Technology, Mobiles tabs, 7th Oct 2017, News & Stories from India

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Jamnagar for his 2-days visit to Gujarat. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Modi starts his 2-day Gujarat visit, reaches Jamnagar today

Modi will start his visit with a special puja and darshan at Lord Dwarikadheesh Temple.

07 Oct 2017 10:58 AM

People scramble for shelter at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival after apparent gun fire was heard on October 1, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo: AFP)

We still do not have a clear motive or reason: police on Las Vegas shooting

'At this time I'll tell you we have no credible information to report to you as to motivation', official said.

07 Oct 2017 10:46 AM

NITI Aayog CEO Kant asserted that it is not government's business to decide what tourists should eat or drink. (Photo: ANI)

Indian states can't get into what tourists eat, drink: NITI Aayog CEO

The NITI Aayog CEO also said, "Tourism is essentially civilisational in character, one can't have garbage and say we have heritage sites."

07 Oct 2017 10:40 AM

GST proponents claim short-term pains and long-term gains.

Goa hit by GST as state's tax collection dips 22 per cent

The state government expects the GST to stabilise from January 2018 onwards.

07 Oct 2017 10:36 AM

The Congress on Saturday, while speaking on the Goods and Services Tax Council meet, asserted that the Central Government always rejected Congress' appeal to revise the tax reforms. (Photo: PTI)

PM, Jaitley have put common man in trouble: Cong after GST Council meet

The GST Council 22nd meeting was held in Delhi on Friday and was chaired by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

07 Oct 2017 10:23 AM

Piperazine is a drug commonly used in deworming treatments against roundworm and pinworm. (Photo: Pixabay)

IIT Roorkee scientists identify drug to fight Chikungunya

Currently, there are no vaccines or antiviral drugs available to cure Chikungunya, and the treatment is focussed on relieving symptoms.

07 Oct 2017 10:07 AM

President Donald Trump will dispatch his top diplomatic and military advisors to Pakistan in the coming weeks. (Photo: AFP | File)

Donald Trump to send lieutenants to Pakistan with message to curb terror

US has been frustrated by Pak's willingness to offer cross-border safe havens to Taliban factions, armed Islamist groups.

07 Oct 2017 9:58 AM

The study released is the latest by University of Utah professor David Strayer, who has been examining the impact of infotainment systems on safety for AAA's Foundation for Traffic Safety since 2013. Past studies also identified problems, but Strayer said the "explosion of technology" has made things worse. (Representational image)

Your high-tech car could soon prove fatal: Study

The amount of modern technology crammed into today’s cars worsens driver distraction.

07 Oct 2017 9:57 AM

The company's widely used search engine, Gmail, maps, Chrome web browser and other services have yielded a fountain of data the company has used to smarten up its software and gadgets.

Google vies to make even smarter phones, speakers, cameras

Google has been transplanting knowledge into its Pixel line of phones.

07 Oct 2017 9:52 AM

In Thursday’s incident, the woman's foot was badly injured and later had to be amputated, police said. (Photo: File/Representational)

Delhi: 60-yr-old woman falls from moving bus, foot crushed under rear wheel

Based on the victim's complaint, a case has been registered against the driver and conductor and the matter is being probed, police said.

07 Oct 2017 9:44 AM

Richard Henderson, one of the 2017 Nobel Prize winners in Chemistry, holds a bacterio rhodopsin model prior to a press conference at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017. Three researchers based in the US, UK and Switzerland won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for developments in electron microscopy. The 9-million-kronor ($1.1 million) prize is shared by Jacques Dubochet of the University of Lausanne, Joachim Frank at New York’s Columbia University and Richard Henderson of MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, Britain. (Frank Augstein/Associated Press)

Nobel-winning technique like ‘Google earth for molecules’

Molecules can be captured down to the level of their atoms, and snapshots can catch them in mid-movement.

07 Oct 2017 9:41 AM

Details, such as how much the new ideas will cost, were scant and outside experts said they've heard grandiose plans before only to see them fizzle instead of launch.

Pence pledges that US will go to the Moon, Mars and beyond

Space industry leaders say they and NASA are building the spaceships to get there.

07 Oct 2017 9:37 AM

Pictures taken by Liu and displayed on ThePaper’s website showed an iPhone 8 plus split open along the side featuring the SIM card holding, with the phone’s internal parts visible.

Chinese state media report bloated battery in Apple's iPhone 8

The incident comes as Apple investigates similar cases reported in Taiwan and Japan of batteries in its latest iPhone 8 Plus becoming bloated

07 Oct 2017 9:28 AM

Study is now the most comprehensive and thorough estimate of the heritability of schizophrenia and its diagnostic diversity. (Photo: Pixabay)

Nearly 80 percent schizophrenia risk may be traced back to genes, says study

The study, published in the journal Biological Psychiatry, indicates that genetics has a substantial influence on risk for schizophrenia.

07 Oct 2017 9:28 AM

The US Federal Communications Commission said it had approved Alphabet Inc’s application to provide emergency cellular service to Puerto Rico through balloons.

Google to use balloons to provide Puerto Rico cell service

Alphabet announced its Project Loon in 2013 to use solar-powered, high-altitude balloons to provide internet service in remote regions.

07 Oct 2017 9:23 AM

Launched in 1997, AOL Instant Messenger was at the forefront of what was called at the time the biggest trend in online communication since email.

AOL Instant Messenger shuts down after 20 years

The program will still function until December 15, 2017.

07 Oct 2017 9:16 AM

Ashes series 2017: ECB withdraws Ben Stokes from England’s squad vs Australia

Earlier, the ECB had announced that Ben Stokes and team-mate Alex Hales will not be considered for selection until further notice.

07 Oct 2017 9:06 AM

At a world congress this week in Rome on the sexual dangers facing children in the digital world, Hilton warned against the devastating effects of violent pornographic web clips on young brains. (Photo: Pixabay)

Here’s how children’s brains are affected by porn

Expert shares views on devastating effects of violent pornographic web clips on young brains.

07 Oct 2017 9:02 AM

A three-year-old child was beaten to death for breaking a cup in Mumbai's Pant Nagar on Saturday morning. (Photo: File/Representational)

Mumbai: Man thrashes 3-yr-old boy to death for breaking cup

According to sources, the victim, his mother and sister were staying with the accused.

07 Oct 2017 8:47 AM

Orthorexia is not an interest in healthy eating -- it's when enthusiasm becomes a pathological obsession (Photo: AFP)

Find out how healthy eating may not always be good

Term orthorexia nervosa was coined in 1990s by the then alternative medicine practitioner Steven Bratman, a San Francisco-based physician.

07 Oct 2017 8:45 AM

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