Mars rover data confirms ancient lake sediments on red planet
January 27, 2024 10:40 am | Updated 04:35 pm ISTNASA's rover Perseverance has gathered data confirming the existence of ancient lake sediments deposited by water that once filled a giant basin on Mars called Jezero Crater, according to a study published on Friday. The findings from ground-penetrating radar observations conducted by the robotic rover substantiate previous orbital imagery and other data leading scientists to theorize that portions of Mars were once covered in water and may have harbored microbial life. The research, led by teams from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and the University of Oslo, was published in the journal Science Advances. The findings reinforced what previous studies have long suggested - that cold, arid, lifeless Mars was once warm, wet and perhaps habitable. In the meantime, the latest study is welcome validation that scientists undertook their geo-biological Mars endeavor at the right place on the planet after all.
Source:The Hindu
January 27, 2024 11:48 UTC
Unveiling Tech Trends and Breakthroughs: January 2024, Week 3
Unveiling Tech Trends and Breakthroughs: January 2024, Week 3 Jaxl Innovations · Follow 4 min read · 1 day ago 1 day ago -- Listen Share1) Fully Private Internet is not a dream anymore! Researchers have made a breakthrough in private information retrieval, a key challenge in cryptography, bringing us closer to fully private internet searches. The Trello API was exploited by a threat actor to link private email addresses with 15 million Trello accounts, creating data profiles with both public and private information. Initially claimed to be scraped from public data, it was later revealed that a publicly exposed API allowed the association of email addresses with Trello profiles. Our Take- The exposure of 15 million Trello accounts, including private email addresses, could lead to targeted phishing attempts and identity theft.
Source:Hindustan Times
January 27, 2024 11:47 UTC
Malaikottai Vaaliban box office collection day 2: Mohanlal film falls down to half on Republic Day
Malaikottai Vaaliban box office: Mohanlal's fantasy drama had a good start on Thursday but fell to almost half on its second day. The Lijo Jose Pellissery directorial earned ₹2.75 crore on the Republic Day holiday on Friday, as per early estimates indicated in a report on Sacnilk.com. Also read: Malaikottai Vaaliban movie review: Mohanlal is the backbone of this fantasy entertainer Malaikottai Vaaliban stars Mohanlal as a warrior. Malaikottai Vaaliban had opened at ₹5.65 crore on Thursday amid high anticipation. Click hereMore about Malaikottai VaalibanMalaikottai Vaaliban also stars Sonalee Kulkarni, Hareesh Peradi, Manoj Moses, Katha Nandi, Danish Sait and Manikandan Achari.
Source:The Hindu
January 27, 2024 10:46 UTC
Apple resolves service outage that hit app store and music app
Apple Inc. resolved a service outage that affected its App Store, music app and the ability to purchase AppleCare support, disrupting several popular offerings for some customers. For more than an hour leading up to 7:42 p.m. New York time, “users may have been unable to make purchases in the iTunes Store, Mac App Store and App Store,” the company said on its system status page. Users of Apple Music, meanwhile, also suffered “intermittent issues with the service,” the iPhone maker said. Also read: Microsoft’s market cap climbs to $3 trillion, paving the way in AI innovationThe outages came the same week that Apple announced sweeping changes to the App Store in the European Union. Friday’s outages also included problems at Apple’s subscription purchase feature, which was having “intermittent issues.”More stories like this are available on bloomberg.comSHARE Copy linkEmailFacebookTwitterTelegramLinkedInWhatsAppReddit
Source:The Hindu
January 27, 2024 10:03 UTC
E Jean Carroll wins $83 million in defamation case against Donald Trump
E Jean Carroll, the writer and former advice columnist, was awarded a whopping $83.3m by a New York City jury on Friday in her defamation lawsuit against former US president Donald Trump. Columnist E Jean Carroll (L). Ex-US President Donald Trump. ALSO READ| Donald Trump briefly testifies in E Jean Carroll defamation trialThe E Jean Carroll lawsuitCarroll sued Trump for defamation in November 2019, claiming that he had smeared her character and damaged her career. ALSO READ| E. Jean Carroll defamation trial against Trump postponed due to Covid scare“I’m here because Donald Trump assaulted me, and when I wrote about it, he said it never happened,” Carroll said on the stand.
Source:Hindustan Times
January 27, 2024 09:27 UTC
How Nitish Kumar continued in power despite switching sides several times
Amid the political crisis in Bihar, the Congress party is apparently in a wait-and-watch mode, and the leaders are likely to make any formal statements once something concrete happens in the rift between JD(U) and RJD. The developments in Bihar become crucial for Congress as many of its allies in the INDIA bloc, including Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress and AAP in Punjab, as well as Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav, are also blaming them for the roadblock in the opposition alliance.
Source:India Today
January 27, 2024 08:50 UTC
Congress in wait-and-watch mode as political crisis looms in Bihar
Amid the political crisis in Bihar, the Congress party is apparently in a wait-and-watch mode, and the leaders are likely to make any formal statements once something concrete happens in the rift between JD(U) and RJD. The developments in Bihar become crucial for Congress as many of its allies in the INDIA bloc, including Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress and AAP in Punjab, as well as Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav, are also blaming them for the roadblock in the opposition alliance.
