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Indian Regulator Sends Notices To Ola, Uber For Unfair Trade Practices
New Delhi: The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) on Friday issued notices to Ola and Uber for unfair trade practices and violation of consumer rights, slamming the ride-hailing platforms over lack of proper consumer grievance…
Cold Virus Caused 100,000 Deaths Worldwide In Kids In 2019: Lancet
London: Acute lower respiratory infection caused by Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) was responsible for more than 100,000 deaths in children under five across the globe in 2019, according to a study published in The Lancet.
The study…
Now Amazon Takes A Dig At Metaverse As Zuckerberg Makes Grand Plans
San Francisco/New Delhi: As Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg moves ahead with his grand metaverse plans, David Limp, who is Amazon's head of devices, has said that their company would rather focus on technology that affects the real world "here…
Twitter’s New Policy To Hide Tweets With False Information During Crisis
San Francisco: Microblogging site Twitter has announced that it is introducing a crisis misinformation policy that will help hide tweets that share false information during a crisis.
The company said that during periods of crisis access…
Vax Post Infection Can Lower Symptoms Of Long Covid: Study
London: People who take vaccination after an infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for Covid-19, are likely to have a decrease in the likelihood of long Covid symptoms, finds a large study.
A majority of people, including…
How Exhaust Pollution From SpaceX, Blue Origin Rockets Heat Atmosphere
Washington: Rockets' propulsion emissions create significant heating and compositional changes in the atmosphere, finds a study.
Popularised by commercial space flights of companies like SpaceX and Virgin Galactic, reusable space…
3 Senior Twitter Employees Quit Amid Musk-Agrawal Slugfest
San Francisco: Amid the ongoing slugfest between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Parag Agrawal, more Twitter executives have moved on, apparently sensing what may come their way at the micro-blogging platform in the near future.
Ilya Brown, a…
‘India Needs To Safeguard Developers, Consumers From App Stores’ Practices
New Delhi: The Competition Commission of India (CCI) is currently investigating both Apple and Google for their app store policies, particularly their payments policies, and the decision will play a key role in determining how Indian…
Garuda Aerospace Signs MoU With IIT Roorkee
Chennai: Drone manufacturer and drone-as-a-service provider Garuda Aerospace has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT-R) for development of drone eco-system.
According to Agnishwar…
Climate Change: Greenhouse Gas, Sea Level Rise Set New Records In 2021
Geneva: Greenhouse gas concentrations, sea level rise, ocean heat and ocean acidification -- the four key climate change indicators -- set new records in 2021 with extreme weather -- the day-to-day 'face' of climate change -- led to…