Starlink plans to get commercial license in India by January 2022, aims to get over 2 lakh terminals next year

Elon Musk-backed Starlink broadband stopped taking pre-orders in India earlier this month due to government regulations that cited the absence of a license. The company head for India, Sanjay Bhargava, has now noted that Starlink aims to apply for a commercial license by January 31, 2022. Starlink has also prepared two…

Pakistani wildlife team cradles green turtles babies from beach to sea

Afemale turtle lumbers across the beach in Pakistan’s bustling port city of Karachi late at night, looking for a place to lay her eggs. Waiting for her, staff from Sindh Wildlife watch quietly as the green turtle buries a hundred or more eggs in the sand before heading back out into the Arabian Sea. Because of…

Nasa to reveal who will fly to space next. Will there be an Indian in the mix?

Nasa is all set to announce the names of the newly selected candidates to train as astronauts for future missions ranging from venturing to the Moon and onwards to Mars. The American space agency has reviewed over 12,000 applications and will announce the selected candidates at 11:00 pm IST today. Nasa said that the…

Marine minerals from coastal and ocean sources key to India’s future economy: Jitendra Singh

Marine minerals extracted from coastal and ocean sources will be key to India’s future economy, Minister of State Earth Sciences Dr Jitendra Singh has said. He added that metals like nickel and cobalt play an important role in promoting renewable energy technologies needed to fight the climate change challenges.…

Smallest planet outside our solar system detected where one year is just eight-hour-long

Scientists have spotted one of the smallest planets ever discovered outside our solar system, a scorching-hot world a bit larger than Mars and just about as dense as pure iron zooming around its home star every eight hours. The researchers said on Thursday they managed to detect the planet, located a relatively close…

Axar, Patel, Ravindra, Jadeja: R Ashwin’s image after India vs New Zealand Test goes viral

After his heroics with the ball in the 2nd Test against New Zealand, R Ashwin was acing it with his camera from the Wankhede Stadium on Monday. The off-spinner came up with a witty photo that went viral on social media moments after India registered a 372-run victory over the reigning world Test champions. R Ashwin…

Moto G31 now available in India, price starts at Rs 12,999

The Moto G31 went on sale via Flipkart today at 12 PM. The affordable G series device launched on November 29 in the country. It is being sold in two configurations, with the base model priced at Rs 12,999. Users can purchase the smartphone in Baby Blue and Meteorite Grey colours. The Moto G31 looks identical to any G…

Realme 9i specifications may include Snapdragon 680 chip and 90Hz display

Realme 9i specifications have been leaked once again. Since the next budget phone is reportedly coming out first thing early next year, it makes sense to talk about it and find out if this could be your next purchase. New rumours suggest that the Realme 9i will be a mid-range phone but it will miss out on 5G. That…

MapmyIndia IPO to open on December 9: Check out price band, subscription and other details

The initial public offering (IPO) of MapmyIndia will hit the market on December 9, Thursday. The price band of the digital mapping company for the initial stake sale has been fixed at Rs 1,000-1,033 per equity share bearing face value of Rs 2 each. The issue will be open for subscription till December 13, 2021. The…

Mohit Kamboj files second criminal defamation complaint against Nawab Malik

BJP leader Mohit Kamboj filed a second criminal defamation complaint against Maharashtra cabinet minister Nawab Malik on Monday. His earlier criminal defamation complaint was based on two press conferences on October 9 and October 11. His fresh criminal defamation complaint is based on Nawab Malik’s press…