be developed as eco-tourism site

Srinagar: Potential places along the historical Mughal road, which provides an alternate link between the Valley and rest of the country, would be soon developed as eco-tourism sites at a cost of Rs 1.5 crore, Jammu and Kashmir Government said today. The special project to be jointly implemented by the forest, tourism and wildlife departments […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
Buxa Tiger Reserve may get its vultures back
Buxa Tiger Reserve may get its vultures back

Buxa (WB): Already on the verge of extinction in India, vultures which were once abundant in West Bengal`s Buxa tiger reserve and its adjoining forest areas may stage a comeback if an ongoing conservation project succeeds.   More than 80 vultures of the critically-endangered white -backed, slender-billed and long-billed species collected from other parts of […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
oracle
Oracle firms up plan to set up data centre in India

New Delhi: Global tech major Oracle on Wednesday announced it would expand its cloud services in India over the next six-nine months with plans for a dedicated data centre in the country. The cloud services will offer security and performance at a significant price advantage over both existing on-premises infrastructure and competitive cloud offerings. “Our […]

impossible
Impossible = I am possible

New Delhi: A pessimist may construe a half-filled gas as half-empty and this attitude may create a craving for more. If one can decipher the word impossible as I am possible, nothing will be impossible to achieve. An ongoing exhibition here brings across works of some of the most celebrated artists of the country and […]

whatsapp
WhatsApp quietly brings encryption to its iCloud backup

San Francisco: After introducing end-to-end encryption in mobile chats last year, WhatsApp has quietly added new security features to its iCloud backup feature. The iCloud backup encryption has been a feature for some time but it has come out in the open only now, Forbes reported on Tuesday. The messages and chats in iCloud backups […]

Researchers develop air purifier that also generates power

London: Researchers in Belgium have developed a device which, when exposed to light, can purify air and at the same time generate power. “We use a small device with two rooms separated by a membrane”, explained Professor Sammy Verbruggen from the University of Antwerp and KU Leuven (University of Leuven). “Air is purified on one […]

facebook
Facebook involved in 32% of cyber-bullying cases in UK

London: Facebook was used in 32.5 per cent of cyber-bullying cases, including revenge porn and harassment, in Britain last year, prompting fears that the social media platform may be providing a safe haven for those who harass others, the media reported. There was also evidence of sexual abuse, disclosure of revenge porn aimed at blackmailing […]

android-o
Android 'O' Beta coming soon, says Google

San Francisco: Just days ahead of the its annual developer conference “Google I/O”, the company Google has announced to end the Android “Nougat” Beta and will soon launch Android “O” Beta. “Thank you for your interest in the Android Beta Programme. The beta for Android Nougat has concluded, and all devices that were opted in […]

X-37 Orbital Test Vehicle
US space plane completes two-year secret mission

Washington: The US Air Force’s X-37B space plane returned to Earth on Sunday after completing a secret space mission that lasted nearly two years. The reusable, unmanned X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle landed at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, an airport used by the US space agency’s Space Shuttle for […]

scrollToTop