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Washington:  A US senator has introduced a bill in the Senate that seeks to pause issuance of new H-1B visas for three years and codify the USD 100,000 fee imposed by the Trump administration, which was struck down by a federal court. US Senator Tim...

New Delhi: The 10 per cent tariff imposed by the US on imports from India will make Indian products costlier in the American market, though the overall impact should be assessed in the context of tariff rates applicable to competing countries rather than the headline...

New Delhi: An Indian national was killed in an attack on a commercial vessel while it was reportedly transiting Russian territorial waters in the Black Sea July 18, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Friday. The fresh incident comes to light days after the...

New Delhi: Delhi High Court Friday said artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionised how public seeks information and restraining ChatGPT from using copyrighted work would be detrimental to the growth of AI and LLMs being developed in the country. Justice Amit Bansal said India is considered...

New Delhi: Home ministry's cybercrime arm, the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre, has ordered Microsoft subsidiary GitHub to remove Bluetooth-based messaging application Bitchat, according to a notice. "The Government of India does not like technologies like Bitchat and wants it taken down," said the app's developer...

Mumbai: Market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower Friday, extending the losing streak for the fifth consecutive session, as investors remained cautious due to rising oil prices amid geopolitical tensions in West Asia and renewed concerns over US trade tariffs. Fresh foreign fund outflows...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Friday signed two memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with HCL Technologies and Sarvam AI for setting up an AI data centre and a global delivery centre in Khurda district, involving a proposed investment of more than Rs 15,000 crore over the next...

Washington: The US has imposed a 10 per cent tariff on goods imported from India and 16 other countries as part of a wider action against products made using forced labour. On June 3, when the US had proposed tariffs under Section 301 of the...

Brussels: European Union Thursday hit Google with a fine of 890 million euros ($1 billion) after it said the technology behemoth broke digital antitrust regulations by setting up Google Play and its ubiquitous search engine to corral consumers towards its own services and apps to...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has revised the delegation of financial powers for Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) along with Bhubaneswar and Raurkela smart cities, officials said Thursday. The revised framework, notified by the Housing & Urban Development Department, comes into force with immediate effect, superseding all previous...