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Remembering Mangalyaan mission: 7 years of India’s successful entry into Mars orbit overcoming all odds
The team of scientists, who worked on this project, were led by the then ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan.
Leaked memo from Apple Inc reveals CEO Tim Cook irritated with employees who leak company memos
Ironically, Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook’s internal email to his employees warning against leaking company information was also promptly leaked
Tech giant Apple Inc promoting NDTV account on Twitter leaves netizens baffled
One user pointed out that Apple could be sponsoring NDTV by paying for its advertising rather than opting for a run-of-the-mill sponsorship/ financial deal.
Organisation of Big Tech companies that operate anti-terror database labels BJP as non-violent extremist fringe group
GIFCT says that Level 1 Fringe Groups, under which BJP is listed, promote norms of purity, supremacy, domination, or revenge
Beware: Hacked verified Twitter accounts of journalists used for phishing attacks on others, several become victims
Twitter account of The Bhutanese editor came under phishing attack by hacked account of Mid-Day journalist Gaurav Sarkar
Google removes ‘Ghazwa e Hind’ app from play store after uproar
Ghazwa-e-Hind that literally translates to 'holy raid of India', is a common term used by Islamic invaders and terrorists. The term finds its origin in Islamic literature named Hadiths.
Reddit, Guardian, NYTimes, Amazon and half the Internet websites went down in major outage
Many international media websites were down for about half an hour due in a major outage.
Covid-19 lab leak theory: Indian scientists had flagged ‘unnatural insertions’ in its genome, were forced to withdraw study
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Researchers from Kusuma School of Biological Sciences in IIT Delhi had found that Covid-19 virus in humans is different from those in bats
Twitter to launch paid subscription service ‘Twitter Blue’ including coloured themes and ‘undo tweet’ options
The Twitter Blue option is listed as an in-app purchase for ₹269 in India, £2.49 in the UK and $2.99 in the US
Mutations present in Coronavirus B.1.617 strain, dubbed as India strain and Modi strain, originated in the USA and Denmark
The variant B.1.617 of Coronavirus is a combination of mutations that had originated in the USA and Denmark, says GISAID
