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Can Biofuel contribute to Net-Zero aspiration to save our planet?
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Can Biofuel contribute to Net-Zero aspiration to save our planet?

Tezpur, Aug 10: Sir Rudolf Diesel's visionary research on peanut oil (1893) to make his own invention, the internal combustion engine,self-reliance (Atmanirbhar) is honoured by celebrating the World Biofuel Day. This appears significant as fuel production and consumption have been at centre stage...
Over 8 in 10 Indian kids face cyberbullying, highest globally
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Over 8 in 10 Indian kids face cyberbullying, highest globally

New Delhi, Aug 8: A whopping 85 per cent of Indian children faced cyberbullying well over twice the international average, according to a report on Monday. The McAfee Cyberbullying Report showed that 42 per cent of Indian children have been the target of racist cyberbullying, strikingly 14 per...
ISRO faces setback as maiden SSLV mission suffers
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ISRO faces setback as maiden SSLV mission suffers 'data loss'

Sriharikota, Aug 7: Indian Space Research Organisation's tryst with history suffered a setback on Sunday, as the maiden Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) suffered "data loss" at the terminal stage, although three stages "performed and separated" as planned and the scientists were "currently...
Rs 50 cr SSLV rocket by India, for India
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Rs 50 cr SSLV rocket by India, for India

Chennai, Aug 6: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is hoping to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the country's Independence with the launch of its new rocket Small Satellite Launch Vehicle - Developmental Flight 1 (SSLV-D1) on Sunday. The countdown down for the SSLV-D1 launch will...
Musk says Twitter must follow law of the land in India
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Musk says Twitter must follow law of the land in India

New Delhi, Aug 6: Tesla CEO Elon Musk has claimed that Twitter does not follow the law of the land in India and this has jeopardised one of its largest markets. In a countersuit against the micro-blogging platform filed in a Delaware court in the US late on Friday, Musk said he was "hoodwinked"...
Meta shuts Pak hackers targeting Indian officials via honey trapping, malware
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Meta shuts Pak hackers targeting Indian officials via honey trapping, malware

New Delhi, Aug 5: Meta (formerly Facebook) has cracked down on a cyber espionage operation linked to state-sponsored bad actors in Pakistan that targeted people in India, including military personnel and government officials, with various methods like honey trapping and infiltrating their devices...
IIT Kharagpur researchers develop low-cost, fast-charging Sodium-ion batteries
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IIT Kharagpur researchers develop low-cost, fast-charging Sodium-ion batteries

Kolkata, Aug 4: A team of researchers from IIT Kharagpur has used nano-materials to develop Sodium-ion-based batteries and supercapacitors for next-generation energy storage technologies and their use in e-vehicles. Sodium-ion (Na-ion) batteries have generated interest as a possible...
Webb telescope images colourful Cartwheel Galaxy
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Webb telescope images colourful Cartwheel Galaxy

Washington, Aug 3: The powerful next-generation James Webb Space Telescope has captured colourful images of Cartwheel Galaxy, located about 500 million light-years away. Using its powerful infrared cameras, Webb produced a detailed image of the Cartwheel and two smaller companion galaxies against...
Musk slams Wikipedia, says it
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Musk slams Wikipedia, says it's 'losing objectivity'

San Francisco, July 31: After the online encyclopedia platform Wikipedia suspended the editing of the "recession" page, tech billionaire Elon Musk slammed co-founder Jimmy Wales and said the platform is "losing its objectivity". While replying to a user on Twitter, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO showed...
Twitter may soon allow posting images, videos in one tweet
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Twitter may soon allow posting images, videos in one tweet

San Francisco, July 30: Twitter has confirmed that it is testing a new feature that will allow users to post images, videos and GIFs in one multimedia tweet. The company confirmed the test and said it is available to some users for a limited time, adding that accounts can add tags to both photos...
Musk tells followers to slam WSJ for linking him with Google Co-founders wife
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Musk tells followers to slam WSJ for linking him with Google Co-founder's wife

San Francisco, July 25: Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Monday hit out at the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) for linking him with Google Co-founder Sergey Brin's wife Nicole Shanahan, asking his more than 102 million social media followers to slam the publication for going ahead with a false story. A Wall...
NASA finds asteroid Bennu aged early by Sun
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NASA finds asteroid Bennu 'aged early' by Sun

Washington, July 24: Scientists from NASA's OSIRIS-REx have found that the Sun's heat fractures rocks on Bennu in just 10,000 to 100,000 years, revealing that surface regeneration happens a lot quicker on asteroids than on Earth. For the findings, the team analysed rock fractures on asteroid...
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