IIT-Madras researchers working on power from estuaries

IIT-Madras researchers working on power from estuaries

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) are working on ‘Osmotic Power’ or power from estuaries, an alternative source of power, it was announced on Friday. “Osmotic power generation is, as name suggests, based on the osmotic pressure that is generated when a semi-permeable membrane separates salt water from fresh water. This pressure can […]

PM inspired stimulus package may come as early as this weekend

PM inspired stimulus package may come as early as this weekend

After revoking Article 370 granting special status to Jammu and Kashmir in a seamless manner and the security dragnet in the erstwhile state not resulting in a single bullet being fired, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has begun to focus on the beleaguered economy haemorrhaging in an ugly manner. In his meeting with Finance Minister Nirmala […]

WhatsApp beta for Android supports ‘Fingerprint lock’

WhatsApp beta for Android supports ‘Fingerprint lock’

After introducing the screen lock feature for iOS beta users more than three months ago, WhatsApp has now started rolling out a similar feature called “Fingerprint lock” for Android beta users, the media reported. When this feature is enabled, users will have to use fingerprint to open WhatsApp. But users will still be able to […]

Snake scare in UP jail, 1 dead

Snake scare in UP jail, 1 dead

 Three prisoners in the Lucknow district jail were bitten by snakes that had entered the premises following water-logging in the area after the city was lashed by rain for two days. The snakes bit three inmates on Monday, one of whom, Babbu, later died. He was serving a life sentence. The other two, Dilip and […]

Scrapping Article 370 freed us from slavery

Scrapping Article 370 freed us from slavery

West Pakistan Hindu refugees, whose ancestors had migrated to India during the 1947 partition and settled in the Jammu region, were feeling stateless and cheated even after seven decades of living in Jammu and Kashmir. Now with the scrapping of Article 370 and 35A, which prevented them to settle permanently and own property, will automatically […]

Kerala to give Rs 10,000 to each flood affected family

Kerala to give Rs 10,000 to each flood affected family

Even as Kerala continues to reel under floods, the state government on Wednesday decided to give an immediate assistance of Rs 10,000 to each affected family, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said here. Addressing the media soon after chairing the weekly cabinet meeting, Vijayan said the damage that has been caused this year is much less […]

‘Khoon Bhari Maang’ is my biggest hit

‘Khoon Bhari Maang’ is my biggest hit

No ’80s teen can forget the loveless marriage of Rekha and Kabir Bedi, and then his ultimate betrayal when he throws her off the boat to the crocodiles in “Khoon Bhari Maang” that completed over three decades of its release on Monday, and veteran actor Kabir said it remains his biggest Bollywood hit. “31st anniversary […]

Samsung joins Xiaomi for 1st 108MP mobile image sensor

Samsung joins Xiaomi for 1st 108MP mobile image sensor

South Korean tech giant Samsung in partnership with Chinese handset maker Xiaomi on Monday launched a 108MP mobile image sensor called “Samsung ISOCELL Bright HMX”. This is the fist ever image sensor to go beyond the resolution of a 100 million pixels. With the latest addition, Samsung will expand its image sensor offerings from its […]

Azam’s emotional Eid message to Rampur

Azam’s emotional Eid message to Rampur

Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan, who has been courting trouble in many forms, posted a video message on social media on the occasion of Eid wishing the people in his parliamentary constituency Rampur in Uttar Pradesh. The SP MP, for the first time, has not reached Rampur to celebrate Eid with his family. “I’m fine. […]

Kashmir to figure in talks as Jaishankar in Beijing

Kashmir to figure in talks as Jaishankar in Beijing

India’s revocation of the special status for Jammu and Kashmir is set to figure in talks between visiting Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi here on Monday, days after New Delhi firmly told Beijing that its moves on Kashmir and the creation of the Ladakh Union Territory were an […]