Source:India Today
January 27, 2024 08:35 UTC
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's big claims: ‘BJP offered ₹25 crore to 7 AAP MLAs’
(Hindustan Times)"Recently they contacted our 7 MLAs in Delhi and said 'we will arrest Kejriwal after a few days. Will give ₹25 crore and contest the elections on BJP ticket,” Arvind Kejriwal wrote on social media X. At a press conference, Delhi minister Atishi alleged that the BJP has launched 'Operation Lotus 2.0' in Delhi. "They had made a similar attempt to poach AAP MLAs last year by offering them money but failed," she claimed. Rejecting the allegation, Delhi BJP secretary Harish Khurana challenged Atishi to name the MLAs contacted and also those who reached out to them with the offer.
Source:Hindustan Times
January 27, 2024 08:03 UTC
Layoffs haunt tech industry in 2024
BENGALURU: Layoffs in the technology sector and start-ups continued in 2024, as both tech giants and Indian ventures have announced workforce reduction due to difficult economic cycles and also to streamline their operations. This year, Google and Amazon too announced fresh layoffs. Last week, Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai announced the company will reduce its workforce by 12,000 roles. In an email to Google employees, Pichai said, “Over the past two years we’ve seen periods of dramatic growth. Earlier, Amazon’s Audible division announced layoffs and as per reports, Amazon’s gaming streaming unit Twitch plans to fire about 500 employees.
Source:Indian Express
January 27, 2024 08:01 UTC
Nehru vision vs PM Modi vision and contested histories: Watch experts debate on Rajdeep Sardesai's show
In Rajdeep Sardesai's special edition -- Republic Day Roundtable -- experts debate over the relevance of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's vision and that of the incumbent, Narendra Modi. While author Rajat Sethi, one of the panellists, said the country's evolution and new-found confidence were noteworthy, a former professor at JNIAS, Aditya Mukherjee, held that he would not deem the changes as "evolution but inversion".
Source:India Today
January 27, 2024 07:22 UTC
GST commissioner lays emphasis on good governance
The 75th Republic Day celebrations saw the hoisting of the national flag, contingents take out parades, release of helium balloons and distribution of sweets across various organisations on Friday. At the GST Bhavan on Goubert Avenue, N. Padmasri, Commissioner of GST and Central Excise, accepted the guard of honour and unfurled the national flag. Addressing officers and staff, Ms. Padmasri stressed on the core principles of good governance and urged everyone to uphold them in service of the people and the nation. She exhorted the officers to rededicate themselves to creating a modern tax eco system which promotes ease of doing business and effective containment of malpractices by the unscrupulous trade. The Commissioner, along with the officers, released tri-coloured helium balloons and distributed sweets to children.
Source:The Hindu
January 27, 2024 07:01 UTC
Ayodhya as the Hindu Vatican
The name lights up a horizon of thought where the celestial meets the terrestrial—a rich, lambent, ambivalent zone. Prefixed by the negative ‘a-’ in a pattern common to Sanskrit, a-yodhya literally means ‘that which cannot be won in battle’, a place beyond the reach of the warrior’s sword. Here, Ayodhya is the human body. The city on the Sarayu, the abode of Rama Dasharathi, is yet to fully emerge from the mist at this point. But Ayodhya is already living its duality, on the cusp between the transcendental and the very, very earthly.
Source:The Hindu
January 27, 2024 06:54 UTC
job creation: Budget 2024: ‘After PLI, jobs-linked schemes need of the hour’
Budget Expectations: Following the success of production-linked incentive (PLI) schemes, the government needs to prepare the ground for employment-linked incentive schemes in the upcoming interim budget to spur employment generation and drive more people towards formalisation, said experts. “Several initiatives have been undertaken to spur employment generation in the country. He said the government needs to build on its initiatives with additional incentives. Also read: Govt’s formal job scheme may get extensionEarlier this month, the government announced that PLIs had garnered investment of Rs 1.03 lakh crore, which led to creation of about 678,000 jobs till November 2023. Mukundan, who is also the managing director of Tata Chemicals, also said the government should align its skilling initiatives with the needs of the private sector.
Source:Economic Times
January 27, 2024 06:22 UTC
TN brings together SC/ST entrepreneurs, showcases their products, talent
Youth Welfare and Sports Development Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, who inaugurated the program, said the contribution of SC/ST entrepreneurs is important in achieving the state's target of $1 trillion economy. In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the state government brought together entrepreneurs from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) under one roof at the “TN Beat Expo 2024 – Building Entrepreneurs among Adi Dravidians and Tribals”. South India's biggest business conclave and exhibition for SC/ST entrepreneurs will be held on Friday. We are also connecting them with buyers.”Around 400 exhibitors are participating in the event, with more than 5,000 consumer products made by SC/ST entrepreneurs from across the state on display. The in-charge at the stall of the National SC-ST Hub Office was telling the entrepreneurs about various schemes and loan opportunities.
Source:The Hindu
January 27, 2024 06:04 UTC
MLA Palla, wife booked for attempt to encroach land
HYDERABAD :A case has been registered against Jangaon BRS MLA Palla Rajeshwar Reddy for allegedly trying to illegally occupy a plot of land belonging to a woman named Radhika. Eight other victims also approached the police claiming their properties were also trespassed by the MLA. Radhika filed a complaint accusing Rajeshwar Reddy, his wife Neelima and another person — Madhukar Reddy — of trying to remove the boundary markers from her plot located in Chowdariguda.
Source:Indian Express
January 27, 2024 03:28 UTC