Prithviraj, Nayanthara’s Gold to release in theatres on Dec 2? Actor Baburaj has THIS to say

Prithviraj Sukumaran’s Gold was supposed to hit screens in September but that did not happen. The film was postponed as the team needed more time to wrap up its post-production. Actor Baburaj has now revealed that the film will open in theatres sometime in December. He, however, did not reveal the exact date.…

Arianespace to ramp up to full Ariane 6 rocket launch rate in 2026

Europe’s Arianespace expects to launch its first Ariane 6 rocket by the end of the fourth quarter of 2023, but it will take until 2026 to ramp up to the full rate of nine to 11 per year, the company’s chief executive said on Wednesday. Arianespace, a rival to Elon Musk’s SpaceX that is majority-owned…

As climate change progresses, trees in cities struggle

As the driest summer in Seattle’s record books ended, trees across the city were sounding silent alarms. It was the latest in a string of Seattle summers in the last decade, including a record-breaking heat dome in 2021, to feature drier conditions and hotter temperatures that have left many trees with premature…

Nasa wheels Orion on its way to Moon after successful trans-lunar injection

Hours after it launched from the Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral lighting up the night sky, the Artemis-1 rocket delivered the Orion spacecraft in the vacuum of space as Nasa wheeled it on a path to the Moon. Engineers successfully completed trans-lunar injection as Orion separated from the interim cryogenic…

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC officially unveiled, Xiaomi and OnePlus confirmed to feature this chipset

Qualcomm today unveiled its new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset at the Snapdragon Summit 2022. The company says the new chipset, which succeeds Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Gen 1+ SoCs, “will revolutionise the landscape of flagship smartphones in 2023” as it offers 4.35X better AI capabilities, 40 per cent more power…

India’s Tata to open 20 ‘beauty tech’ outlets, in talks with foreign brands

India’s Tata Group is planning to open at least 20 “beauty tech” stores where it will use virtual makeup kiosks and digital skin tests to get young, affluent shoppers to buy premium cosmetic products, according to a company document and a person familiar with its strategy. The move pits Tata, whose…

PM Modi, Biden exchange greetings during G20 summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden exchanged greetings on Day 2 of the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia. The two leaders started the day by joining other G20 leaders in visiting the Taman Hutan Raya mangrove forest in Bali. The world leaders planted trees in the forest. The External Affairs Ministry…

Angry over civic inaction, villagers protest by planting grass on muddy road in TN’s Ariyalur

 Enraged by the poor condition of a muddy road, villagers from Susaiappar Pattinam in Tamil Nadu’s Ariyalur district protested by planting grass on it. The villagers also raised slogans demanding officials to act on their complaints. In Ariyalur district’s Susaiappar Pattinam village, the lack of proper road…