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Mumbai, Apr 4: Instant messaging app WhatsApp, owned by Facebook Inc, is mulling a foray into digital payment services in India, its first such offering globally, and has advertised to hire a digital transactions lead in the country. A WhatsApp move into digital payments in India, its biggest market that is home to 200 million of its billion plus global users, would replicate similar moves by...

New Delhi, Apr 4: An 18-year-old boy from Chennai has won the second prize in the grade 12 category of the NASA Ames Space Settlement Contest, 2017. Sai Kiran P earned the prestigious prize for his project, proposing an elevator from the Earth to the moon to make human settlement possible on the lunar surface. As per reports, his project proposal titled,Connecting Moon, Earth and Space' andHUMEIU...

Apr 3: Universe is large – like very large and we all know that. We cannot possibly fathom its total accumulation. However, you"d be shocked to learn that 68 per cent of universe doesn"t even exist. A new research hailing from the Eötvös Loránd University suggests that on the basis of simulation, 68 per cent of the universe hasn"t been existing. The study further suggests that it is the "dark...

Belagavi, Apr 3: Five farmers including four women were injured after lightning struck them at Tummarguddi village in Belagavi on Saturday. The victims were returning home when it started to rain. They had taken shelter under a tree when lightning struck them. Meanwhile, Haveri received light rains on Sunday evening.

Bengaluru, Apr 2: The Central Crime Branch officials on Saturday arrested a 36-year-old Nigerian national and seized 62 gm of cocaine worth Rs. 2 lakh. Bright Ighalo, residing in Sultanpalya, was collecting the consignment from his clients at R.T. Nagar, 1st Block, when he was nabbed. The police also recovered Rs. 12,500, a mobile phone and motorcycle from him. The police are verifying his travel...

New York, Apr 1: Popular micro-blogging website Twitter has changed its iconic default egg profile photo to a new neutral human silhouette after seven years as part of an initiative to combat harassment and encourage users to upload their own pictures. The change in strategy came after the famous Twitter egg photo became associated with negative behaviour and trolls to harass and bully others....

Apr 1: Phil Schiller is in India this week to mark the official opening of Apple's App Accelerator in Bengaluru, a venture that was announced by CEO Tim Cook during his visit to India last May. The centre in the Yelahanka area of Bengaluru has already hosted a few developers, and starting Friday, any registered Apple developer can apply via the accelerator's website, and benefit from the advice of...

Kasaragod, Apr 1: The day-long strike spearheaded by trade union bodies in protest against the steep hike in insurance premium crippled normal life in the district on Friday. Barring Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) buses, all modes of public transport vehicles kept off the road. The pro-BJP Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) workers abstained from the protest. The strike on the last day...

Belagavi, Apr 1: An engineering student studying in a Belagavi-based college was on Friday arrested on the charge of raping and blackmailing a minor girl. The accused, identified as Shivakumar Rajendra Balekundri (21), is a resident of Mahalakshmi Nagar, Ganeshpur here.

Bengaluru, Mar 30: The officials of Narcotics Control Bureau Zonal Unit of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana on Tuesday arrested 40-year-old Raza Mohammad Mustafa at the Kempegowda International Airport and seized 11.8 kg of ephedrine worth Rs. 25 lakh from his possession. The drug was concealed in cavity made in various cardboards, used for decorative clothing tape. The accused was carrying...