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New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying George Kurian Friday launched the National Marine Fisheries Census (MFC) 2025 in Kochi, moving the marine fishing sector from paper-based to fully digital household enumeration. The minister also launched the VyAS-BHARAT and VyAS-SUTRA mobile...

Mumbai: In a significant step toward its highly anticipated satellite broadband rollout in India, SpaceX-owned Starlink has started its first round of hiring in the country. As part of its hiring campaign, the Elon Musk-run company has posted openings for several positions on its LinkedIn...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday said that it will hear November 4 a batch of transferred petitions challenging an online gaming law which prohibits "online money games" and bars banking services and advertising related to them. A bench comprising justices J B Pardiwala and...

Beijing: China is advancing its goal of landing astronauts on the moon by 2030 and has outlined a packed schedule of development and testing for its ambitious crewed lunar programme, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) said Thursday. A series of crucial upcoming tests include...

New Delhi: China Thursday announced that it will suspend certain export restrictions, including export control on rare earth minerals, for one year. The development came after US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping agreed to ease trade tensions between the world's two...

San Francisco: An Indian medical innovation has achieved a major global recognition with a new generation heart stent manufactured in India, achieving a lower failure rate in high-risk patients against a US-made international market leader. At a largely attended global conference of cardiologists, which concluded...

Busan: President Donald Trump appeared to suggest the US will resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades, saying it would be on an “equal basis” with Russia and China. There was no indication that the US would start detonating warheads, but...

New York: Nvidia has become the first $5 trillion company, just three months after the Silicon Valley chipmaker was first to break through the $4 trillion barrier. Hitting the new benchmark puts more emphasis on the upheaval being unleashed by an artificial intelligence craze that's...

New Delhi: Tesla CEO Elon Musk-led Starlink is scheduled to conduct demonstration runs in Mumbai October 30 and 31 to demonstrate compliance with India's security and technical requirements for satellite broadband services, according to people familiar with the developments. The demos to be done before...

Seattle: Amazon will cut approximately 14,000 corporate jobs as the online retail giant increases its spending on artificial intelligence. “The reductions we're sharing today are a continuation of this work to get even stronger by further reducing bureaucracy, removing layers, and shifting resources to ensure...