Indians Flood Twitter With The Most Middle Class Memes as Sitharaman Announces Budget 2021

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is presenting the Union Budget 2021 in Parliament currently and the Internet has already taken off with memes.

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NASA's Perseverance Rover to Land on Mars in Feb. Will We Finally Know Origin of Life On Earth?

Jezero Crater is believed to be the perfect place to search for signs of ancient microbial life on Mars. Billions of years ago, the now-bone-dry 45-kilometre-wide basin was home to an actively-forming river delta and lake filled with water.

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Feb 1, 2003: Tragedy That Struck Kalpana Chawla's Space Shuttle Columbia During its Re-entry

The Columbia Accident Investigation Board in its investigation found that a hole was punctured in the leading edge on one of the wings of Columbia during the launch 16 days prior to the explosion involving the demise of all its seven crew members including Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian-origin woman to go to space.

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Cinema in Lockdown: Swedish Nurse Wins a Week of Isolation, Films Amid Pandemic

Lisa Enroth was selected among 12,000 volunteers to spend a week on the island of Hamneskar at Pater Noster, a former lighthouse turned boutique hotel.

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A Student-Run 'Free Grocery' Store is Feeding the Needy in This US Town

The idea is to provide students with job skills, and at the same time help students, staff and local residents who are in need. And the store has one more purpose: teaching the youngsters the value of giving back to their community.

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Chip Sales Rose 6.5% Globally In 2020 After Year-end Rush

Global semiconductor sales rose 6.5% overall in 2020, as a recovery during the last three months of the year helped offset a sharp dropoff in March and April, when pandemic stayhome orders rolled out around the world.

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This Year’s Union Budget Is All Digital With Made In India Tablet As Out Goes The Bahi Khata

The use of a Made In India tablet is a dual push for digitization as well as the Atmanirbhar Bharat push along with the Made in India initiative. Earlier, the government rolled out the Union Budget app for smartphones that will allow users to follow the budget updates on their phones.

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Apple Achieves Another Milestone – More Than 1 Billion Active iPhones in the World Currently

Apple had announced the sale of its billionth iPhone in 2016 and said that it had hit 900 million active iPhone users in 2019.

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Invite-only Chat App Clubhouse Booms In Japan

Private social audio app Clubhouse is growing rapidly in Japan and now ranks first among free apps on Apple's App Store in a test of its international viability following its latest funding round.

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Apple Just Made iMessage Even More Secure And The Best Part Is, You Don’t Need To Toggle Anything On

The way the iMessage protective layer works is that the BlastDoor sandboxing essentially provides for what is a quarantine zone where the service can inspect an incoming attachment in a message, for any malicious code or add-ons, before it is released and you receive it as a new iMessage on your iPhone.

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Poco M3 India Launch Tomorrow at 12PM: Expected Price, Specifications and More

Poco M3 comes as the successor to Poco M2 that came to India in November 2020. The smartphone will come with a triple rear camera and will be sold on Flipkart.

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Cardi B Played 'Kaliyon Ka Chaman' in Viral Announcement Video and Desis are Tripping Over it

Cardi B sent her fans in a frenzy after the rapper teased an announcement on Instagram and Twitter about something exciting that was coming up on 1 February.

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The Rise and Fall of Aung San Kuu Kyi: Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Rohingya Crisis, Now Under House Arrest

Myanmar's military seized power on Monday in a coup against the democratically elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who was detained along with other leaders of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party in early morning raids. Who is Aung San Suu Kyi?

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Britain's Centenarian Fundraiser Captain Tom Moore Admitted to Hospital With Covid-19

The World War Two veteran caught the public's imagination in April, just before his 100th birthday, when he was filmed doing laps with the help of a walking frame around his garden in the village of Marston Moretaine, north of London.

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GameStop, AMC, Dogecoin: Reddit's Takeover Of Wall Street's Stocks May Be Far From Over

Amid the wild price fluctuations, the amount of position covering last week by U.S. hedge funds, buying and selling, was the highest since the financial crisis more than a decade ago, according to an analysis by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Nevertheless, their market exposure to stocks is still near record levels, the investment bank warned.

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As Google Eyes Australia Exit, Microsoft Talks Bing With PM

Software giant Microsoft Corp is confident its search product Bing can fill the gap in Australia if Google pulls its search over required payments to media outlets, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday.

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Asus ROG Academy Aims to Mould Indian Gamers Into Professional Esports Players

The Asus ROG Academy will be looking at Counter Strike: Global Offensive initially, and the company plans to look at other titles as well in the near future.

