London, Jun 17: Facebook is set Tuesday to unveil a bid to bring cryptocurrency payments into the mainstream, reportedly with the endorsement of governments and financial giants. The world's biggest social network is expected to outline details of a virtual currency launching next year that it hopes will avoid the rollercoaster volatility of "blockchain" technologies such as bitcoin. Facebook is...
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Belagavi, Jun 14: Veteran freedom fighter and Gandhian Somalingappa Appanna Malagali died here last night due to age related illness. He was 97. He was survived by wife, one son and Seven daughters. Senior freedom fighter belongs to Hudali village and settled in Belagavi from few years.
New Delhi, Jun 13: India is planning to launch its own space station, ISRO chief K Sivan has said. The ambitious project will be an extension of the Gaganyaan mission. "We have to sustain the Gaganyaan programme after the launch of (the) human space mission. In this context, India is planning to have its own space station," Sivan told reporters in New Delhi.
Washington, Jun 13: India is pursuing bold strategies to achieve the ambitious goal of universal Internet access by 2022, a top American official has said, highlighting the challenges in building broadband networks in rural areas. "I commend Prime Minister Modi and the Indian government for their ambitious goals of universal Internet access by 2022 and fixed broadband access to 50 per cent of...
New Delhi, Jun 12: The Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (IHFL) on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court seeking urgent listing of a plea filed against it in which it has been alleged that the company misappropriated Rs 98,000 crore of public money. Senior advocate A M Singhvi, appearing for the company, mentioned the matter for urgent listing before a vacation bench comprising justices Indira Banerjee...
Mangaluru.June 7, 2019: A revolutionary technology in the making especially for the VFX and the film industry Facial realignment technology uses advanced programming and sophisticated 3D rendering to provide a visual image of another person and what makes it unique is it has real-time video output capability. This Technology which brings a new dimension to the visual effects and film industry...
La Serena, Jun 8: The total solar eclipse expected in northern Chile early next month is already drawing flocks of visitors eager to glimpse a rare view of the phenomenon through the region’s clear skies. In Coquimbo, a region spanning the Pacific coast and the Andes, tourism demand has already eclipsed offerings of some services, forcing hotels there to put up signs warning they have no rooms...
Washington, Jun 8: Boeing planned to wait three years to fix a non-working safety alert on its 737 Max aircraft and sped up the process only after the first of two deadly crashes involving the planes. The company acknowledged that it originally planned to fix a cockpit warning light in 2020 after two key lawmakers disclosed the company's timetable on Friday. Peter DeFazio of Oregon and Rick Larsen...
Washington, Jun 5: Plastic trash may one day help people fly as researchers have found a way to turn daily plastic waste products into jet fuel. "There is a lot of hydrogen in plastics, which is a key component in fuel," said Hanwu Lei, Associate Professor at the Washington State University in the US. To produce jet fuel, the researchers melted plastic waste at high temperature with activated...
New Delhi, Jun 4: The anti-monopoly actions against digital giants by the US government and Congress have the potential to affect India in significant ways because of their penetration in the country but New Delhi will have limited ability to exert similarly overarching control on them. In the latest move, the Democratic Party-controlled House of Representatives Judiciary Committee announced on...