Earth going through 7th mass extinction, not 6th: Study

New York (IANS) Earth is currently in the middle of a mass extinction, losing thousands of species each year and new research suggests environmental changes caused the first such event in history, which occurred millions of years earlier than scientists…

India successfully orbits Indo-French collaborative EOS 6/OCEANSAT

Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh) (IANS) India on Saturday successfully placed into orbit the Indo-French ocean observation satellite EOS 6 with its rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle numbered as PSLV-C54.

The process of orbiting eight other…

Meet the men behind Dhruva Space that made its space debut on Saturday

Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh) (IANS) Hyderabad-based satellite company Dhruva Space was founded in 2012 by four persons: Sanjay Nekkanti, CEO; Krishna Teja Penamakuru, COO; Abhay Egoor, CTO; and Chaitanya Dora Surapureddy, CFO.

Nekkanti is a…

WhatsApp working on voice status updates on iOS beta

San Francisco (IANS) Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly working on voice status on iOS beta for an upcoming iOS update.

It provides users the ability to share voice notes to their status updates, reports WABetaInfo.

According…

Microsoft introduces 'polls' to make meetings more engaging in Teams

New Delhi (IANS) Microsoft has introduced 'polls' that will offer users a way to create polls right away with the Microsoft Forms app, making meetings more engaging in Teams.

This feature will allow users to get the answers they're…

Ultraviolette launches electric bike F77, starts at Rs 3.8 lakh

Bengaluru (IANS) Automotive company Ultraviolette on Thursday commercially launched its first high-performance electric motorcycle F77, starting at an ex-showroom price of Rs 3.8 lakh.

Available for customers in three forms -- Airstrike, Shadow,…

Received 55,497 requests for user data from Indian government: Meta

New Delhi (IANS) India with 55,497 requests was once again second only to the US in terms of asking Meta to provide user data in the first half of this year, and the social network restricted access in India to 597 items in response to directions…

iVOOMi introduces new electric 2-wheeler models with increased speed

New Delhi (IANS) EV company iVOOMi Energy has introduced new variants of e-scooters for its model S1 with increased speed for consumers in India.

Starting at Rs 69,999 and ranging up to Rs 1,21,000, the latest series of S1 high-speed e-scooters…

Humans can live on Moon for longer periods in this decade: NASA

London (IANS) Not just SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the US space agency also thinks that humans could stay on the Moon for a longer period in this decade.

Howard Hu, who leads the Orion lunar spacecraft programme for NASA, told the BBC that the Artemis…

After India, Google acts upon illegal loan apps in Africa

San Francisco (IANS) Google has ordered loan apps in Kenya to present proof of their licenses to operate in the country, or they risk being removed from the Google Play store.

According to TechCrunch, the move on Google's part was necessary…