Sci-Tech

New Delhi: In India, 11.9 lakh excess deaths occurred in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, 17 per cent higher compared to 2019, an international study has found. The estimate is about eight times higher than the official COVID-19 deaths in India, and 1.5 times the...

New Delhi: The Indian startup ecosystem saw more than $200 million in funding this week in 25 deals -- a significant surge from nearly $116.26 million last week. Seed funding by homegrown startups grew by 17 per cent this week to $9.78 million from last...

Mumbai: Airline systems across airports, which were impacted due to a global IT outage Friday, have started working normally, and all issues are likely to be resolved by noon Saturday, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said. The ministry is constantly monitoring the operations at...

New Delhi: The Civil Aviation Ministry said Saturday that airline systems across airports in India have resumed operations normally after a mega Microsoft Windows outage hit systems globally. According to the Ministry, travel adjustments and refund processes are being taken care of, as it constantly...

New Delhi: Tech billionaire Elon Musk has congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on becoming the most followed world leader on social media platform X. "Congratulations PM Narendra Modi on being the most followed world leader!," the Tesla CEO said  Friday in a post on X....

New Delhi: Centre Friday issued an advisory on Microsoft global outage owing to CrowdStrike agent 'Falcon Sensor' update. The IT ministry is in touch with Microsoft regarding global outage, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Friday, adding that NIC network is not affected. In a post...

New Delhi/Mumbai: Indian airlines experienced technical and operational disruptions after a widespread global computer outage created chaos at airports as passenger check-ins were delayed with airlines resorting to issuing manual boarding passes. IndiGo, SpiceJet, and Akasa Air saw disruptions in their online check-in but stock...

New Delhi: Amid a massive global outage that hit operations of airlines, banks and businesses across the globe, Microsoft Friday said that it is aware of the issue affecting Windows devices due to an update from a third-party software platform. A Microsoft spokesperson said: "We...

New Delhi: Microsoft users globally, several in India, have reported massive outages in services, with outage tracking website Downdetector showing users flagging disruptions across various services. Globally, the Microsoft cloud outage led to US airlines cancelling flights, but the tech giant later reportedly said its...

New Delhi: Fintech firm One97 Communications, which owns Paytm brand, Friday said its loss has widened to Rs 840 crore in the quarter ended June 30, primarily due to continued impact of restrictions on Paytm Payments Bank Ltd. The company had posted a loss of...