HAPPY RATH YATRA 2022: Rath Yatra is Odisha’s biggest festival, commemorating Jagannath’s annual visit to Gundicha Temple via Mausi Maa Temple. On the day, hundreds of thousands of devotees gather to seek the blessings of Lord Jagannath, an incarnation of Vishnu. Lord Jagannath is accompanied by elder brother Balbhadra (Balaram) and sister Subhadra. Idols of the … Read more
The first six months of 2022 have proved volatile for domestic equity markets. Benchmarks Sensex and Nifty have registered double-digit cuts, while indices used to track second rung counters are down up to 17 per cent so far this year. According to the data from AceEquity, 392 stocks out of the BSE 500 index have … Read more
When Doug Milnes started buying cryptocurrencies in January of this year, he felt like it could become an entirely new asset class for investors. Right now what it is making him feel is extremely unsettled. The marketing executive from Summit, New Jersey, says his holdings, including a number of different cryptocurrencies like ethereum, are down … Read more
Natalie McGarry sentenced to two years in prison for taking cash from two pro-independence groups. Source link
The National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) of Brazil has launched an open public consultation on a proposal to make USB Type-C chargers standard for all smartphones sold in the country. The European Union earlier this month finalised a common charging port for mobile phones, tablets, headphones, and cameras. However, Anatel’s new proposal covers only smartphones. The … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the G7 Summit held in Germany over the weekend and presented the world leaders with various art and craft pieces that represent the cultural heritage of India. The presents were sourced from all parts of India but most of these were made from Uttar Pradesh. Here’s a look at who … Read more
New Delhi: The decision to allow firms below the GST threshold to engage in e-commerce is a major decision, which will help small businesses get benefitted from the fast-growing online sector, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday. The decision will be a game-changer for the success of the government’s Open Network For … Read more
China’s slowing economy and an inflation-driven drop in consumer spending are expected to drag down global shipments of computers and smartphones this year, according to research firm Gartner. Shipments to China – the world’s biggest smartphone market – are expected to shrink by 18 percent as demand takes a beating from strict COVID-19 curbs that … Read more
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impactor can severely deform the small asteroid it will collide with, a new simulation suggests. It was earlier thought that the DART impactor would leave behind a crater. The DART impactor is an ambitious mission to test the viability of using a kinetic impactor to deflect an asteroid heading … Read more
The fossil of a small mammal resembling squirrels in Jammu & Kashmir’s Ramnagar area could hold the key to determining the true age of the region. The fossils, resembling treeshrew squirrels, belong to a new genus and species. The treeshrew currently represents the oldest record of fossil tupaiids in the Siwalik range, extending their time … Read more