Indian nanosatellite takes copy of Gita, PM Modi’s photo to space
CHENNAI, India: A copy of Bhagavad Gita in the form of an SD card and a photograph of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are part...
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Will Twitter survive Koo in India?
Koo is a social networking application for microblogging purposes developed by entrepreneur Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka. In simple words, Koo is an Indian alternative...
Australia passes law to make Google, Facebook pay for news
CANBERRA, Australia: Australia has passed a world-first law aimed at making Google and Facebook pay for news content on their platforms. The news code legislation...
Facebook cuts deals with Australia, lifts ban on news pages
CANBERRA, Australia: Facebook has announced it will restore news content to its users in Australia after it reached an agreement with the government. The tech...
NASA’s Perseverance lands safely on Mars
WASHINGTON DC, USA: NASA’s science rover Perseverance, the most advanced astrobiology laboratory ever sent to another world, streaked through the Martian atmosphere on Thursday and...
Facebook blocks Australia pages in dispute over proposed law
CANBERRA, Australia: Facebook has blocked Australian users of its platform from reading and sharing local and international news, stepping up its campaign against government plans...
UAE’s space probe Amal enters Mars orbit
ABU DHABI, UAE: The United Arab Emirates’ first mission to Mars has entered the red planet’s orbit after a seven-month, 494 million kilometres (307 million...
Novavax’s vaccine shows 89% efficacy in UK trials
LONDON, UK: A new coronavirus vaccine is 89.3% effective in large-scale UK trials. The Novavax jab is the first to show it is effective against...
90-year-old woman receives first Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in UK
LONDON, UK: A 90-year-old woman from Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, has become the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine outside trial...
Singapore becomes first country to approve sale of lab-grown chicken nuggets
SINGAPORE: Singapore has given a US start-up the green light to sell lab-grown chicken meat, in what the firm says is the world’s first regulatory...