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14 Jul

NASA intern mocked for having Goddess Laxmi, Saraswati idols near laptop; Netizens call out ‘Hinduphobia’

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Space agency NASA recently shared a collage of their interns on Twitter and the photo has rekindled the debate on science vs religion. NASA had posted a reminder that the last day for fall applications for its internships was on July 10. The debate between science and religion is as old as time and there has never been a conclusion to the debate. NASA's internships are arranged in three sessions during the calendar year, which includes spring, fall and summer. The American space agency is known for giving opportunities to future scientists, engineers and other professionals. Among the photos shared…

09 Jul

Facebook must take responsibility for content on its platform: SC

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The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the Delhi Assembly's right to summon and compel entities like Facebook to appear before its committees on grounds of its privilege. Hearing a plea filed by Facebook India's MD Ajit Mohan challenging the Delhi Assembly's summon to appear before it in connection with the 2020 Delhi riots, the Supreme Court held that digital platforms like Facebook have become power centres that have the ability to influence opinions. The court said they thus will have to remain accountable. While dealing with the controversy over the Delhi Assembly committee summoning Facebook Vice-President Ajit Mohan for spread…

04 Jul

Will Name Interim Resident Grievance Officer Soon: Twitter to Delhi HC

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Twitter has told the Delhi High Court that it is in the “final stages” of appointing an interim chief compliance officer and an interim resident grievance officer under the new Information Technology (IT) Rules. In the meantime, grievances raised by Indian users are being looked into by a grievance officer, it said in an affidavit submitted in response to a plea by lawyer Amit Acharya, in which he claimed non-compliance of the Centre’s new IT Rules by the platform. The micro-blogging site has also said it may fall within the definition of a “significant social media intermediary” under the Information…

28 Jun

India successfully test-fires new variant of nuclear-capable Agni missile

editor0 CommentsIndia, TechnologyINDIANGOVERNMENT, TECHNOLOGY

India on Monday successfully test-fired a new variant of its nuclear-capable Agni missile from a defence base off Odisha coast, an official statement by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said. The new nuclear-capable missile is fully made up of composite material, according to news agency ANI. A lot of new technologies have been incorporated in the new missile, the DRDO officials said. "Various telemetry and radar stations positioned along the eastern coast tracked and monitored the missile. The missile has followed textbook trajectory, meeting all mission objectives with high level of accuracy," the DRDO said in a statement. "Being…

24 Jun

DoT grants permission for 5G trial spectrum to MTNL

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The Department of Telecom on Wednesday allowed the spectrum for 5G field trials to the state-owned telecom firm MTNL with C-DoT as its technology partner. Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea were given the spectrum in May to conduct 5G trials across select cities in India. "(The) DoT has given spectrum to MTNL for 5G trials in Delhi. It will conduct trials in partnership with C-DoT," the official source said. The state-owned telecom firm will conduct trials in the Najafgarh area of Delhi. According to DoT, 5G technology is expected to deliver 10 times better download speed than that…

20 Jun

Indian government speaks to United Nations about the new IT rules for social media companies

editor0 CommentsIndia, International, TechnologyIndia, social media, united nations

The Indian government addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council about the new IT rules for social media companies. The government told the Council that the formulation of the new rules was necessitated by the concerns over increased instances of abuse of new media platforms including inducement for recruitment of terrorists, obscene content, financial frauds and incitement of violence. The Permanent Mission of India to the UN in Geneva referred to communication by UN Special Rapporteurs in which concerns were raised over the new IT rules for social and digital media, in a letter to the secretariat of the council.…

18 Jun

OnePlus Nord CE 5G starts receiving its first software update

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OnePlus recently launched the Nord CE 5G and it has already started receiving its first update addressing some issues and bumping up Google's security patch to May 2021. The update improves the colour accuracy of the display, ironing of some stability issues and tuning for the selfie portrait mode. The software version is OxygenOS 11.0.2.2. Interesting part is that it's still not being widely distributed but with only a limited number of early buyers confirms they got it, GSMArena reported. Since there's not even a post in OnePlus' community forum about the update so users might have to wait before…

17 Jun

China launches Shenzhou-12 shuttle carrying three astronauts, first crew to new space station

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China launched aspacecraft on Thursday, June 17, 2021, carrying three astronauts to part of a space station still under construction for the longest stay in low Earth orbit by any Chinese national. A Long March 2F rocket transporting the Shenzhou-12, or Divine Vessel, bound for the space station module Tianhe blasted off at 9:22 a.m. Beijing time (0122 GMT) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern Gansu province. The launch time saw bright blue skies with near perfect visibility at the launch center on the edge of the Gobi Desert. Among the astronauts in China's space mission, Nie Haisheng…

05 Jun

Facebook cites Trump’s actions as “a severe violation” of their rules

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Former US President Donald Trump was barred indefinitely from Facebook and Instagram in January in the wake of posts he made on the US Capitol riots. Facebook said Mr Trump's actions were "a severe violation of our rules". Mr Trump said the move was "an insult" to the millions who voted for him in last year's presidential election. Facebook's move comes as the social media giant is also ending a policy shielding politicians from some content moderation rules. It said that it would no longer give politicians immunity for deceptive or abusive content based on their comments being newsworthy. Mr…

04 Jun

Google issues apology after insensitive search results for Kannada language

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After Google search with the keywords of "ugliest language in India" showed Kannada as the top result, India's Karnataka state says it plans to send a legal notice to Google. On Thursday, Google released a statement apologising for "the misunderstanding and hurting any sentiments". Many, including leaders from the southern Indian state, expressed their outrage at the search result on Thursday. It has fixed the search results following a massive outrage. Karnataka minister Aravind Limbavali demanded an apology from the tech company saying that this was an attempt by Google to insult the pride of Kannadigas [Kannada speakers]. "The Kannada…