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NASA's New Horizons snaps farthest images ever taken

The routine calibration frame of the "Wishing Well" galactic open star cluster on December 5 was taken when New Horizons was 6.12 billion km from Earth -- making it, for a time, the farthest image ever made from Earth.

Feb 9, 2018

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Social media to maneuvre ransomware attacks

WhatsApp testing peer-to-peer payments feature in India

The payments feature would take advantage of UPI (Unified Payments Interface) and include support by a number of banks, including the State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, and Axis Bank

Feb 9, 2018

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How to dress for Valentine's Day?

Here are some tips by experts Minisha Mendonza and Gayetri Chakravarthy for you on how to be Valentine's Day-ready.

Feb 9, 2018

Twitter Q4 revenue up, user base at 330 mn

The micro-blogging platform reported $2.4 billion in revenue for 2017 -- a decrease of three per cent Year-on-Year.

Feb 9, 2018

Pokemon Go developers to launch new Harry Potter game

Touchscreen games may boost brain skills of old pooches: Study

Simple mental tasks on the computer, combined with a reward system, can replace physically demanding training and still keep the animals mentally fit even in old age.

Feb 9, 2018

Old chemical compounds may lead to new antibiotics: Scientists

Different chemical compounds with antibacterial properties were examined during the mid-20th century, but only a small proportion were selected for development into drugs.

Feb 9, 2018

English players excellent at faking falls, says Arsenal coach

Arsenal's head coach Arsene Wenger criticised the practice of faking falls, known as "diving," adding that English football players had become experts in these acts.

Feb 9, 2018

North Korea women's ice hockey athletes stand in a line at a dining hall at the Jincheon National Training Centre in Jincheon

South Korea loses to Slovenia in men's hockey tuneup

South Korea suffered 2-1 loss to Slovenia in a men's hockey tuneup game on Thursday before the PyeongChang Winter Olympics 2018.

Feb 9, 2018

Dow plunges over 1,000 points, sinks into correction

S&P 500 dropped 100.66 points, to 2,581.00. The Nasdaq Composite Index tumbled 274.82 points, or 3.90 percent, to 6,777.16.

Feb 9, 2018

2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics mascot Soohorang is seen as South Korean supporters cheer for the inter-Korean women's ice hockey athletes before their friendly match against Sweden in Incheon, South Korea,

South Korean curling team earn 1st win at 2018 Winter Olympics

Mixed doubles curling is being contested for the first time at 2018 Olympic Games in PyeongChang and South Korean mixed doubles curling team achieved their first victory.

Feb 9, 2018

Rihanna unveils Valentine's Day-themed socks

Earlier Rihanna said her passing for looking good could be traced back to her school days, revealing she used to frequently experiment with her uniform.

Feb 9, 2018

The International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach holds a news conference following the IOC Executive Board meeting ahead of the the 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea

Last Winter Olympics appeal by Russian athletes rejected

The Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed the last ditch appeals of 47 Russian athletes and coaches who were banned from participating in the Winter Olympics Games 2018.

Feb 9, 2018

Fortis Healthcare's promoters quit, crisis looms

The move follows the Delhi High Court ruling upholding an international arbitral award of Rs 3,500 crore to Japan's Daiichi Sankyo against the former promoters of Ranbaxy Laboratories.

Feb 9, 2018

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Dow dovetails by over 1,000 points, correction on cards?

The advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims four-week moving average was the lowest level since March 10, 1973 when it was 222,000.

Feb 9, 2018

President Trump slams Visa Lottery Program at FBI National Academy graduation ceremony

Trump calls Modi, Maldives takes centre-stage

Modi and Trump discussed further steps to denuclearize North Korea, they also discussed the plight of the Rohingya refugees from Myanmar.

Feb 9, 2018

I dated Ivanka Trump, says Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones also slammed President Donald Trump, saying he is the reason why outward racism has resurfaced.

Feb 8, 2018

Tesla reports record $675.4mn loss in Q4

The Palo Alto car company partly blamed the worst-ever figures on the high costs related to the production of its Model 3 electric sedan.

Feb 8, 2018

Google Photos gets AI-powered video feature

Google Photos is a photo-sharing and storage service developed by Google.

Feb 8, 2018

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New drug therapy may hold promise for asthma patients: Study

The treatment, which is not toxic in human cells, was found to prevent pulmonary resistance in egg-and dust mite-induced asthma as well as in chronic obstruction pulmonary disease.

Feb 8, 2018

Pakistani army abducts Pashtun girls and use them as sex slaves: Umar Khattak

US designates 3 Pakistanis as 'terrorist facilitators'

US Department of Treasury named Rahman Zeb Faqir Muhammad, Hizb Ullah Astam Khan and Dilawar Khan Nadir Khan as "Specially Designated Global Terrorists."

Feb 8, 2018

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