Karthik Sekar

How Government’s windfall tax seen netting $12.7 billion, cut budget gap

297 Hits Karthik Sekar Jul 4, 2022, 12:40 PM

The taxes on the production of crude, and exports of petrol, diesel, and aviation fuel could garner about 1 trillion rupees ($12.7 billion) for the government if the levies continue for the rest of the fiscal year ending in March.

Science

How Space travel makes bones weak, study reveals effects on astronauts

257 Hits Karthik Sekar Jul 4, 2022, 12:21 PM

The study reveals how space travel makes bones weak with poor chances of full recovery.

Tech

When NASA is developing swimming robots to look for alien life

255 Hits Karthik Sekar Jul 4, 2022, 11:42 AM

NASA envisions a swarm of cellphone-size robots swimming through the water beneath the kilometers-thick icy shell of Jupiter’s moon Europa...

Sports

How Jasprit Bumrah: Right arm fast and awesome

354 Hits Karthik Sekar Jul 4, 2022, 11:27 AM

First, there was a small matter of world-record looting of runs with the bat. Then he squeezed in the pressure...

Tech

How Facebook-owner Meta slashes hiring plans in US

360 Hits Karthik Sekar Jul 1, 2022, 1:53 PM

Meta has reduced its target for hiring engineers in 2022 to around 6,000-7,000, down from an initial plan to hire...