Nepal’s Supreme Court on Monday reinstated the dissolved House of Representatives for a second time in nearly five months, delivering a major blow to Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli who is currently heading a minority government after losing a trust vote in the House.A five-member Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court on Monday also ordered appointment of Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba as prime minister within two days.The bench led by Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana had concluded hearings in the case last week. The bench comprised four other senior most justices — Dipak Kumar Karki, Mira Khadka,…
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Urian B., Tech Times 12 July 2021, 04:07 am (Photo : Screenshot From Pxhere Official Website) South Korean Toilet Pays Users Digital Currency for ‘Taking Care of Their Business’ An eco-friendly South Korean toilet now pays individuals digital currency for using the toilet for their “business” that was installed at a South Korean university. The toilet is directly connected to a laboratory that makes use of an individual’s excrement to produce biogas. This is then used as a source of energy at the South Korean university. South Korean Toilet Pays Users Digital Currency There is a new toilet that pays…
From Monday, South Korea will impose the highest level of social distancing restrictions (level 4) in its capital Seoul and other neighbouring areas with a view to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). South Korea, which is currently witnessing the fourth wave of the pandemic, has so far recorded 1,69,146 cases and 2,044 deaths due to the viral disease.According to the new regulations, private social gatherings of three or more people will be prohibited after 6pm, churches and night clubs will be closed, and visitors will not be allowed at hospitals and nursing homes. All types of rallies…
Google CEO Sundar Pichai warns that the attack on the open internet has been persisting globally. The company CEO also said that in the upcoming years, the power of quantum computing and artificial intelligence would take over the world. Sundar Pichai Cautions About the Dangers in the Open Web (Photo : Getty Images/Getty Images for Greentech Festival)BERLIN, GERMANY – SEPTEMBER 16: In this screengrab, Sundar Pichai speaks as part of SWITCH GREEN during day 1 of the Greentech Festival at Kraftwerk Mitte aired on September 16, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. The Greentech Festival is the first festival to celebrate green…
A geomagnetic storm is expected to hit the Earth’s atmosphere on Monday and weather experts are keeping a close watch on it. The storm is moving towards the direction of the earth and is expected to batter parts of the planet.According to website Spaceweather.com, the storm is approaching the Earth at a speed of 1.6 million kilometres. It originated from the Sun’s atmosphere and can have a significant impact on a region of space dominated by Earth’s magnetic field.Due to solar storms, the outer atmosphere of the Earth can be heated which can have a direct effect on satellites. This…
Sydney recorded 112 new coronavirus cases on Monday, as the locked-down Australian city battles its largest outbreak since beating back the first wave of the pandemic more than a year ago.“We just want people to stay at home. The virus won’t spread if people don’t leave home. That is the bottom line,” New South Wales state Premier Gladys Berejiklian told reporters in Sydney on Monday. At the weekend, Australia’s most-populous city recorded its first death since April after the delta-strain leaked into the local community in mid-June.The city of 6 million people has been in lockdown since June 26, and…
(Photo : Unsplash) The gaming industry has been booming since the 1970s and 1980s when arcades started becoming popular. With that came newer games and new technology. This technology made gaming faster via coding it on different platforms such as a mobile phone, your PCs, and now controllers like PSPs and Xbox. In today’s day and age, gaming has become more popular due to the competition and the live streams by other gamers. Their experience and expertise make people want to be as good as them and eventually become a Pro-Gamer. Nowadays, people play video games with one another on…
Richard Branson, the billionaire business magnate and founder of the Virgin Group, who is now a commercial astronaut, too, reached the edge of space aboard Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity on Sunday, days before his fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos will travel into space on July 20. Branson is currently the first person in the world to go to space in his own ship.Sharing experiences of his first ever trip to space and sending out a message to children, Richard Branson wrote on Twitter that as a child he dreamt of looking up to the stars and now as an adult, he…
Urian B., Tech Times 12 July 2021, 01:07 am (Photo : Screenshot From Pxhere Official Website) Microsoft to Buy Company Behind ‘Attack Surface Management’ Software | RiskIQ Purchased for Over $500 Million Microsoft is set to buy another company behind the effective “attack surface management” software. The company behind the “attack surface management” software, RiskIQ was just purchased for over $500 in cash! Microsoft Buys RiskIQ for $500 Million According to Bloomberg, Microsoft will be acquiring the company RiskIQ for an expected over $500 million in cash. The company was founded back in 2009 and is popular for selling its…
“Axie Infinity” has been one of the uprising NFT games on the planet at the moment. The crypto-focused pet game has reached $19.60 last week–its all-time high since its launch. The growing number of players is also seen to be a driving force why the in-game token, Smooth Love Potion (SLP) continues to skyrocket in double and even triple-digit gains. The game is similar to other breeding games but the case of Axie is different since the monsters that you will buy are all non-fungible tokens (NFT). More SLP means more Axies will be all over the platform. SLP Price…