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Took a New Year's resolution to quit smoking? 'Cytisine' drug may help

IANS | January 1, 2024 12:30 PM

New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) 2024 is now here and some of you might have made a New Year's resolution to quit smoking. To keep you up with your resolution, a new study on Monday said that "Cytisine", a low-cost, generic stop-smoking aid that has been used in Eastern Europe since the 1960s, increases the chances of successful smoking cessation by more than two-fold compared with placebo and may be more effective than nicotine replacement therapy.

2024: The year of Gaganyaan for ISRO

Venkatachari Jagannathan | January 1, 2024 12:10 PM

Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), Jan 1 (IANS) The Indian space agency has named the year 2024 as the year of Gaganyaan with several tests being planned for the realisation of manned space mission in 2025, said a top official.

Spotify users facing massive crashing issues on Android

IANS | January 1, 2024 11:44 AM

San Francisco, Jan 1 (IANS) Several users are facing issues with the Spotify app as it constantly crashes on Android when they try to open the app.

Several firsts in ISRO’s Jan 1, 2024 space mission

Venkatachari Jagannathan | January 1, 2024 11:33 AM

Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), Jan 1 (IANS) The Monday rocketing of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has several firsts like taking into space a satellite built by women, testing of fuel cell and others, apart from being the first time a space mission is carried out on the first day of the calendar year.

AI-generated influencers stealing business from human content creators

IANS | January 1, 2024 10:22 AM

New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Generative AI-created virtual influencers are now stealing business from human content creators as big brands now embrace AI avatars to promote their products on social media.

India ushers in 2024 orbiting XPoSat successfully (Ld)

IANS | January 1, 2024 9:46 AM

Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), Jan 1 (IANS) India on Monday ushered in the New Year in a grand manner by orbiting its X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat).

Rocketing on Jan 1, a first for ISRO

Venkatachari Jagannathan | January 1, 2024 5:34 AM

Chennai, Jan 1 (IANS) For the first time in its history, the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) will carry out a space mission on January 1.

Zomato ‘war room’ handles order surge with over 3.2 lakh delivery boys

IANS | December 31, 2023 9:20 PM

New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) As food orders surged on New Year's Eve, Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal shared images of the "war room" at the company headquarters.

US family credits Apple's AirTag that tracked down stolen luggage, thief

IANS | December 31, 2023 7:08 PM

San Francisco, Dec 31 (IANS) Apple's AirTag item tracker has been credited with helping a vacationing US family in tracking down their stolen luggage and the thief.

ISRO to usher in 2024 with launch of XPoSat on Jan 1

IANS | December 31, 2023 6:16 PM

Chennai, Dec 31 (IANS) India will usher in the New Year 2024 in a grand manner launching the X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) on Monday morning with 10 other payloads, said the Indian space agency.