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"Was I not prophetic?" Mani Shankar Aiyar on ‘neech aadmi’ jibe
After months of silence, Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar was back in the news on Tuesday with an article justifying his neech aadmi jibe against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and also calling him the most “foul-mouthed” prime minister the country has seen.
All you need to know about radars, and how they function even with cloud cover
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent comment about how he gave the go-ahead for the Balakot airstrike despite bad weather as the clouds would enable Indian Air Force fighter jets to evade enemy radars, has raised a storm on social media. So, what is a radar and how does it function?
Monsoon to reach Kerala 4th of June, less than normal rainfall across regions: Skymet
The monsoon is likely to arrive in Kerala on June 4 but is poised to make “sluggish” progress thereafter, according to an assessment by private weather forecasting agency, Skymet.
Ban on LTTE extended for another five years
The Union government on Tuesday extended the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for violent and disruptive activities that are prejudicial to the integrity and sovereignty of the country. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) renewed its 2014 notification to declare the LTTE as an “unlawful association” for another five years.
WhatsApp urges users to upgrade app after security breach
Facebook's WhatsApp urged users to upgrade to the latest version of its popular messaging app after reporting that users might be vulnerable to having malicious spyware installed on phones without their knowledge.