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Internet Explorer to retire on June 15, 2022: Microsoft
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Internet Explorer to retire on June 15, 2022: Microsoft

Washington, May 21: Microsoft has said that it is retiring its long-standing browser Internet Explorer on June 15 next year after serving the netizens for over 25 years. The veteran web browser was released with Windows 95, the tech giant said in a blog post on Wednesday. "The Internet...
IT Ministry directs WhatsApp to withdraw new privacy policy
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IT Ministry directs WhatsApp to withdraw new privacy policy

New Delhi, May 19: The government has ordered WhatsApp to withdraw its controversial new privacy policy, saying the changes undermine the sacrosanct values of privacy, data security and harms rights and interests of Indian citizens.The Ministry of Electronics and IT shot-off a letter to WhatsApp on...
ISRO team suggests measures to restart oxygen production at Sterlite Copper
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ISRO team suggests measures to restart oxygen production at Sterlite Copper

Chennai, May 15: An expert team from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday visited Vedanta Ltd's copper smelter plant Sterlite Copper and suggested measures to set right the technical snag that halted oxygen production, the company said.Oxygen production at Sterlite Copper...
Facebook to roll out campaign to fight Covid related misinformation
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Facebook to roll out campaign to fight Covid related misinformation

New Delhi, May 14: Social media giant Facebook on Thursday announced plans to roll out a new campaign in India to educate and inform people about how to detect misinformation related to Covid-19.The campaign, to be launched in coming weeks, will encourage users to check the information they...
Telecom industry cautions against rumours of 5G causing Covid
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Telecom industry cautions against rumours of 5G causing Covid

New Delhi, May 7: The telecom and the related infrastructure industry have come together to refute rumours that 5G connectivity is causing the second wave of Covid-19. Industry bodies have cautioned the public against falling prey to such misinformation.In a joint statement on Friday, the...
WhatsApp scraps May 15 deadline for accepting privacy policy terms
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WhatsApp scraps May 15 deadline for accepting privacy policy terms

New Delhi, May 7: WhatsApp has scrapped its May 15 deadline for users to accept its controversial privacy policy update and said not accepting the terms will not lead to deletion of accounts. WhatsApp had faced severe backlash over user concerns that data was being shared with parent company...
NASAs Apollo 11 mission astronaut Michael Collins passes away
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NASA's Apollo 11 mission astronaut Michael Collins passes away

Washington, April 29: NASA astronaut Michael Collins, who piloted the historic mission of Apollo 11 spacecraft Columbia in 1969, passed away on Wednesday due to cancer. He was 90.During the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, Collins remained in lunar orbit while fellow crew members Neil Armstrong and Buzz...
Google announces Rs 135 cr grant for Covid-hit India
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Google announces Rs 135 cr grant for Covid-hit India

New Delhi, April 26: Google on Monday announced Rs 135 crore ($18 million) to help get urgent medical supplies, including oxygen and testing equipment, for India that is currently going through a devastating Covid wave.The donation includes two grants from Google.org, Google's philanthropic...
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NASA's Mars rover extracts first oxygen from Red Planet

Washington, April 22: In a first, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has converted some of the Red Planet's thin, carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere into oxygen, the US space agency has said.The task was accomplished by a toaster-size, six-wheeled robot aboard Perseverance called the Mars Oxygen...
IIT Guwahati team removes micro-plastics from sea water using hollow fiber membrane
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IIT Guwahati team removes micro-plastics from sea water using hollow fiber...

New Delhi, April 20: The researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati have developed a microfiltration process to remove microplastics from seawater in order to prevent the inclusion of plastic residues in edible salt extracted from it. The research has been published in...
Tesla crash kills 2 in US, police say no one was driving
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Tesla crash kills 2 in US, police say 'no one was driving'

San Francisco, April 19: In what could be another Autopilot mode failure, two people were killed in a fiery Tesla crash in Texas with no one in the driver's seat.Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman told Houston television station KPRC 2 that the investigation showed "no one was...
Indian expedition to Antarctica returns to Cape Town
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Indian expedition to Antarctica returns to Cape Town

New Delhi, April 18: The Indian scientific expedition to Antarctica successfully returned to Cape Town last week after completing a journey of 12,000 nautical miles in 94 days, including stopovers, the Ministry of Earth Sciences said on Saturday.This achievement concludes four successful decades of...
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