Two Indian Air Force pilots were killed Friday when their French-built Mirage 2000 aircraft crashed minutes after take-off. The single-engine jet fighter aircraft manufactured by Dassault Aviation was on a test flight after an upgrade carried out by India´s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). “Both occupants sustained fatal injuries… Investigation into the cause of accident is […]
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Iranian detained asylum seeker wins Australia’s top literature prize
SYDNEY: An Iranian refugee and asylum seeker detained on an island in the Pacific has won Australia’s top literature prize. Behrouz Boochani, an Iranian held on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island by Australia won the Australian dollar 100,000 ($72,390) 2019 Victorian Prize for Literature with his debut book, which he wrote on a mobile. Speaking […]
Pakistan conducts another successful launch of surface to surface ballistic missile “Nasr”
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan on Thursday conducted another successful launch of short range surface to surface ballistic missile “Nasr” as part of Army Strategic Forces Command training exercise which included quad salvo on 24 January and single shots on 28 & 31 January 2019. According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) the 2nd phase of this exercise was […]
Priyanka Chopra And Nick Jonas Had Another Wedding Reception
The wedding festivities just keep on coming for Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas. This weekend, the couple held a wedding reception in Charlotte, North Carolina. Unlike their Indian nuptials – which saw Chopra wear a custom red lehenga by Sabyasachi and a Swarovski crystal-adorned dress by Ralph Lauren with a 75-foot long veil – this one was […]
Paris Outlines Plans To Become The Sustainable Capital Of Fashion By 2024
As the style capitals prepare for the autumn/winter 2019 shows, Paris has launched a plan outlining its steps to become greener. Over the next five years, it will implement “Paris Good Fashion” – an initiative calling on influential industry players to push eco-conscious practices forward. “Paris Good Fashion is an open community regrouping fashion professionals, […]
Apple turns off Group FaceTime after discovery of eavesdropping bug
A newly discovered FaceTime bug could pose an eavesdropping problem, and Apple says it will have a fix out later this week. The bug allows iPhone users to call another device via the FaceTime video chat service and hear audio on the other end before the recipient has answered the call. That is, it can turn any […]
Samsung unveils 1TB smartphone storage in ‘industry first’
The Korean company announced Tuesday that it’s started mass producing one-terabyte embedded Universal Flash Storage (eUFS), doubling its previous generation of smartphone storage while maintaining the same footprint — an innovation Samsung has claimed is an industry first. According to Samsung, the development will bring a more “notebook-like” experience to the next generation of smartphones. With […]
Apple’s 5G iPhone shift bogged down by Qualcomm chip battle
Apple wanted to use Qualcomm’s 4G LTE processors in its newest iPhones, but the chipmaker wouldn’t sell to it, Apple’s operating chief testified Monday. And that’s had a ripple effect on how quickly Apple can make the shift to 5G. Qualcomm continues to provide Apple with chips for its older iPhones, including the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, Apple COO Jeff Williams testified Monday […]