Private NBFC, Tata Capital has launched the voicebot "TIA" on WhatsApp.
The voicebot offers a range of services to its customers like opting for a new loan or getting queries resolved etc to provide seamless and interactive services on the widely used messaging platform, Whatsapp.
Tata Capital intends to provide convenient and hassle-free access to products and services to its tech-savvy customers i.e. the new age digital friendly customers.
Through TIA on Whatsapp, the customers can view their account and EMI details, download documents instantly, update their details, get instant responses for any product related queries and apply for a new loan or for a new product.
Astronomers Create Cloud Atlas for Hot, Jupiter-Like Exoplanets
Giant planets in our solar system and circling other stars have exotic clouds unlike anything on Earth, and the gas giants orbiting close to their stars—so-called hot Jupiters—boast the most extreme.
A team of astronomers from the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom have now come up with a model that predicts which of the many types of proposed clouds, from sapphire to smoggy methane haze, to expect on hot Jupiters of different temperatures, up to thousands of degrees Kelvin.
Surprisingly, the most common type of cloud, expected over a large range of temperatures, should consist of liquid or solid droplets of silicon and oxygen, like melted quartz or molten sand.
On cooler hot Jupiters, below about 950 Kelvin (1,250 degrees Fahrenheit), skies are dominated by a hydrocarbon haze, essentially smog.
May 26, 2020
NASA's WFIRST Hubble Telescope renamed after astronomer Nancy Grace Roman
NASA has renamed its next-generation space telescope- Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST), after the space agency's first chief astronomer Nancy Grace Roman.
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope or Roman Space Telescope is set for launch in 2025.
NASA's first Chief Astronomer Nancy Grace Roman had paved the way for space telescopes focused on the broader universe.
She is considered as the mother of Hubble Space Telescope, which had launched 30 years ago.
NASA's WFIRST Hubble Telescope renamed after astronomer Nancy Grace Roman
NASA has renamed its next-generation space telescope- Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST), after the space agency's first chief astronomer Nancy Grace Roman.
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope or Roman Space Telescope is set for launch in 2025.
NASA's first Chief Astronomer Nancy Grace Roman had paved the way for space telescopes focused on the broader universe.
She is considered as the mother of Hubble Space Telescope, which had launched 30 years ago.
4 Indian Astronauts Resume Training in Russia for India's First Manned Mission to Space 'Gaganyaan'
The four cosmonauts shortlisted for Gaganyaan, India's first manned space mission, have resumed their training in Russia, after it was put on hold due to COVID-19 scare.
Gagarin Research & Test Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) resumed training of the Indian cosmonauts under the contract between Glavkosmos, JSC (part of the State Space Corporation Roscosmos) and the Human Spaceflight Center of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
May 24, 2020
IASST Develops Electrochemical Sensing Platform
Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST), Guwahati, developed an electrochemical sensing platform.
It will detect carcinogenic or mutagenic compound N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) and N-nitrosodiethanolamine (NDEA) that are found in food items like cured meat, bacon, some cheese, and low-fat milk.
It was achieved by developing a modified electrode by immobilizing carbon nanomaterials (carbon dots) in Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).
People are exposed to harmful chemicals belonging to Nitrosamine family in cured meats, bacon, some cheese, low-fat dry milk, and fish.
May 23, 2020
IIT-M Researchers Develop Low Cost Solar Parabolic Trough Collector
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) have developed a low cost Solar 'Parabolic Trough Collector' (PTC) system for concentrating solar energy with industrial applications in areas such as desalination, space heating and space cooling, among others.
This indigenously designed and developed system was lightweight with high energy efficiency under Indian various climatic and load conditions.
The National Solar Mission was launched with the target of providing 20,000 MW through solar power by 2022.
However, lower rate of energy generation through solar power was a major roadblock in achieving this target.
May 22, 2020
Australia 'Records Fastest Internet Speed Ever'
Researchers in Australia claim they have recorded the fastest ever internet data speed.
A team from Monash, Swinburne and RMIT universities logged a data speed of 44.2 terabits per second (Tbps).
At that speed, users could download more than 1,000 high-definition movies in less than a second.
According to Ofcom, the average UK broadband speed currently is around 64 megabits per second (Mbps) - a fraction of that recorded in the recent study.