Addressing the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates talked about accelerating clean energy innovation and deployment, helping vulnerable farmers adapt to climate change and emphasised building a green revolution. “Six years ago in Paris, I joined many of you to…
As scientists strive to control the dangerous consequences of climate change, new research is headed into tackling plastic that is damaging the marine ecosystems across the world. Europe is now looking at ways to control the marine menace using space-based technologies. The European Space Agency (ESA) recently dumped…
With each tide, Abdus Satter watches the sea erode a little more of his life. His village of Bonnotola in southwestern Bangladesh, with its muddy roads and tin-roofed houses, was once home to over 2,000 people. Most were farmers like the 58-year-old Satter. Then the rising seas poisoned the soil with salt water. Two…
Telecom companies Airtel, Jio, BSNL and Vi offer prepaid plans under 300. These plans come in handy to users looking for short-term validity plans, which offer daily data, calling and SMS benefits. Airtel offers a prepaid plan at Rs 219 which gives 1GB data per day with unlimited calling and 100 SMS per day. The…
Netflix is no longer just a video streaming service. It has officially announced its foray into gaming – something that loosely brings the company a step closer to competing with rivals such as Google. All subscribers of Netflix can play the five mobile games that the company has initially introduced, on their…
Facebook, err Meta, just announced its big plans for the metaverse that combines the capabilities of VR, AR, and MR to bring the world to the internet. A crucial part of the metaverse is virtual avatars of users that they can use anywhere, including conferences and meetings. Well, that will take some time. Not for…
The newly launched iPhone 13 is available with massive discounts ahead of Diwali. The iPhone 13 series was launched in September has already become a huge hit amongst buyers. The price of the smartphone is on the higher side but here is the deal from one of Apple’s authorised resellers that will help you buy the…
Indian shares closed lower on Tuesday with losses in metal stocks and heavyweight Reliance Industries outweighing gains in automobile and realty companies. The blue chip NSE Nifty 50 index closed down 0.23% at 17,888.95, while the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex fell 0.18% to end at 60,029.06. However, small and mid-cap…
Former State Bank of India (SBI) chairman Pratip Chaudhuri’s arrest in connection with an alleged loan scam case has sent shockwaves across the public sector banking space, leaving many top bankers in disbelief. Chaudhuri, 68, was arrested by Rajasthan Police from his home in Delhi on Sunday after a complaint was…
Indian shares rose on Wednesday, helped by IT stocks and telecom firm Bharti Airtel after its upbeat earnings, as investors eyed quarterly results from State Bank of India due later in the day. The blue-chip NSE Nifty 50 index rose 0.44% to 17,967.30 and the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex rose 0.41% to 60,275.16 by 9:27…