Android’s Nearby Sharing Feature May Be Coming to Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome OS !!

Android’s Nearby Sharing Feature May Be Coming to Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome OS !!

Android’s ‘Nearby Sharing’ feature will make it’s the way to Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome OS, as per code and options seen in the Chrome OS Settings app in Canary builds. Google has long been reported to be working on Nearby Sharing feature in Android that will allow users to share files wirelessly to nearby devices. Now, a new report suggests that the search giant plans on bringing the feature to Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome OS. The AirDrop-like feature was found in Chrome OS in the latest build of…

NASA’s Next Mars Rover Perseverance Honours Medical Teams Fighting Coronavirus !!

NASA’s Next Mars Rover Perseverance Honours Medical Teams Fighting Coronavirus !!

NASA’s next Mars rover is honouring all the medical workers on the front lines of the covid-19 battle around the world. With just another month until liftoff, the space agency on Wednesday revealed a commemorative plate attached to the rover, aptly named Perseverance. The rover team calls it the COVID-19 Perseverance plate, designed in the last couple months. The black and white aluminium plate — 3-by-5 inches (8-by-13 centimetres) — shows planet Earth atop a staff entwined with a serpent, a symbol of the medical community. The path of the spacecraft…

Ahead of Rath Yatra, curfew imposed for 41 hours in Puri; 700 priests go in for Covid-19 test !!

  Odisha: Hours after the Supreme Court allowed the Rath Yatra in Puri on Tuesday with restrictions in view of the coronavirus pandemic, the Odisha government imposed a 41-hour curfew in the temple town of Puri and started Covid-19 tests of 700 temple priests who would pull the 3 chariots. The SC said in its order that each chariot would be pulled by not more than 500 people, including officials and police and there has to be an interval of 1 hour between pulling of chariots. More than a dozen…

Google Doodle marks beginning of summer in northern hemisphere with adorable illustration !!

New Delhi: Google marked the beginning of the summer season in the northern hemisphere with an adorable doodle on Saturday. The illustration, set in hues of orange, yellow and blue, features an animated representation of the rising sun while a flamingo enjoyed a hot air balloon ride in the sky. Summer 2020 begins in the Northern Hemisphere on June 21 and will last till September 22. Dates differs from  as per the climate and traditions every particular year. During summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it is winter in the Southern…

SC rejects power companies’ bid to extend emissions deadline !!

  Chennai: India’s Supreme Court rejected a request by power producers to extend a deadline to install equipment to cut emissions by two years to 2024, according to an order uploaded on the court’s website late on Monday. India has a phased plan for plants to comply with emissions standards, which involve installing Flue Gas Desulphurization (FGD) units that cut emissions of sulphur dioxide – known to cause lung diseases. More than half of India’s coal-fired power plants ordered to retrofit equipment to curb sulphur oxide emissions are set to…

Apple WWDC 2020: Top five new features expected for iPhone, iPad users !!

We’re just a few hours away from Apple’s annual developer conference, WWDC 2020. This year, the company is holding the event online in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic. Just like every year, Apple will unveil a new iteration of its mobile operating system. The latest iteration for iPhone users is going to be IOS14 or iPhone OS. For iPad users, it will be iPadOS 14. It may be recalled Apple has split OS for the two platforms since last year. The two, however, share some common features and functionalities.’Ahead of…

Rapido launches Rapido Store in India !!

Bike taxi service Rapido launched the Rapido Store in India today. The Rapido Store is a business delivery service that will enable local businesses to take care of multiple customer deliveries simultaneously in the most affordable and trusted manner. Additionally, it will also enable users to track all their deliveries across customers simultaneously. This service is currently available in Bengaluru and Vijayawada and it will be available in other tier I and tier 2 cities where Rapido is available in the coming days. While in Bengaluru, the base price of…

National Test Abhyas app now has questions in Hindi for JEE, NEET aspirants: HRD minister !!

New Delhi: The National Test Abhyas app, launched by National Testing Agency (NTA) that offers JEE, NEET mock tests will not provide the questions in Hindi language too. The app offers free mock test to JEE and NEET aspirants as well .  Earlier, the app only had questions in English language. Union human resource development minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Sunday said in his tweet that the app will provide mock test papers in Hindi also. This has been done considering the requests made by the students. Students can download…

Reliance Industries becomes first Indian firm to hit USD 150 billion market cap !!

Reliance Industries on Monday became the first Indian firm to hit a market valuation of USD 150 billion helped by a continuous rally in its share price. In morning trade, the company’s market valuation jumped Rs 28,248.97 crore to Rs 11,43,667 crore (USD 150 billion) on the BSE. The heavyweight stock surged 2.53% to a record high of Rs 1,804.10 on the BSE.  On the NSE, it rose by 2.54% to an all-time high of Rs 1,804.20. Reliance Industries on Friday became the first Indian company to cross the Rs…

Ratan Tata calls for stopping online hate, bullying !!

Veteran industrialist Ratan Tata on Sunday called for stopping online hatred & bullying and instead supporting each other in what has been a “year full of challenges” for everyone. In a post on social media platform Instagram, Tata said that online community is being hurtful to each other and bringing each other down. “This year has been full of challenges for everyone, on some level or the other. I see online community being hurtful to each other, bringing each other down, harshly and with quick judgements,” the Chairman Emeritus of…