Sai Pallavi, Rana Daggubati’s Virata Parvam gets OTT release date

After releasing in theaters on June 17, Rana Daggubati and Sai Pallavi‘s Virata Parvam is making its way to an OTT platform. The film is set to stream on Netflix from July 1 onwards. Netflix India shared on its Instagram account that Virata Parvam will be streaming on the platform in Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil.…

Simbu poses with father T Rajender at a hospital in America, see photo

Tamil superstar Simbu had flown his father T Rajender to America for medical treatment earlier this month. Rajender seems to have recovered well as he looks healthy in the latest photo that has surfaced online. Rajender posed for the picture with his wife Usha and Simbu. The photo seems to have been taken in his…

Isro to launch PSLV-C53 mission tomorrow: When and where to watch

The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) will launch three passenger satellites into space on its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicles (PSLV) on Thursday. The three satellites belonging to Singapore are being launched under a contract with NewSpace India Limited. The PSLV C-523 mission will lift off from the Second…

Can we grow food without sunlight? Scientists debut artificial photosynthesis

The Sun is the source of energy for all lifeforms on Earth, however, what happens if that permanently glowing bulb begins to dim? Scientists have now come up with a new way to replicate the process of photosynthesis without sunlight. Photosynthesis is a process that converts sunlight into energy and plant life thrives…

Japan’s June heatwave sizzles into hottest day, crunch time for power supply

Japan braced on Wednesday for its hottest day yet of a record-breaking June heatwave as fears grew about a shortage of electricity to keep air conditioners whirring and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called for a ramp-up of nuclear power use. As some manufacturers announced plans to scale back production to save…

Viruses can survive in freshwater by hitch-hiking on plastics

While the world continues to reel under the devastating impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, scientists have for the first time proven that viruses can survive and remain infectious by binding themselves to plastics in freshwater. The new study raises concerns about the impact it could have on human health. Scientists…

Samsung to launch a new Galaxy M smartphone in India on July 5

Samsung is planning to refresh its Galaxy M series with a new smartphone in India on July 5. As per a cryptic post on its social media channels, the phone may be called Galaxy M33 or M35, but details remain unclear. If the company decides to launch the Galaxy M33, we can expect it to be a 4G-enabled device as Samsung…

Bitcoin falls to $20,000-mark, cryptocurrency market in red

Bitcoin’s price on Wednesday fell to $20,000-mark as the nosedive in cryptocurrency markets has wiped out millions of dollars. The sudden plunge in crypto values, which started in May amid a broader economic slowdown, continued as investors remained jittery. The world’s largest and the most popular…

PM Modi meets UAE President Sheikh Mohamed in Abu Dhabi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met UAE President and Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan here and conveyed his personal condolences on the demise of former president of the Gulf nation Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. “In a special gesture, UAE President and Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh…

Turkey agrees to lift objections to Sweden, Finland joining NATO

Turkey agreed on Tuesday to lift its opposition to Sweden and Finland joining NATO, ending an impasse that had clouded a leaders’ summit opening in Madrid amid Europe’s worst security crisis in decades, triggered by the war in Ukraine. After urgent top-level talks with leaders of the three countries, alliance…