South Korea aims to reduce carbon emissions by 40%, by 2030

South Korea has now officially committed to reducing national carbon emissions by 40 per cent of 2018 levels by 2030.  This announcement came in just before the United Nations COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. They admitted that this is a very challenging target as compared to the initia...

Twitch says source code was exposed in data breach, users personal data was not affected

Amazon-owned Twitch said data breach at the platform contained documents from its source code. Twitch gave a statement saying that passwords, full credit card numbers, login credentials and bank details of the users were not exposed in the breach.

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Square wanting to build a Bitcoin Mining System: Jack Dorsey

Square Chief Executive Officer, Jack Dorsey said that the fintech firm is looking to build a Bitcoin mining system, which will be based on custom silicon and will be an open source for individuals and businesses.

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Researchers from Pennsylvania University develop a new wearable device to monitor glucose levels from sweat

A research team from the Pennsylvania State University have developed a device with laser-induced graphene to monitor our glucose levels. The material consists of an atom-thick carbon layers in various shapes.
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Dr Reddy's Labs launches copy of anti-diabetes pill, Boehringer Ingelheim to take legal action for patent infringement

Dr Reddy's Labs has launched copies of Jardiance, a popular anti-diabetes pill which is sold by a German drug manufacturer called Boehringer Ingelheim. Experts believe that the launch of the copies of this drug can bring about a controversy, as the drug has valid patent in India until 2025. B...

Russian filmmakers are back home after finishing their shoot on International Space Station

A Soyuz space capsule has landed after a 3 1/2-hour trip from the International Space Station. This capsule was carrying a cosmonaut and two Russian filmmakers.

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• Soyuz space capsule has landed after its trip to the International Space Station...

Varian Medical Systems to provide radiotherapy facilities in government hospitals in several Indian states

Varian Medical Systems, a US-based service provider of oncology treatments and medical software has reached out to several Indian states under the public-private partnership model.

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• Varian Medical Systems is setting up radiotherapy centres ac...

Facebook announces 10,000 jobs in EU, to build a Metaverse

Facebook has announced its plan to hire 10,000 people in the European Union, in order to build the metaverse. This will be a virtual reality version of the Internet.

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India's Takachar wins the ‘Clean our Air’ at the Earthshot Environment Prize

The Earthshot Prize inspired by US president John F. Kennedy's "Moonshot" project, was launched in October last year.

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Ineos announces over 2 Billion Euros investment in Europe in green hydrogen

Jim Ratcliffe, chairman of Ineos, is planning to invest a large amount of money in Europe in the field of green hydrogen.

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•        Ineos announced its plan to invest in green hydrogen production in Europe

Australian police seize heroin shipment worth $104m, at the Port of Melbourne

Australian police have seized a heroin shipment of around A$140 million. The authorities said the shipment included 1,290 packages of heroin weighing about 450 kg.

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• Australian police seize heroin shipments worth A$140 million
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LG Energy Solution and Stellantis sign MoU for EV battery production

South Korean battery maker, LG Energy Solution Ltd and Stellantis N.V have signed a memorandum of understanding to set up a plant jointly to produce batteries of electric vehicles.
 

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• LG Energy Solution Ltd and Stellantis N.V have...

China will continue its scrutiny over the Internet sector: Xiao Yaqing

Chinese industry minister said in an interview that the country has decided to continue its scrutiny over the Internet sector, by carrying out practices like blocking sites of rival platforms and ensuring that there is space for development of smaller players.

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