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Science fact to seem smarter: Your brain is constantly eating itself. How to not accelerate it?The human brain constantly removes its own cells, waste, and unused connections through a process called phagocytosis. This self-cleaning m...
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‘Fasting isn’t starvation, it’s…’: doctor explains what happens when you fast for 24 hoursFasting initiates a series of timed bodily changes, beginning with minor adjustments in blood glucose and insulin production within the fir...
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Long fasting vs big risks: Apollo doctor gives a medical reality checkMedical experts clarify that autophagy, the body's cellular recycling system, is a continuous process that doesn't require extreme fasting ...
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Apple partner Globalstar taps former Qualcomm executive Paul Jacobs as CEOJacobs, 60, is also a board member of IPO-bound chip firm Arm and will replace David Kagan, who is retiring after about 5 years as CEO.
29 Aug, 2023, 07.30 PM IST
Telecom regulator seeks tweaks in international call, internet service permitsTelecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has suggested amending international long distance/Internet service provider-permits to includ...
21 Jun, 2023, 12.19 AM IST
IIT Kharagpur researchers develop UAV assisted communication infrastructure for 5GFlying base stations are a feature that enhances wireless capacity and coverage footprint on the ground with ultra-dense traffic demands, t...
06 Jan, 2021, 12.34 PM IST
Telcos back 50 paise/spam SMS regimeTRAI had said that despite the higher charge on SMS, the complaints of UCC were on a rise and thus the regime for charging for SMSes should...
06 May, 2020, 06.26 PM IST
Telcos rush to rejig IT, billing systems for GSTThe billing systems are currently aligned to the circle level since the Department of Telecom department has split the country into 22 lice...
24 Jun, 2017, 12.01 AM IST
Telcos to ask govt to lower GST on telecom services to 12%COAI is likely to question the logic of the finance ministry’s decision to impose an 18% GST rate on telecom services while choosing to lev...
02 Jun, 2017, 10.09 AM IST
Nokia bags Vodafone’s managed services contractTelco has renewed the Rs 1,420-crore deal that will cover several circles and also expanded its scope under the new terms.
05 Jan, 2017, 11.22 AM IST
Government to launch toll free number '1955' for call dropsOfficial sources said that Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha will launch the service but did not disclose any further details.
19 Dec, 2016, 07.49 PM IST
Ericsson bags Rs 60 crore operations support systems deal from Reliance Jio InfocommAll solutions being provided to RJio belong to erstwhile OSS player Telcordia that Ericsson had acquired in January 2012 to boost its OSS p...
23 Oct, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
- Earthquake paralyses telecom networks in Sikkim and other parts of the country
Sunday's earthquake slowed down, even paralysed networks in part, though state-owned BSNL network appears to have displayed greater resilie...
20 Sep, 2011, 09.00 AM IST
- Nokia bags 3G services order from Idea for 4 circles
Nokia Siemens Networks today said it has bagged an order from private telecom operator Idea Cellular to deploy equipment and services to pr...
22 Dec, 2010, 07.24 PM IST
- TechM, Wipro, IBM vie for $400-m Loop Tele deal
10-year contract is for system integration & maintenance across 22 circles, but won’t include Telco’s BPO services. India's top IT Cos I Th...
31 Aug, 2009, 02.30 AM IST
- BSNL to share mobile towers for wireless expansion
BSNL, the country's third largest mobile operator in subscriber terms, will share towers with other operators to cut costs involved in expa...
24 Oct, 2007, 05.50 PM IST