30-year-old Sanjal Gavande from Maharashtra is part of the team of engineers that built Blue Origin’s suborbital space rocket New Shephard, which will carry Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos and three others to space on July 20. A systems engineer at the spaceflight services company, she was born in Kalyan and dreamed of building a […]
China has reported its first human infection with Monkey B Virus (BV) and subsequent death. A Beijing-based veterinary surgeon was infected with the virus after he dissected two dead monkeys in early March, according to China CDC Weekly. The 53-year-old veterinarian started experiencing nausea and vomiting and a month later, fever and neurological symptoms followed. […]
Phone numbers of Indian ministers, opposition leaders and journalists have been found on a database of targets for hacking that used ‘Pegasus’, an Israeli spyware, only available to governments, reported The Wire and other publications. According to the report, more than 300 verified mobile phone numbers, including of two serving ministers, over 40 journalists, three […]
Yamaha‘s new bike FZ-X was launched on Saturday at CMPL Automobiles by Narinderjit Singh Director, CMPL, in the presence of company officials, prospective customers and staff of various banks & NBFCs. On the occasion Narinderjit Singh said that the All New Yamaha FZ-X comes to India as a crossover motorcycle that is inspired by Neo-Retro design thinking. […]
As the Delta variant spreads rapidly throughout the world, the prospect of a third “booster” dose is gaining interest even in nations where a large proportion of people are vaccinated. Experts say it is too soon to know for sure if countries will need to organise a third vaccine round later in the year. Some […]
The Amazon rainforest is now emitting more carbon dioxide than it is able to absorb, scientists have confirmed for the first time. The rainforest was once a carbon sink — meaning it absorbed more carbon than it released — but it now accounts for more than 1 billion metric tons of emissions every year, mainly […]
The Punjab Engineering College (PEC, Deemed to be University) on Thursday reconstituted the Board of Governors with Chairman Trident Group Rajinder Gupta continuing in his post as Chairman of the board. Mr Gupta has been holding this office since 2018. Rajinder Gupta founder chairman of Trident Group and a Padam Shree Awardee is known for his […]
The Supreme Court said that the messages exchanged on WhatsApp don’t hold evidential value as the author of such messages cannot be tied to them especially in business partnerships governed by agreements. A bench of Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices A S Bopanna and Hrishikesh Roy said, “What is evidential value of WhatsApp […]
One of the 23 Indian cricketers in the ongoing tour of England has tested positive for Covid during the 20-day break. The player is home quarantined at his relatives’ place at present and is likely to join the tour party in Durham later. The Indian squad sans the player will return to bio-bubble in Durham […]
Punjabi singer Manmeet Singh’s body was recovered from Kareri lake in Himachal Pradesh‘s Kangra district on Wednesday. Reports said Manmeet Singh, one of the singers of Sain brother, a music group known for their Sufi songs, came to Dharamshala a few days ago along with some friends. On Monday, they went to Kareri from Dharamsala. […]