As global race for moon heats up, India eyes lunar natural resources

resources, such as water and oxygen (extracted from rocks), precious metals, rocks and rare earths, and Helium-3 (to create fuel suitable for fusion energy generation).

mission. The mission was called the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO), also known as Danuri. The mission was managed by the Korean Aerospace Research Institute (KARI).

"If successful, we believe Worldcoin could drastically increase economic opportunity, scale a reliable solution for distinguishing humans from AI online while preserving privacy, enable global democratic processes, and eventually show a potential path to AI-funded UBI," Alex Blania and Sam Altman, Founders of Worldcoin, said in a blogpost.

Worldcoin consists of a privacypreserving digital identity (World ID) and, where laws allow, a digital currency (WLD) received

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In addition, the startup has begun the rollout of 1,500 Orbs to meet global demand for World ID. "The project will increase the number of available Orbs to 1,500 throughout the summer and fall in more than 35 cities around the world," Worldcoin said in a blogpost.

The new Orbs will be available in 35+ cities in over 20 countries, including India, across five continents between now and the end of 2023.

The availability of 1,500 Orbs will more than 5x sign-up capacity globally and enable millions of additional people to join the two million who have already signed up for World ID.

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New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) In 1969, a defining moment in human history occurred when American astronaut Neil Armstrong took his historic steps on the moon, becoming the first person ever to do so. This remarkable achievement not only opened the door of possibilities for other nations to explore the moon but also ignited a global "race for the moon".

Later many countries tried to land on the moon in which some succeeded and some failed.

According to Statista, the longterm goal for nations is to create a permanent base on the moon in order to exploit its natural

The race for the moon is also starting anew as several more countries and even private companies have announced lunar missions.

Last week, India’s ‘Bahubali’ rocket successfully put the moon spacecraft -- Chandrayaan-3 -into orbit in a copy book style.

The LVM-3, the country’s heavy rocket, nicknamed ‘Bahubali’ carried the 3.8-tonne Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft like the hero in the film of the same name lifts a heavy lingam, and slung the moon-bound craft in its intended earth orbit.

In August last year, South Korea launched its first-ever lunar

The goal of Danuri was to test South Korea’s lunar spacecraft technology.

The US space agency NASA plans to launch its next moon mission in 2024 -- called Artemis II, which will take astronauts to orbit the moon.

The US space agency plans to launch the Artemis III mission in 2025 or 2026, bringing the first woman and person of colour to the moon.

It will be the first time that humans will walk on the moon since the Apollo missions ended in 1972. NASA has stated that the mission will be carried out using Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship.

San Francisco, July 23 (IANS)

Microsoft has begun informing consumers and enterprise clients that the Windows Mail and Calendar apps will be retired in 2024, and they should begin testing the new Outlook app.

"Beginning in 2024, new Windows 11 devices will be shipped with the new Outlook for Windows as the default mailbox application free for all to use. The Mail and Calendar applications will continue to be available via download in the Microsoft Store through the end of 2024," Microsoft said in a blogpost. Originally developed for Windows 10, Windows Mail and Calendar are built-in Windows applications that provide an easy-to-use interface for retrieving email and scheduling events, tasks, and appointments.

To test the new Outlook app, click the toggle in the upper righthand corner of Windows Mail to have it automatically install and import your settings from the

Moreover, the company said users will get to write better emails with advanced AI built into the new Outlook for Windows, helping them write impactful, clearer, mistake-free messages. Users will get the new Outlook app for free as no subscription will be needed, according to the company.

The new app will also help remind users to follow up on important conversations.

Meanwhile, Microsoft has announced the pricing for its AIinfused Copilot for Microsoft 365, which will cost $30 per user per month for business accounts.

"Microsoft 365 Copilot will be available for commercial customers for $30 per user per month for Microsoft 365 E3, E5, Business Standard and Business Premium customers when broadly available," Microsoft said in a blogpost.

According to the company, the Microsoft 365 Copilot is built on the company's trusted and comprehensive approach to enterprise-grade security, privacy, identity, compliance and responsible AI, making it enterprise-ready.

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