A tiny insect became one of the earliest living passengers sent towards space, long before astronauts were routinely orbiting Earth. In 1947, fruit flies were loaded onto a captured German V-2 rocket in New Mexico as scientists began testing what happened to life above the atmosphere. The experiment was primitive by modern standards, but it…
Fans of the ‘Game Of Thrones’ universe could not believe their eyes when a social media post claimed that Christopher Nolan could direct the first big-screen ‘Game of Thrones’.A post that went viral online, claimed that Nolan is being eyed to helm the film titled ‘Game of Thrones: Aegon’s Conquest’. While the news sparked buzz…
General:Luck walks beside you today, though it doesn’t make you completely calm. Jupiter, your ruler, is supportive of gains and good news but the Moon keeps the mind disoriented, just like a bird that moves across branches.Even with that inner flutter, the day is good. In fact, better than expected in some ways. Doors open,…
NEW DELHI: India is increasingly stopping cyber fraud before money leaves a victim’s account. A telecom-led risk system has helped banks and payment platforms prevent suspected fraudulent transactions worth Rs 5,043.7 crore in 15 months, govt said, marking a shift from tracing stolen money to intercepting payments in real time, reports Aabhas Sharma.The Financial Fraud…
MUMBAI: RBI deputy governor Rohit Jain flagged concentration risk among banks as most of them become dependent on a few cloud, technology and model providers, warning that a common technology dependency could allow a disruption at one provider to spread across multiple financial institutions.Speaking at the Global Fintech Fest in Mumbai on Wednesday, Jain said…
Tasmania introduced brown trout from England for sport More than 160 years after Tasmania introduced British brown trout to create a major recreational fishery, conservation workers are building artificial barriers and clearing entire waterways to save a tiny native fish from extinction. The Swan galaxias (Galaxias fontanus), a small, scaleless freshwater fish found only in…
It’s “The Pitt” versus “Pluribus” and “Hacks” against “Widow’s Bay” at the 78th Emmy Awards on Monday night.The stars of all four shows – Noah Wyle in “The Pitt,” Rhea Seehorn in “Pluribus,” Jean Smart in “Hacks” and Matthew Rhys in “Widow’s Bay” – look to be runaway favorites for the top acting awards. And…
General:Balance is your natural gift, and today you’ll need it in real, practical ways. Not in theory. The scales stay fairly even, with income and spending matching each other, and that same pattern shows up in mood too.It’s not a huge deal however; nothing is racing ahead of itself. That’s fine. Venus makes the day…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi will host a gala dinner for the leaders participating in the Brics summit on Saturday evening, said govt in an announcement Wednesday. The summit will formally begin earlier in the day with Modi welcoming the leaders of Brics member states at the venue, Bharat Mandapam, and later joining them for…
MUMBAI: IPO-bound National Stock Exchange (NSE), the largest stock exchange in India by turnover and profits, is reducing the size of its offering to about 5.3% of its equity base, from 6% planned earlier. The stocks will be offered in a price band of Rs 1,700 to Rs 1,785 per share, people in the know…
