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Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft successfully enters Moon's orbit

In a major milestone for India's Moon mission, the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft successfully entered the lunar orbit on Tuesday. Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) maneuver was completed successfully at 0902 hours as planned, using the onboard propulsion system, the Bengaluru headquartered space agency said in a statement. "The duration of maneuver was 1,738 seconds. With this, Chandrayaan-2

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12:43 PM
Aug 20, 2019

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Google Maps helps reunite father with daughter after 4 months

Google Maps helped police reunite a father with his 12-year-old daughter who had gone missing over four months ago in Delhi, officials said. The girl had taken an e-rickshaw near the Kirti Nagar furniture market in Holi on March 21, according to the police. When the minor did not get down at the metro station,

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05:09 PM
Aug 19, 2019

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Jio Fiber के First Day First Show सर्विस पर PVR और INOX ने दी ये प्रतिक्रिया

Reliance Jio ने 2020 के मध्य से नई रिलीज होने वाली फिल्मों के आने के दिन ही अपने Jio fiber नेटवर्क पर उपलब्ध कराने की घोषणा की है। माना जा रहा है कि इससे सिनेमाघर बाजार में उथल-पुथल हो सकती है। हालांकि देश में मल्टीप्लेक्स परिचालन करने वाली PVR और INOX जैसी कंपनियों ने आने

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03:12 PM
Aug 13, 2019

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India's premium phone market rises by 33 percent: Counterpoint report

Shipments of premium smartphones priced at Rs 30,000 and above grew by 33 percent in the June quarter compared to the year-ago period, according to Counterpoint Research. "This growth was mainly driven by new flagship launches from OnePlus in terms of OnePlus 7 series, price cuts from Apple for its iPhone XR and aggressive promotions

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06:59 PM
Aug 01, 2019

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DoT is working on proposal for MTNL and BSNL merger: Report

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is "working on" a proposal for merger of cash-strapped BSNL and MTNL as part of efforts to revive the ailing state-owned telecom firms, a source said. The source, privy to the development, said the merger is "one of the many components" of the overall revival plan being worked out for

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12:16 PM
Jul 31, 2019

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Mumbai-Pune Hyperloop Technologies project gets infrastructure status

The Maharashtra government on Tuesday accorded the infrastructure status to the Mumbai-Pune ultra-fast Hyperloop Technologies transport project that seeks to reduce the travel time between the two cities to just 23 minutes. The state Cabinet approved a proposal to give infrastructure status to the project at a meeting here. The Cabinet also approved formation of

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11:21 AM
Jul 31, 2019

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Reliance Jio emerges as India's biggest telecom player

Within three years of starting its commercial operations, Reliance Jio has become the country's largest telecom operator with a subscriber base of 331.3 million, surpassing Vodafone Idea which on Friday reported a decline in its user base to 320 million by June 2019. According to the financial results reported by Reliance Industries last week, its

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11:49 AM
Jul 27, 2019

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Honor TV and new smartphones to soon launch in India

Honor is not only planning to launch and manufacture new handsets for the Indian market, but also looking to bring Honor TV to the country soon. This is despite the US ban continuing on its parent firm Huawei. The company aims to garner 10 percent market share in Indian smartphone business by 2020. "We will

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10:52 AM
Jul 23, 2019

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After Netflix, Zee5 to introduce mobile-only tariff packs

After Netflix, Zee groups digital platform Zee5 is also looking at launching a mobile-only plan to shore up its revenue. Netflix has been testing a Rs 250 monthly plan in India since March. Last week, it announced a strategy to rollout the plan nationally. Among the reasons cited is the sluggish user growth in the

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12:04 PM
Jul 22, 2019

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Reliance Jio overtakes Airtel to become India's second largest operator in May

Reliance Jio has piped Bharti Airtel to become the second-largest mobile operator with 32.29 crore subscribers and 27.80 percent market share in May, according to regulator TRAI's data. The move assumes significance as Reliance Jio stormed into the highly-competitive telecom sector in September 2016 with its disruptive voice and data offerings, while Bharti Airtel had

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04:17 PM
Jul 19, 2019