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Sh. Ravi Shankar Prasad to felicitate the winners of #OpenGovDataHack National Challenge

open view web desk Union Minister for Electronics & Information Technology Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad in the august presence of Shri S.S. Ahluwalia, Union Minister of State, Electronics and IT, Shri Ajay Sawhney, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & IT and Dr. Neeta Verma, Director General, National Informatics Centre, […]

Pakistan acquits Christian woman facing death for blasphemy

ISLAMABAD— Pakistan’s top court on Wednesday acquitted a Christian woman who was sentenced to death in 2010 on blasphemy charges, a landmark ruling that could ignite mass protests or violence by hard-line Islamists. Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar announced the verdict to a packed courtroom and ordered Asia […]

Parker Solar Probe breaks speed record, becomes closest spacecraft to sun

The Parker Solar Probe now holds two records: Closest approach to the sun by a spacecraft and fastest human-made object relative to the Sun. Since its launch on Aug. 12 from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, the probe has passed Venus and is heading closer to the Sun. In all, the […]

Mobster ‘Whitey’ Bulger found dead in West Virginia prison

Notorious Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger was found dead Tuesday one day after being transferred to a federal prison in West Virginia, federal officials said. Unnamed sources told the Boston Globe that a fellow inmate with ties to the mafia killed Bulger. Federal investigators were probing the death. “The […]

No benefit to treatment for low-risk mild hypertension, analysis suggests

A study in Britain found no benefits to prescribing drugs for patients with low-risk mild hypertension, contrary to U.S. medical groups’ new guidelines. Researchers from the University of Oxford, Cambridge University and the University of Birmingham came to that conclusion after studying the records of 38,286 patients collected […]

Safety concerns are main reason parents hesitate on HPV vaccine

 Safety concerns are a main reason American parents hesitate to have their children vaccinated against the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus, or HPV, according to a new study. The finding challenges a common reason given by doctors for not recommending the vaccine more forcefully — that parents are concerned […]

First digital air connection established between F-35, U.S. Navy vessel

Raytheon and the U.S. Navy successfully linked a Marine Corps F-35B with the USS Wasp, allowing for sharing of information on targets, mission assignment and aircraft status. Raytheon’s Ship Self Defense System created the first-ever digital air connection between a U.S. Navy ship at sea and a U.S. Marine […]

Study: World vertebrates population down 60 percent in 40 years

The population of the world’s vertebrates — including mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians — has dropped 60 percent over the past 40 years and the rate of extinction is 100 to 1,000 times higher because of “human pressure,” according to a new study. The World Wildlife Fund, or […]

U.N. human rights chief calls for independent probe of Khashoggi’s death

The United Nations’ commissioner for human rights called Tuesday for an independent and impartial investigation into the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Michelle Bachelet said she welcomed steps taken by the Turkish and Saudi government to probe his death, but given Saudi Arabia’s apparent involvement in the slaying, “the […]

Alphabet executive resigns after sexual harassment allegations

Oct. 30 : An executive at Google‘s parent company Alphabet resigned Tuesday after reports of sexual harassment. Rich DeVaul, a director at Alphabet’s research lab X, left the company without receiving an exit package, Axios reported. DeVaul was one of several Google and Alphabet employees named in a New York Times article last […]

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