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LG Velvet Is Getting Stable Android 11 Update - Availability, Size, and Other Details

LG Velvet was launched by the South Korean manufacturer in October last year in India. The smartphone came to our market after almost eight months of its global debut.

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2020 Was Awful But 37% People Believe Common Man's Quality of Life to Improve in 2021

Another 21.7 per cent of the respondents felt that the quality of life of a common Indian will remain the same, while 25.8 per cent of the respondents said that the quality of life will deteriorate further in days ahead.

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Usman Khawaja 'Undresses' During BBL Game to Change Abdomen Guard, Leaves Fans in Disbelief

BBL contest between Sydney Thunder and Brisbane Heat came to a standstill on Sunday after Thunder batsman Usman Khawaja decided to disrobe on the cricket field, leaving everyone chuckling.

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Reduced GST on Masks, Benefits for Hospital Staff: A Doctor's Wishlist for Budget 2021

Here's a look at what a healthcare professional is expecting from Budget 2021.

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Schoolteacher Who Made Bernie Sander's Viral Memes Finds Manufacturer as Demand Shoots Up

The senator's homely brown and beige mittens featured prominently in a photo from the January 20 inauguration showing Sanders sitting alone in a folding chair, bundled up and seemingly unimpressed with the pomp and circumstance.

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Pay Your Credit Card Bill Today On CRED During The Budget And You May Win Back Income Tax You Paid

The way this works is that you need to head to the My Money section in the CRED app on your Apple iPhone or Android phone, and select the Credit Score tab. As per the last reported numbers, CRED has a user base of 5.9 million credit card users with a median credit score of 830.

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Xiaomi Mi A3 Gets New System Update With Native Screen Recorder a Month After Bricking Debacle

The latest system update for the Xiaomi Mi A3 comes with build number V12.0.4.0.RFQMIXM (global variant) and is 329MB in size. The new update also brings YouTube Music as a system app that cannot be uninstalled.

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Most WhatsApp Users Reconsidering Its Usage, Telegram Leading as an Alternative: Study

As per the CyberMedia Research study covering 1,500 WhatsApp users, 79 percent are reconsidering using it, while 28 percent of those even planning to leave WhatsApp after the implementation of its new policy in May 2021.

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Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro Tipped to Pack 5,000mAh Dual-Cell Battery With 80W Fast Charging Support

The latest development was shared by notable tipster Digital Chat Station on Weibo. The same tipster had claimed that Xiaomi might launch the Mi 11 Pro next month.

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Follow Budget 2021 On Your Android Phone And iPhone With This App: How To Download

Budget 2021-related documents will be available to access after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's presentation on February 1. Members of parliament will too be provided with a digital version of the Budget 2021 to align with COVID-19 protocols.

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Ticket to Freedom: Rebel Parisians are Secretly Dodging Curfew, Fine by Discreetly Ride-sharing Taxis

Accounts from taxi drivers and passengers in Paris suggested that people breaking curfew were more likely to be caught if they were on public transport than if they were in a taxi. Hailing a ride makes economic sense because a taxi fare will work out less than the fine.

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Facebook to Develop Tools to Allow Advertisers Remove Certain Posts Appearing Next to Their Ads

Advertisers have complained for years that big social media companies do very little to prevent ads from appearing alongside hate speech, fake news and other harmful content. In September, Facebook signed a deal with big advertisers to curb harmful content online.

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Netflix' New Experimental Timer Feature for Android App Stops Streaming After Set Period

Both Android and iOS smartphones allow users to set a timer for an individual app from the phone's settings (via screen time), but the latest timer feature lets the Netflix app finish an entire episode and then shut automatically, without hampering the viewing experience.

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British Govt Withdraws Covid-19 Awareness Commercial Called Out For its '1950s Sexism'

The advert showed four households - one in which a woman holds a baby next to what seems to be an ironing board, another with a woman home-schooling two children, and a third with two women who are cleaning. The only man is seen sitting on a sofa with a woman and child.

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Merriam-Webster Adds 'Second Gentleman' as Kamala Harris Takes Office. Here's What it Means

The word defines the term as 'the husband or male partner of a vice president or second in command of a country or jurisdiction', pretty much how it defines the 'second lady'.

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Andhra Man in His 80s Weaves Blouse, Handbag and Sarees With Paddy Straw

An octogenarian from Veerannapalem village in Andhra Pradesh's Prakasam district has mastered the art of weaving sarees from paddy straw.

