India's heaviest communication satellite put into orbit

Chennai (IANS): India's heaviest and next generation communication satellite with high throughput GSAT-11 was put into orbit by Ariane-5 rocket of Arianespace from French Guiana on Wednesday, the Indian space agency and Arianespace said.

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Now world's cheapest drinking water at 50p/l, claims NGO

Santiniketan (West Bengal) (IANS) Population around Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore's Santiniketan will get the cheapest drinking water in the world at 50 paise per litre with the inauguration of an innovative project on Wednesday…

3-nation crew lands safely on ISS after Soyuz accident

Washington (IANS) Barley two months after a Soyuz made an emergency landing, the Russian spacecraft has safely brought one astronaut each from the US and Canada and a cosmonaut from Russia, to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Details of 100 mn users stolen in massive Quora data breach

San Francisco (IANS) Personal information of over 100 million Quora users including their name, email address and encrypted passwords have been compromised, the California-based popular question-and-answer platform said.

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WhatsApp launches TV campaign in India to fight fake news

New Delhi (IANS) Facing flak for the misuse of its platform, WhatsApp on Monday launched its first-ever TV campaign in India as part of its efforts to address the challenge of misinformation and pernicious rumours.

The popular messaging…

New drug offers hope for diabetes-related blindness

Sydney, Dec 1 (IANS) In a major breakthrough, Australian scientists have developed a new drug that offers treatment for people suffering from diabetic retinopathy -- the main cause of blindness from diabetes.

The debilitating disease…

IIT-D-built sensor could prevent elephant deaths on railway tracks

New Delhi (IANS) Elephant deaths on railway tracks may be averted when a sensor built by a professor at the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi (IIT-D) is put to test. If all goes well, it may be installed along the tracks frequented by elephants…

Indian rocket lifts off with country's HysIS, 30 foreign satellites

Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh) (IANS) Indian rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) lifted off successfully from here on Thursday with the country's Hyper Spectral Imaging Satellite (HysIS) -- an earth observation satellite -- and…

Facebook expands tool to connect users to local news

San Francisco (IANS) Facebook has started expanding its "Today In" section for local news and community information to make it easier for people to find news and information from their local towns and cities.

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Mars touchdown: Safe landing for NASA's InSight spacecraft

Los Angeles (IANS): NASAs InSight spacecraft touched down safely on Mars on Monday, kicking off a two-year mission to explore the deep interior of the Red Planet.

NASA's online live broadcast reported InSight touched down on Mars at…