NASA awarded Nokia $ 14.1 million to deploy a 4G cellular network on the Moon. The grant is part of $ 370 million in contracts signed under NASA’s “Tipping Point” selections, intended to promote research and development for space exploration. “The system could support communications from the lunar surface at …
Read More »China’s economic growth accelerates as the rest of the world fights coronavirus
China’s economic growth accelerated to 4.9% from a year earlier in the latest quarter as an unstable recovery from the coronavirus pandemic strengthened. Factory output increased, driven by global demand for masks and other medical supplies, while retail spending returned to pre-virus levels for the first time, government data showed. …
Read More »IPL 2020, MI vs KXIP: ‘We’ll see what happens, but he’s a fighter,’ Kieron Pollard says Rohit Sharma ‘doesn’t feel right’ – cricket
The Mumbai Indians had a chance to clinch first place in the Indian Premier League points table when it took only six runs to win the Super Over against Kings XI Punjab on Sunday. But Mohammed Shami threw a superb over to restrict Quinton de Kock and Rohit Sharma to …
Read More »New video shows BrahMos anti-ship missile launched from Navy destroyer
The BrahMos anti-ship missile was successfully tested from an Indian Navy destroyer. New Delhi: The Indian Navy has released a video of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile fired from the INS Chennai homemade guided missile destroyer. The anti-ship missile successfully hit its target in the Arabian Sea, the Defense Research …
Read More »The photo of the goddess Durga reinvented when a doctor kills ‘coronasur’ goes viral
By: Trends Desk | New Delhi | Updated: October 19, 2020 9:40:20 pm The photo of the idol in tribute to the covid warriors has swept social networks. (Source: Nittya Paul / Facebook) West Bengal is ready to celebrate the annual Durga Puja festival despite the pandemic, and photos of …
Read More »India Research And Manufacturing Key To Fight COVID-19: Bill Gates
Bill Gates said that scientists around the world are involved in a “great challenge” in particular. New Delhi: India’s research and manufacturing will be critical to fighting COVID-19, especially to making vaccines on a large scale, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates said on Monday. Addressing the 2020 Annual Grand Challenges Meeting, …
Read More »IPL 2020: Jos Buttler leads RR to crucial win, CSK’s playoff hopes dashed – cricket
Rajasthan Royals (RR) spearhead Jofra Archer smiled friendly at his England teammate Sam Curran. But the young Chennai Super Kings (CSK) hitter had nothing to be pleased with as 140 km / h more deliveries whizzed past his bat. It touched 149 km / h. What followed in the second …
Read More »The ‘flexible’ lock helped contain mortality: PM
India was one of the first countries to adopt a “flexible” lockdown approach and thus managed to keep death rates from COVID-19 relatively low, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the launch of the Annual Meeting of Large Challenges, organized by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The three-day program …
Read More »FM asks 14 CPSEs to spend 75% of Rs 1.15 trillion on investments by end of December
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday called on officials to ensure that 14 state-owned companies spend 75 percent of their capital outlay for the year by the end of December. This is because the government seeks to keep pace with capital and infrastructure projects in an attempt to soften the …
Read More »Strong Scientific Community, Good Institutions India’s Greatest Assets in Fighting Covid: PM Modi | India News
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday praised the “strong and vibrant scientific community” as well as the “good scientific institutions of India” and said they have been India’s greatest assets during the Covid-19 pandemic. 19. “From containment to capacity building, they have done wonders,” the prime minister said. …
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