Author: Biz India

Overseas Friends of BJP-USA Celebrate Modi’s Overwhelming Victory in Lok Sabha Election

By Indica News May 24, 2019 – Sitting 10,000 miles away in the United States, members of the Overseas Friends of BJP-USA (OFBJP) are rejoicing over the landslide victory in the 2019 Lok Sabha election. They say the country needed a man with discipline and a leader who could resolve the Kashmir issue. According to Election Commission figures, the BJP won 303 seats and the Indian National Congress won...

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SpaceX has launched the first 60 satellites of its space internet system

By Erin Winick –  MIT Technology Review May 24, 2019 – The satellite internet contest is heating up. SpaceX has launched the first 60 satellites of its internet constellation, Starlink. The details: The Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 10:30 p.m. EST on Thursday night. The 60 satellites make up SpaceX’s heaviest payload to date, weighing about 500 pounds (227 kilograms) each. You can watch a video of the launch here. Some background: SpaceX is one of many companies attempting to build up a global broadband internet network in low Earth orbit (LEO). The firm wants to launch...

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Book Review: The International Atlas of Lunar Exploration

Author: Philip J. Stooke Publisher:  Cambridge University Press – 440 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram This book published in 2007 is an extensive atlas on the exploration of the Moon, containing lists of missions by different countries – the United States, the Soviet Union,  China, the European Union, India, and Japan – in chronological form as well as on a topic-by-topic basis. There have been some 100 missions to the Moon since the Soviet Union first landed its Luna 2 in September 1959, a fact that is little known, overshadowed by the United States’ Apollo 11 landing in...

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WhatsApp Latest Update for Android Prepares Share to Facebook and QR Code Feature

By Fizza Atique – PhoneWorld  May 23, 2019 – A few months back, Facebook has announced its plans to integrate all its sister companies including Instagram and WhatsApp with Facebook. Though many people were against it, Facebook ensured that this step will not compromise the user’s security instead it will make their life easier by facilitating them not to switch from one platform to another. WhatsApp Latest Update for Android Arrives Facebook’s efforts to unify all its platforms into one was in talks from a long time and we had some idea that WhatsApp Status Updates will soon be shared as stories...

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