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  • 27 Jul
  • 2022

Buzz Aldrin's Moon jacket sells for ₹22 crore

A jacket that the astronaut wore during the Apollo 11 mission to the moon in 1969 and his Presidential Medal of Freedom were among the items auctioned off by Sotheby’s in New York City.

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  • 26 Jul
  • 2022

Y Combinator-backed Better Opinions raises $2.5 mn in seed round

“Better Opinions…has raised USD 2.5 million from investors including Metaplanet VC and Goldwater Capital,” a statement said. The company has over 6,00,000 users who have traded Rs 10 crore plus on the platform.

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  • 24 Jul
  • 2022

What are the WHO's recommendations to nations on monkeypox?

Second, those with recently imported cases of monkeypox that are experiencing human-to-human transmission.

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  • 21 Jul
  • 2022

Which departments have highest no. of vacancies out of 9.79 lakh vacant posts in Centre?

There were around 9.79 lakh vacant posts in central government departments against the sanctioned strength of 40.35 lakh, as of March 1, 2021, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

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  • 20 Jul
  • 2022

Twitter wins bid to fast-track trial over Musk's $44-bn deal, trial to be held in Oct

Twitter Inc's lawsuit seeking to hold Elon Musk to his $44 billion takeover will go to trial in October, a Delaware judge ruled on Tuesday.

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  • 18 Jul
  • 2022

Latest ranking of world's top 10 countries for expats released

The Expat Insider Rankings for 2022 have been released with Mexico securing the top spot and Indonesia occupying the second position.

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  • 17 Jul
  • 2022

New pic taken by world's most powerful telescope shows Jupiter with its rings & Moons

On the heels of Tuesday’s release of the first images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, data from the telescope’s commissioning period is now being released on the Space Telescope Science Institute’s Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes.

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  • 15 Jul
  • 2022

Google-backed mental health startup Wysa raises $20 million

The mental health platform plans on using the funds to expand further in India, the US, and the UK, among other global markets. Wysa will also provide wider usability through multi-lingual support.