Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos drives e-rickshaw; video goes viral

New Delhi (IANS) Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos on Monday posted a video on his official twitter handle in which he drove an e-rickshaw with Amazon's delivery partners.

Taking a Climate Pledge, the video by Bezos revealed that Amazon…

Govt exploring use of AI to tackle social media misuse

New Delhi (IANS) To stop spread of disinformation leading to widespread public disorder, the government is exploring use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to remove such content automatically from social media platforms.

The Centre is to "take…

India's communication satellite GSAT-30 put into orbit

Chennai (IANS) The European space agency Arianespace opened its 2020 space missions account with a successful dual satellite launch - India's communication satellite GSAT-30 and Eutelsat Konnect - into geo-stationary transfer orbit on Friday early…

Huawei Mate Xs will be cheaper than the Mate X: Report

Beijing (IANS) Huawei is expected to unveil the successor to its foldable smartphone Mate X -- the Mate Xs -- at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2020 and now a new report has claimed that the device will be cheaper than the Mate X.

The Mate…

Group B Streptococcus: Hilleman Labs to make affordable vaccine

New Delhi (IANS) Aiming to develop affordable vaccines in this healthcare sector, a research and development organisation Hilleman Laboratories on Thursday announced its expansion into the area of maternal and child health.

The vaccine, once…

Instagram tests Direct Messaging on web

San Francisco (IANS) Facebook-owned Instagram has started testing its Direct messaging feature to its desktop site, meaning now one can finally keep up with their conversations from browser.

"DMs, but make them desktop. We are currently testing…

One in five mid range phone will support 5G in 2020

Beijing (IANS) Chinese local research agencies suggests that 20 per cent of all mid range smartphones will support 5G, thanks to the expansion of the network in the country.

An estimated 5 million 5G capable smartphones were sold in December…

IIT-H develops combination therapy for cancer treatment

Hyderabad (IANS) Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT-H) on Tuesday said that its researchers have developed an efficient combination therapy for the treatment of cancer.

The researchers have developed a synergetic combination of…

Microsoft to mentor 15 tech startups from 5 states

Hyderabad (IANS) Microsoft on Monday said it has selected 54 tech startups from five states -- Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Kerala and Telangana - and three from each state (total 15) will finally win a year-long mentorship programme and a two-day…

Apache, Chinook to make debut at Republic Day flypast

New Delhi (IANS) Apache attack helicopters and Chinook heavy lift transport helicopters to fly in formation over Rajpath making debut at Republic Day flypast 2020, Indian Air Force (IAF) said Monday.

The force has inducted 17 of 22 Apaches…