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Quispamsis All Set to Host World Under-17 Hockey Challenge

The Town of Quispamsis is ready to co-host the 2018 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge. The tournament will be organized in Quispamsis and Saint John from November 3 to November 10, 2018. The organizers and the administration of both towns are expecting this tournament to boost to economy of the region. The event is being supported […]

Misc

Sukhdarshanpur Cattle Pound Project in Panchkula Stopped Due to Shortage of Technical Staff in Municipal Corporation

  Cattle pound project in Panchkula has been stopped due to shortage of technical staff in the municipal corporation. The project was to be constructed in Sukhdarshanpur village, and local public had pinned a lot of hope on this project. “The shortage of senior technical hands makes it hard for us to carry on with […]

Science

Australian Researchers Capture Footage of a Bulbous, Red, Headless Chicken in Deep Seas Near East Antarctica

  Researchers from Australia’s Department of the Environment and Energy have spotted on camera a rarely seen sea cucumber (Enypniastes eximia) that looks like a bulbous, red, headless chicken. This weird marine creature was spotted in the in Southern Ocean waters off East Antarctica. Researchers are surprised about the location of the discovery as the […]

News Science

Horseshoe Crab’s Blue Blood Has Become A Threat To Its Existence

Can an animal’s blood be good for humans? A might be a little strange to hear, but this is reality. The blood of a crab found in the sea of ​​North America is considered elixir. This crab is called Horseshoe, and its blood is not red but blue in color. Horseshoe crabs are prehistoric creatures […]

Science

NASA Scientists Discover Neutron Star 200,000 Light Years From Earth

NASA astronomers have discovered a neutron star located about 200,000 light years from Earth. The discovery was made using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope. Although astronomers have identified ten similar objects in the past, this is the first time that a neutron star outside Milky Way […]

News Science

NASA’s Tiny Satellite IceCube Creates The First Global Map Of Ice Clouds

NASA’s IceCube, a tiny satellite deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) in May 2017, has created the first global map of ice clouds. The ice clouds are considered key variables in climate and weather models. Like other clouds, they also absorb/reflect the Sun’s energy and affect the heat emission from Earth into space. Ice […]

News Science

Female Mosquitoes Suck Blood Not Just To Get Proteins To Lay Eggs But Also To Quench Their Thirst

For most of us, mosquitoes are irritating creatures. Their itchy bites, the whiny hum of buzzing wings, ubiquitous presence, and uncanny abilities to sense human presence not only ruin our beautiful evenings in the backyard of our homes but also spoil our sleeps in our bedrooms at night. Most people are not aware of the […]

News Technology

Facebook Data Breach: Mark Zuckerberg Promises to Take Measure to Ensure Facebook Is Not Misused To Influence Elections in India and Elsewhere

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has apologized to Facebook users and promised to take measures to ensure that the Facebook user data is not misused to influence elections in India and elsewhere. He said he was sure that “someone is trying” to meddle in elections via Facebook. “This is a massive focus for us to make […]

Technology World

UK Government Directly Blames Russia For ‘Malicious’ NotPetya Cyber Attack of June 2017

The UK has directly blamed Russian military for malicious NotPetya ransomware attack of June last year that cost companies hundreds of millions of pounds. The attack targeted Ukraine but later spread across Europe. According to estimates, companies lost more than $1.2bn due to this attack. Reckitt Benckiser that makes Dettol, Durex and Strepsils was among […]

News Technology

Twitter Suspends More Than 1,000 Accounts Allegedly Linked to Russian IRA Agency

Twitter has suspended 1,062 accounts that were allegedly linked to the St. Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency (IRA) and shared information meant to meddle with the 2016 US presidential election. In a press release, the company announced about the suspension of these accounts. “We have identified an additional 1,062 accounts associated with the IRA,” the release […]

News Technology

India Offers Tax Concessions to Apple to Boost Local Production of Mobile Handset Components

India has offered Apple tax concessions to boost production in the country, according to a report published by Reuters. A few days back, Cupertino, California-based company started manufacturing iPhone SE at its Taiwanese contract manufacturer Wistron’s plant in Bengaluru, and now the Government of India has decided to offer Apple tax-free import of mobile handset […]

News Technology

Emails of 1.9 Million Bell Canada Customers Accessed by ‘Anonymous Hacker’

Active email addresses of about 1.9 million customers of Bell Canada have been illegally secured by hackers, the company has revealed, while also stating that this attack has no link to “WannaCry” malware case. According to Bell Canada, the largest telecommunications company of Canada, nearly 1,700 names and phone numbers of customers were also stolen […]

News Technology

BT Announces to Cut 4,000 Jobs to Restructure Overseas Business after a Challenging Year

Telecom group BT has announced to cut 4,000 jobs after a challenging year in which the company reported a fourth-quarter revenue of £6.12 billion. “This has been a challenging year, but BT remains well positioned for the future,” the company said. BT said the company has strength to withstand setbacks as shown by “strong businesses, […]