Countdown for India's spy satellite launch progressing smoothly

Chennai (IANS) The Indian space agency is all gearing up for the Wednesday evening launch of the country's own advanced spy satellite RISAT-2BR1 and nine foreign satellites from the Sriharikota rocket port in Andhra Pradesh.

According to…

Dell launches new gaming desktop in India

New Delhi (IANS) Dell Technologies unveiled new gaming desktop - Dell G5 - in India for Rs 67,590 on Tuesday. The desktop could be purchased from the company's exclusive stores, select multi-brand outlets and its official website.

"We wanted…

Huawei set to bring HarmongOS to its smartphones in 2020

Beijing (IANS) Chinese conglomerate Huawei's President Wang Chenglu has revealed that the company is all set to bring its custom-made operating system 'HarmonyOS' to its smartphones range in 2020.

According to him, "HarmonyOS" that…

44 million Microsoft customers using leaked passwords

San Francisco (IANS) Microsoft has discovered that over 44 million users of its Azure and Microsoft Services Accounts (MSA) are using leaked credentials to log into their accounts.

The Microsoft identity threat research team regularly checks…

India to launch spy satellite, 9 others on Dec 11

Chennai (IANS) India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket would launch the country's latest spy satellite RISAT-2BR1 and nine foreign satellites on December 11, said the Indian space agency.

According to the Indian Space…

Sea levels rising higher than expected, says UN varsity

Madrid (IANS) Sea levels are rising faster and higher than previously expected. Long-term sea level rise will vary greatly depending on emissions, but could reach nearly four meters by 2300 if emissions are not reduced, experts with the United Nations…

NASA's 1st solar probe results unravel Sun's mysteries

Washington (IANS) Revealing the findings from its historic probe to "touch" the Sun for the first time, NASA has said that the results will help scientists rewrite the models they use to understand and predict the space weather around our planet,…

India saw 28% reduction in malaria cases last year: WHO

New Delhi (IANS) Of the 11 countries with the worlds highest malaria burdens, India was one of only two countries to reduce malaria cases between 2017 and 2018, achieving a 28 per cent reduction in such cases, according to a new World Health Organization…

We located crashed Vikram lander first, says ISRO chief

Jaipur (IANS) Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman K. Sivan has said that its own orbiter had located the crashed Vikram lander on the lunar surface. However, "ISRO will not refute the claims made by the NASA," he said, speaking to media on…

'Spotting Vikram on moon was a challenge when NASA couldn't'

New York (IANS) Shanmuga Subramanian, the eagle-eyed citizen space scientist who found Vikram moonlander said on Tuesday that he took spotting it as a challenge when NASA couldn't.

He said in an email interview to IANS: "It was something…