Apple to use 100% recycled cobalt in batteries it designs by 2025

Apple to use 100% recycled cobalt in batteries it designs by 2025

New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Apple has announced to use 100 per cent recycled cobalt in all company-designed batteries by 2025. Additionally, magnets in Apple devices will use entirely recycled rare earth elements by 2025, and all Apple-designed printed circuit boards will use 100 per cent recycled tin soldering and 100 per cent recycled gold plating. […]

Third PS-2 song unveiled; based on Adi Shankara’s ‘Nirvana Shatakam’

Third PS-2 song unveiled; based on Adi Shankara’s ‘Nirvana Shatakam’

Chennai, April 12  Mani Ratnam’s magnum opus film PS-2 has unveiled the third enchanting song ‘Shivoham’. Featuring a powerful and intense chant, the narrative showcases Madhurantakan, played by actor Rahman, vying for the Chola throne and forms alliances with the Kalamugars headed by a fierce leader played by Makarand Deshpande. The song carries historical and […]

US invests $5bn programme to launch next-gen Covid vax: Report

US invests $5bn programme to launch next-gen Covid vax: Report

Washington, April 11  The US government has launched a $5 billion programme to accelerate the development of next-generation Covid-19 vaccines and treatments, according to media reports. ‘Project Next Gen’ would succeed ‘Operation Warp Speed’ with a mission to develop next-generation vaccines and therapies against newer and existing Covid variants, the Washington Post reported. Operation Warp […]

Pegasus-style spyware attack hits journalists, politicians via iPhone exploits T

Pegasus-style spyware attack hits journalists, politicians via iPhone exploits T

New Delhi, April 11  The fear of Pegasus-style spyware attack resurfaced on Tuesday after researchers at Microsoft and the digital rights group Citizen Lab identified new victims in North America, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, and the Middle East — once again from an Israel-based spyware maker. Hackers used QuaDream spyware to send malicious calendar […]

PM Modi calls for int’l cooperation in conserving big cat population

PM Modi calls for int’l cooperation in conserving big cat population

Mysuru (Karnataka), April 9  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched ambitious project of the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) and called for international cooperation in preserving and conserving the population of big cat. He was addressing the gathering of dignitaries from foreign countries and states in Mysuru, on completion of 50 years of the […]

PM Modi visits Theppakadu elephant camp, interacts with Bomman and Bellie

PM Modi visits Theppakadu elephant camp, interacts with Bomman and Bellie

Chennai, April 9  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday visited the Theppakadu Elephant camp in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu and interacted with the mahout couple, Bomman and Bellie. The couple had featured in the Oscar winning documentary ‘The Elephant Whisperers’. He also appreciated the care shown by the couple towards the elephants Reghu […]

Business confidence in Pakistan at record low

Business confidence in Pakistan at record low

Karachi, April 8  Business confidence in Pakistan continued to slide in the first three months of 2023 amid multiple economic crises, according to the latest edition of the Gallup Business Confidence Index. “Last year’s political instability has carried over to combine with various economic crises and exacerbated business insecurity,” Dawn news quoted the survey as […]