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Pakistani couple who ‘fled to India for love’ found to be adults: How bones and teeth determine age | Explained News
[ad_1] A Pakistani couple who had crossed into Kutch in October, claiming to have fled their village because their families opposed their relationship, have been booked under The Foreigners Act and the Passports Act after they were found to be adults, and not minors as they had claimed. Tara Ranmal ...
What It Is, How It Works & What Users Should Know
[ad_1] The DoT earlier told companies that the application cannot be deleted, restricted or disabled by users. However, following concerns over mandatory installation, Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia clarified on Tuesday (December 2) that it is optional. “If you want to delete the app, you can, it is not mandatory. For ...
Why Cyclone Ditwah caused large-scale damage in Sri Lanka
[ad_1] Cyclone Ditwah Sri Lanka damage: Cyclone Ditwah has been moving in the Indian Ocean region for almost a week now. It originated southeast of Sri Lanka on November 26 and moved slowly northwards along Sri Lanka’s eastern coastline, causing large-scale devastation. Hundreds of people are reported to have been ...
Why EU’s $140 million fine on Elon Musk’s X has ignited a political storm | Explained News
[ad_1] The European Union (EU) has fined Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) $140 million for violating one of the bloc’s key social media laws. The case is being seen as a key test of European officials’ ability to take on American tech giants, even though such actions could irk the ...
Australia social media ban on users aged under 16 kicks in: Why it could trigger a global crackdown | Explained News
[ad_1] Australia has become the first country in the world to enforce a minimum age for social media use, requiring platforms such as Instagram, YouTube and Snap to block more than a million accounts of users below the age of 16. The Australian legislation, which has drawn criticism from tech ...
Data centres in space? Here’s what Google’s Project Suncatcher attempts to do, and why | Explained News
[ad_1] 5 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Dec 11, 2025 01:44 PM IST Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced that the company has begun work on a long-term research initiative, Project Suncatcher, aiming to start putting solar-powered data centres into space by 2027. “We are taking our first step in ’27,” he told ...
How do these instruments work?
[ad_1] 4 min readNew DelhiDec 20, 2025 07:38 AM IST There are currently 47 Doppler weather radars (DWRs) across the country to survey weather patterns and forecast, Minister of State for Earth Science Jitendra Singh has said in response to a query during the Winter Session of the Parliament. He ...
Ramanujan birth anniversary The Hardy–Ramanujan number What 1729 reveals about Srinivasa Ramanujan, even to non-mathematicians
[ad_1] National Mathematics Day: December 22 is observed as National Mathematics Day in India to honour Srinivasa Ramanujan, the man who seemingly knew infinity. While Ramanujan is celebrated as a genius and a legend, often, there is the danger of popular discourse around him stopping right there — celebrating him ...
Isro LVM3-M6 rocket mission launches BlueBird Block-2 heaviest-ever satellite record 6,100 kg, is test of capability cost
[ad_1] ISRO BlueBird Block-2 Satellite Launch Explained: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched the LVM-3 rocket carrying its heaviest-ever satellite — BlueBird Block-2, weighing nearly 6,100 kg — on Wednesday at 8:24 am. A modified version of the LVM-3 rocket will also be used in the Gaganyaan missions. The ...
Explained Interview | How nanobots may help deliver targeted treatment against cancer | Explained News
[ad_1] Current cancer therapies are limited by the challenge of delivering medicines deep inside tumours while sparing healthy tissue, a barrier that must be overcome to realise the promise of targeted and personalised medicine. Dr Ambarish Ghosh, professor at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, has addressed this challenge ...
