Indians use 7GB+ cellular data per month on average – 29x increase in 4 years

The number of wireless data subscribers doubled between between 2014 and 2018, largely due to the cheaper prices of data.On average, wireless subscribers in 2018 used 7.6 GB of data per month, which w | Continue reading


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IIT Madras registers initial success with iron ion battery

The iron ion battery is cost-effective and can store a high amount of energy | Continue reading


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How will Chandrayaan 2 study the moon?

Why is India’s first attempt at a powered lunar landing important? | Continue reading


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India lifted 271M people out of poverty in 10 years

India lifted 271 million people out of poverty between 2006 and 2016, recording the fastest reductions in the multidimensional poverty index values during the period with strong improvements in areas | Continue reading


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Mumbai receives 91.9 mm rainfall in 24 hours, 2nd highest in 44 years

540 mm of rain in 48 hours leaves city inundated; Met Dept forecasts more rain | Continue reading


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Europe battles record-setting Heat-Wave

Burned trees remain after a fire in La Palma d'Ebre, Spain on Friday June 28, 2019. A major wildfire in northeastern Spain that began in a pile of chicken dung raged out of control for a third straight day Friday with more than 600 firefighters and six water-dropping aircraft bat … | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 4 years ago

Women of ISRO: Remarkable stories of grit and determination

The author on meeting the “wonder women” of India’s Mars mission and about the gender gap in science | Continue reading


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All it would have taken was to ensure that the children had a meal at night

All it would have taken was to ensure that the children had a meal at night | Continue reading


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India to Build New Space Station by 2027

The detailed project report on setting up a space station will be submitted to the government after the Gaganyaan mission. | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 4 years ago

IISc claim of zero electrical resistance at high temperatures replicated

The team was inspired by the work of Anshu Pandey and Dev Kumar Thapa of the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 4 years ago

Nipah Virus Confirmed in Kerala

Four others are suspected to have been infected with the virus. | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 4 years ago

IISc team provides video evidence of superconductivity at room temperature

The team led by Prof. Anshu Pandey from IISc’s Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, claim to have achieved superconductivity at ambient temperature and pressure. | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 4 years ago

IISc team confirms breakthrough in superconductivity at room temperature

Superconductivity at ambient temperature has been a holy grail in physics for about a century. | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 4 years ago

IIT Delhi 3D prints human skin

The model can reduce and even replace testing cosmetics on animals | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 5 years ago

Indian Army claims to have sighted footprints of Yeti – The Hindu

Army source says the claim was based on physical proofs, including "on-the-spot narration, photos and videos”. | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 5 years ago

Indian Army claims to have sighted footprints of the Yeti

Indian Army claimed that one of its mountaineering teams has sighted the footprints of the Yeti, a legendary snow being believed to reside in the Himalayas.“For the first time, an Indian Army mountain | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 5 years ago

Potato farmers cry foul as PepsiCo sues them

They face demand for ₹1.05 crore in damages for growing Lays variety, want government to step in | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 5 years ago

PepsiCo sues 4 Indian farmers for growing potato variety used in its Lays chips

They face demand for ₹1.05 crore in damages for growing Lays variety, want government to step in | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 5 years ago

Employees abduct tech firm owner to get their salary dues

The Halasuru police on Monday arrested four employees of a technology firm who abducted and tortured their employer to recover three months salary, which had not been paid. The victim, Sujay S.K., 23, | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 5 years ago

Carl Malamud – A Rebel Without a Pause

Malamud’s crime? Making public information accessible to the public | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 5 years ago

A free map for a global village

OpenStreetMap users in India speak about the project and its potential | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 5 years ago

Cabinet nod for ₹10,000-crore India's human space mission

Three-member crew to be in space for at least seven days. | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 5 years ago

All computers can now be monitored by govt. agencies [India]

The Ministry of Home Affairs issued an order authorising 10 Central agencies to intercept, monitor, and decrypt “any information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer.” | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 5 years ago

All computers now under government watch in India

The Ministry of Home Affairs issued an order authorising 10 Central agencies to intercept, monitor, and decrypt “any information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer.” | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 5 years ago

All computers now under govt. watch

The Ministry of Home Affairs issued an order authorising 10 Central agencies to intercept, monitor, and decrypt “any information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer.” | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 5 years ago

India: All computers now under govt. watch

The Ministry of Home Affairs issued an order authorising 10 Central agencies to intercept, monitor, and decrypt “any information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer.” | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 5 years ago

Hindustan Unilever Board Approves Merger with GSK Consumer Healthcare India

The total business of the latter is valued at ₹ 31,700 crore | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 5 years ago

Train 18 crosses 180 kmph speed limit during trial run

If all things go well, Train 18 will replace the current Shatabdi Express — a day train. | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 5 years ago

Non-tech companies speak in code

They are increasingly turning to hackathons to generate fresh ideas | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 5 years ago

Riemann Hypothesis Solved?

City professor delivers lecture on “final and exhaustive proof of the Riemann Hypothesis”, the foremost unsolved problems in mathematics | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 5 years ago

Aluminium and water are fuel for this electric vehicle

Firm develops metal-air battery to deliver higher mileage | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 5 years ago

India's low-cost smart home system

This IIT student has developed an indigenous, low-cost smart home system | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 5 years ago

WiFi tree that provides free wifi and charging ports from solar panels

Coimbatore Corporation Commissioner K. Vijayakarthikeyan on Wednesday inspected a smart bench or solar tree it has erected at the VOC Park grounds.According to sources, this is the second smart tree m | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 5 years ago

Tilting at windmills: On how US is causing harm to itself

Donald Trump’s trade war ignores the complexity of world supply chains and glosses over issues within U.S. industry | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 5 years ago

Launch of India’s second moon mission postponed

Chandrayaan-2to land a rover onthe lunar surface | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 5 years ago

NASA names Sunita Williams,8 others,for First flights on commercial spacecraft

The space agency has announced that the nine astronauts will launch on the first crewed test flights and missions of new commercial spacecraft built and operated by The Boeing Company and SpaceX. | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 5 years ago

Google says mea culpa on UIDAI in phone books

Discovery of the authority’s toll free number in mobile phones triggers panic over surveillance, privacy | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 5 years ago

Fully solar powered airport in India wins top UN environmental award

‘As world’s first fully solar-powered airport, an ambitious example has been set’ | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 5 years ago

New net neutrality regulation approved in India

India will now have among the strongest net neutrality regulations | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 5 years ago

India implements net neutrality

Some mission critical applications or services like remote surgery and autonomous cars will however be kept out of the purview of net neutrality framework. | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 5 years ago

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@thehindu.com | 5 years ago

Is data science the same as statistics?

The confusion continues till date | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 5 years ago

Toyota to buy $1B stake in Grab

Singapore-based Grab logs 6 million rides a day via apps; also offers food delivery | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 5 years ago

Guardians of the grain

Over the years we have lost over a lakh varieties of native rice. One district in Odisha is rediscovering some of them | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 5 years ago

Internet suspended in 3 Indian districts to curb rumours through WhatsApp

Collector, SP shifted; Internet suspended in three districts | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 5 years ago

Eminent physicist Sudarshan dead

He was recommended for the Nobel Prize nine times, but never awarded | Continue reading


@thehindu.com | 6 years ago

Indian Railway vendor fined for using water from toilet to make tea

The incident happened onboard the Chennai Central-Hyderabad Charminar Express in December 2017. | Continue reading


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