1st anthropologist to visit says Sentinelese aren't hostile (interview excerpt)

"They are not hostile people. They warn; they dont kill people, including outsiders. They only say, leave us alone," TN Pandit said. | Continue reading


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Saheb, secretary and fraudsters: Cracking the Paytm extortion case

Paytm boss' personal secretary controlled the extortion calls while also convincing her boss to pay up. | Continue reading


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6 emerging players in AI

The United Arab Emirates is the first country in the Middle East to publish an AI strategy, and the only country in the world to create a Ministry of Artificial Intelligence. | Continue reading


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Epson Takes a Page Out of HP, Tops in InkTank Printers

“A key contributing factor to this success is Epson's InkTank Printers offer of lowest cost per print (CPP) with 7 paise for black and 18 paise for composite colour," said Samba Moorthy. | Continue reading


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An IIT prof explains why India is running out of good engineers

Prof Sarit Kumar Das talks about change in JEE format which has led to fall in quality of students at IITs. | Continue reading


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Jim O'Neill – Modi magic still there despite not delivering on all promises

“10% growth possible if Modi or any other leader actively embraced structural reforms” | Continue reading


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Google will track your movements, even if you tell it not to

Many Google services store your location data even if you've used privacy settings that say they will prevent it from doing so. | Continue reading


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The good, the bad and the ugly of India's data blueprint

The bill does not do enough to protect evolving privacy rights of you and I, policy wonks and lawyers say. | Continue reading


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IIT-Hyderabad develops Artificial Intelligence to catch bikers without helmets

IIT researchers have developed a solution for the automatic detection of those riding without helmets. | Continue reading


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Tata will stop selling the 'world's cheapest car'

The Nanos death was confirmed by production numbers: Tata Motors Ltd. produced just 1 unit in June, down from 275 in the same month last year. | Continue reading


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Radiation from mobile phones can affect your memory

Potential risks to the brain can be minimised by using headphones or the loudspeaker while on a call. | Continue reading


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HTC hangs up on India smartphone operations

The premium phonemaker became the first major casualty of Chinese invasion of Indian smartphone market. | Continue reading


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Supreme court of India alarmed by Centre’s social media hub plan

Govt is looking at capability to collect data from social media platforms, and emails. | Continue reading


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Automation Anywhere raises $250M in series-A round

Earlier this week, Automation Anywhere said it raised $250 million in what it called a series-A round which valued it at $1.8 billion. | Continue reading


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Indian Govt asks WhatsApp to stop spread of irresponsible and explosive messages

At least 31 people have been killed over the last one year in 10 different states by lynch mobs mobilised by rumours of child lifting spread over WhatsApp. | Continue reading


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Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis: Father of Statistical Science in India

PCM is popularly known among Indians for his draft of the Second Five-Year Plan which he submitted to the National Development Council in 1955. | Continue reading


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India prepares quest to find a trillion-dollar nuclear fuel on the Moon

This mission would solidify Indias place among the fleet of explorers racing to the moon, Mars and beyond for scientific, commercial or military gains. | Continue reading


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Mount Everest, the high-altitude rubbish dump

Decades of commercial mountaineering have turned Mount Everest into the world's highest rubbish dump as an increasing number of big-spending climbers pay little attention to the ugly footprint they leave behind. | Continue reading


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Kabul library bus drives Afghan children to read

The door of the blue bus slides open and dozens of children excitedly bound up the steps, eager to get their hands on hard-to-find books in Kabul's first mobile library. Named Charmaghz -- the Dari for walnut, which is associated with logic in Afghanistan because the nut resemble … | Continue reading


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Amazon will ban you permanently if you return too many items

Amazon is quizzing customers over returned items and has even banned accounts from which even 10% of ordered items were returned, according to a report. | Continue reading


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Walmart acquires Flipkart for $16 bn, world’s largest ecommerce deal

The announcement culminates discussions between Walmart and Flipkart that began in September 2016 with Walmarts plans to pick a minority stake in Flipkart. | Continue reading


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