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Union Budget 2021-22 Expectation: Compulsory Health Insurance, Invest in Our Own Technology

The pressure on the health industry to deliver, despite various challenges, has been immense. While initially the sector was reeling under pressure, it was fast to recover and deliver efficiently to the nations rising need of care as the cases steadfastly increased.

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Myntra Changing its 'Offensive Logo' After Complaint Has Started a Meme Fest on Twitter

Myntra announced its decision to tweak its logo after a formal complaint claimed that it was offensive and resembled a naked woman.

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Who was Sophie? A Look at Life of the Avant-pop Artist, Trans Rights Icon Who Died Tragically at 34

As great and revolutionizing was Sophie's career, she was equally a force to reckon with when it came to being a change maker in gender identity and standing up for trans rights.

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'Royal Purple' Fabric from King David Era, Preserved for Over 3,000 Years, Found by Israeli Scientists

Israeli researchers said they had found scraps of fabric coloured with a purple dye dating from the eras of King David and King Solomon in the south of the country.

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Union Budget 2021 Will Go Paperless With Dedicated App for Android, iOS Phones: All You Need to Know

Budget 2021-related documents will be available to access after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's presentation on February 1. Members of parliament will too be provided with a digital version of the Budget 2021 to align with COVID-19 protocols.

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Apple TV Plus Users Who Renewed Their Subscription Ahead of Free Trial Extension Will Get Refund Credits

Apple extended the Apple TV Plus free trial subscription for those users whose membership is slated to expire between February to June 2021. Apple offers a free trial of its streaming service with newly purchased Apple devices like the iPhone, Mac, iPad, and more.

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Realme X7 5G May Come in Two Storage Variants in India, Prices Leaked Ahead of February 4 Launch

The Realme X7 and Realme X7 Pro debuted in China in September 2020 with 5G support, quad rear cameras and more. The phones will retain in India via Flipkart and Realme offline and online channels.

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Doomsday Clock is Just 100 Seconds Away from 'Midnight'. How Close Are we to an Apocalypse?

But what is a Doomsday Clock and what happens when the clock strikes midnight? Here is a brief explainer on how the clock came into being and what it predicts.

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Chinese Millenials are Not Getting Married and the Government is Worried. Here's Why

A growing number of Chinese millennials are postponing or eschewing marriage entirely. In just six years, the number of Chinese people getting married for the first time has fallen by a crushing 41%, from 23.8 million in 2013 to 13.9 million in 2019.

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As the World Battles a Pandemic, 10 Facts About the Most Dangerous Diseases You've Never Heard of

Affecting over 1.7 billion globally, NTDs (Neglected Tropical Diseases) are responsible for thousands of preventable deaths each year. The number of people affected has fallen from 2 billion in 2010 to 1.6 billion in 2017.

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US First Lady to Help Reunite Migrant Children with Parents as Joe Biden Launches Task Force

Jill Biden, 69, has a doctorate in education and plans to keep teaching at a university close to Washington while her husband serves as president.

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This Barber from Canada Has Converted Her Salon into Film Studio to Survive Covid-19 Lockdown

Alicia had to take this drastic step because according to Ontario’s lockdown rules, film and television productions are allowed to continue operating but not salons and barbershops.

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BYJU'S Young Genius: App Whiz Anubrata Sarker and Musician Steven Samuel Devassy Share Their Inspirations

The third episode of BYJU'S Young Genius celebrated the achievements and motivations of 'App Whiz' Anubrata Sarker and drumming maestro Steven Samuel Devassy.

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Will Apple Finally Bring In-Display Fingerprint Sensor on iPhone This Year? Here's What We Know

A recent report has said that Apple may go with a version of an optical in-display fingerprint sensor on the iPhone 13 series.

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Myntra to Change 'Offensive' Logo Following Complaint from Women's Rights Activist

E-commerce website Myntra will be changing its logo following complaints from activists who stated that the design was offensive to women.

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Elon Musk vs Randeep Hothi: Who is Indian-American Student Suing Tesla for Defamation and Winning?

Elon Musk and Indian-American graduate student Randeep Hothi have been involved in a legal battle since 2019 after the latter complained the millionaire spurred a hate campaign against him.

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Justice Pushpa Virendra Ganediwala: Who is the Bombay HC Judge Behind the Controversial POSCO Rulings?

Justice Pushpa Ganediwala of the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court, in a judgment passed on January 19, held that there must be 'skin to skin contact with sexual intent' for an act to be considered sexual assault. She said in her verdict that mere groping will not fall under the definition of sexual assault.

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