India successfully demonstrates its first free-space quantum-secure communication link for over 5.5 km | India News

NEW DELHI: Indian deep-tech startup QNu Labs, in collaboration with Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics (BISAG-N) and IIT Gandhinagar, has successfully demonstrated India’s first free-space quantum key distribution (QKD) link for over 5.56 km.A free-space QKD link is an ultra-secure way to share secret digital passwords using particles of light travelling through…

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A Romanian flea-market seller thought an old machine was a typewriter and let it go for €100; the buyer, a cryptography professor, recognized a World War II Enigma I and sold it at auction in 2017 for €45,000 | World News

A Romanian flea-market seller thought an old machine was a typewriter and let it go for €100; the buyer, a cryptography professor, recognized a World War II Enigma I and sold it at auction in 2017 for €45,000/Image: Reuters In 2017, a machine sold for €100 at a Romanian flea market turned out to be…

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GST Council meeting on October 7: Arrest powers, ITC, prosecution threshold proposals on agenda – report

GST Council likely to consider proposals on arrest powers, ITC, prosecution threshold and more The GST Council may consider a package of GST process and enforcement reforms at its October 7 meeting, including a proposal to take away the power of tax officers to arrest taxpayers and require judicial authorisation for any arrest.The Council may…

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In 2026, Verity’s real-life home is a striking 1960s New York residence with dramatic architecture and unsettling interiors |

In 2026, Verity’s real-life home is a striking 1960s New York residence (PhotoCredit: Architectural Digest) The house at the centre of Verity may look like a secluded Vermont residence, but the striking property seen throughout the film is actually in Armonk, New York. Known as Beckoning Path, the midcentury-modern home became the fictional Crawford family’s…

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Meet Bailey Quinn Frank, the Fort Lauderdale eighth-grader who built a low-cost air sampler from small fans and filter paper to capture bacterial DNA and explore rural health surveillance

Bailey Quinn FrankPhoto credit: Society for science When Bailey Quinn Frank learned that scientists can identify species from genetic material left behind in the environment, she saw an opportunity to apply the same idea to public health. The eighth-grader from Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale designed a simple air sampler using small fans and…

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CPCB finds major emission violations at 2 thermal plants near Delhi | Delhi News

New Delhi: Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has detected significant emission violations at two thermal power plants in Haryana and Punjab, both within a 300-km radius of Delhi.The Haryana plant faces an interim environmental compensation assessment of Rs 31.4 crore, while the Punjab unit has been directed to undergo a similar compensation assessment.The findings revealed…

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Three of family drown in farm pond in Karnataka | Bengaluru News

Chintamani: A 60-year-old man and his two grandchildren drowned in a farm pond at Hussianpura village near Ambajidurga in Chintamani taluk of Chikkaballapur district Saturday.The deceased were identified as Muninarayanappa, 60, and his grandchildren Yashwin, 7, and Prajwal, 8, all residents of Hussianpura.A devotee of Sri Hanuman, Muninarayanappa regularly visited a temple near the village…

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