Sci-Tech

New Delhi: ISRO's commercial arm NSIL said Wednesday that its newest rocket the SSLV will have its first dedicated commercial launch when it puts into orbit the Optimus -- a satellite built by Australia-based Space Machines Company. The announcement was made jointly by NewSpace India...

New Delhi: Embattled edtech firm Byju’s did not siphon off funds or manipulated accounts, a year-long investigation by the government has found. However, the company did go through lapses in its corporate governance structure, the government added. The probe by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs...

New Delhi: ISRO Chairman S Somanath Wednesday said there is not enough internal demand for the satellite launch market in India but it can be created through more work on the application of satellite technology. Addressing the India Space Congress 2024, he said big companies...

New Delhi: Almost 50 per cent of adults in India engaged in insufficient levels of physical activity in 2022, according to a study published in The Lancet Global Health journal. Far more women in India (57 per cent) were found to be insufficiently physically active,...

New Delhi: An auction of radiowaves that carry voice and data signals for mobile phones ended within two days Wednesday, garnering less than 12 per cent of the Rs 96,238 crore minimum value that the government had estimated for the spectrum on offer. The auction,...

Washington: A US federal court in Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, Wednesday ordered that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who pleaded guilty to a single felony count of violating the Espionage Act, should be released immediately. He will leave the court as a...

Bangkok: A plane believed to be carrying WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has landed in Bangkok Tuesday, as he is on the way to enter a plea deal with the US government that will free him and resolve the legal case that spanned years and continents...

Beijing: China's Chang'e 6 probe returned on Earth Tuesday with rock and soil samples from the little-explored far side of the moon in a global first. The probe landed in northern China Tuesday afternoon in the Inner Mongolian region. Chinese scientists anticipate the returned samples...

New Delhi: The Centre Tuesday announced it has begun the auction of spectrum worth Rs 96,238.45 crore for telecom services. The total quantum of spectrum being auctioned is 10,522.35 MHz in various bands, valuing Rs 96,238.45 crore at reserve prices, said the Ministry of Communications....

New Delhi: Maiki South Mining Pvt Ltd has bagged the country's first lithium block in Chhattisgarh that was put up for sale, the government said Monday. Meanwhile, the government cancelled the auction of 14 critical minerals that were on offer in the second round of...