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New Delhi: The X account of international news agency Reuters has been withheld in India ‘in response to a legal demand,’ according to a notice displayed by the platform. However, a government spokesperson clarified that no such legal directive was issued and said it is...

New Delhi: After a day off, astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and others from the Axiom-4 mission Saturday studied how bones react to microgravity conditions, an experiment that could lead to better treatment of osteoporosis on Earth. On the 10th flight day, Shukla also participated in an...

Karachi: Tech giant Microsoft has announced to shut down its limited operations in Pakistan as part of its global strategy to reduce workforce, which various stakeholders termed Friday as a “troubling sign” for the country's economy. Microsoft, while closing its office in Pakistan Thursday after...

New Delhi: Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla Friday said he and fellow astronauts on the International Space Station relished 'aam ras', 'gajar ka halwa', 'moong dal halwa' and delicacies from other countries as he completed a week on board the orbital lab. Shukla, who docked at the...

New Delhi: Two young Indians from New Zealand have made a giant leap to win an internship at the US space agency NASA’s prestigious Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. Shivam Desai -- a mechatronics engineering master's student from the University of Auckland -- and Taran...

New Delhi: Indian software engineer Soham Parekh, currently in the eye of the storm for moonlighting for multiple Silicon Valley startups, has defended himself by saying that he was forced to work for 140 hours a week due to financial constraints. Appearing on a YouTube...

New Delhi: Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian astronaut on the International Space Station, is working to develop a brain-computer interface in the orbital lab, said NASA Thursday. Shukla, part of the Axiom Space mission-4, used near-infrared technology to develop the interface in the Columbus laboratory...

Redmond: Microsoft is firing thousands of workers, its second mass layoff in months. The tech giant began sending out layoff notices Wednesday. The company declined to say how many people would be laid off but that it will comprise less than 4 per cent of...

New Delhi: Union Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia Wednesday said that all due diligence processes have been completed from their end for the entry of SpaceX’s Starlink service in India, and once they receive the necessary regulatory and licensing approvals from the space regulator, they can...