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Infosys Prize Shifts Focus to Early-Career Achievements, Adjusts Age Limit

The Infosys Science Foundation (ISF) recently made big changes to the Infosys Prize, with the goal of recognizing early careers more. The age limit for prize winners has...

May 16, 2024

India Tops Global Internet Shutdowns for the Sixth Year

For the sixth year in a row, India had the most number of Internet shutdowns reported anywhere in the world in the year 2023. There were 116 incidents...

May 16, 2024

NASA Captures Yin-Yang Crater On Turkey’s Mount Nemrut

NASA’s International Space Station recently took a unique picture of a strange hole on Mount Nemrut in Turkey, which is a dormant stratovolcano. As seen in the picture,...

May 16, 2024

EPFO Introduces Auto-Mode for Education, Marriage Claims

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) has made it easier to settle claims for loans used for things like schooling, marriage, and housing by adding an “auto-mode settlement”...

May 16, 2024

Hepatitis A Outbreak Affects 8,000 in Kerala’s Malappuram

There has been a big spread of Hepatitis A in Kerala’s Malappuram district, with about 8,000 cases and 12 deaths. The virus, which is known for being very...

May 16, 2024

Indian Army Sets Up Highest Tank Repair Facilities in Ladakh

Since April to May 2020, when China sent troops to the border, the Indian Army has been present in Eastern Ladakh more than before. Over 500 tanks and...

May 16, 2024

Pakistan Successfully Tests Precision-Guided ‘Fatah-II’ Rocket

Pakistan did a successful test launch of the “Fatah-II” guided multi-launch rocket system. Pakistan’s weaponry is getting better, and this event is a big step in that direction....

May 16, 2024

Japan, US to Develop Hypersonic Missile Interceptors by 2030s

Japan and the US recently decided to work together to make interceptors that can shoot down hypersonic missiles. A contract worth more than $3 billion was signed between...

May 16, 2024

2023 Summer Hottest in 2,000 Years, Studies Show

In the past few years, extreme weather has been caused by rising temperatures around the world. It was the hottest summer ever in the northern hemisphere in 2023,...

May 16, 2024

IIITB Develops IoT-Enabled Wheelchair for Stroke Rehabilitation

The IIIT Bangalore recently unveiled “XoRehab,” a new IoT-enabled wheelchair device that was made possible by the Centre for the Internet of Ethical Things and with help from...

May 16, 2024

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