Sci-Tech

New Delhi: As India gears up for the Union Budget 2025-26, the focus on sustainability and resource self-sufficiency has never been more critical. The country generates over 3.2 million metric tonnes of e-waste annually, making it the third-largest producer globally. Industry leaders are advocating for...

New York: ISRO astronaut and Indian Air Force (IAF) officer, Shubhanshu Shukla, will take on the role of pilot on the Axiom Mission 4, or Ax-4, that will go to the International Space Station (ISS) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida no earlier than...

RAJESH MOHANTY, OP Rourkela: Researchers at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela have developed an innovative process for efficiently treating industrial wastewater contaminated with persistent dyes such as Bismarck Brown R. The research, supported by Science and Engineering Research Board of the Department of...

New Delhi: NASA Thursday said it is “working expeditiously” along with SpaceX to safely bring back Indian origin astronaut Sunita Williams and astronaut Butch Willmore, currently stuck in the International Space Station (ISS) for 238 days. NASA said this after billionaire and SpaceX founder Elon...

New Delhi: After being stuck for 237 days in space, Indian-Origin astronaut Sunita Williams said she is trying to ‘remember what it is like to walk'. Williams has been stranded at the International Space Station since June 2024, after the faulty Starliner was declared unfit...

New Delhi: India’s space agency, ISRO, marked a significant milestone Wednesday morning with the successful launch of its 100th GSLV rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The GSLV-F15 rocket lifted off at 6:23 a.m., carrying the NVS-02 navigation satellite into space, adding...

Hong Kong: The Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek has rattled markets with claims that its latest AI model, R1, performs on a par with those of OpenAI, despite using less advanced computer chips and consuming less energy. DeepSeek's emergence has raised concerns that China may...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday performed the groundbreaking ceremony of the state's second semiconductor unit to be set up in Bhubaneswar at an investment of Rs 2,500 crore. The ceremony was virtually held from the venue of ‘Utkarsh Odisha-Make in Odisha Conclave'...

Bangkok: The 40-year-old founder of China's DeepSeek, an AI startup that has startled markets with its capacity to compete with industry leaders like OpenAI, kept a low profile as he built up a hedge fund and then refined its quantitative models to branch into artificial...

New Delhi: ISRO is ready to make its 100th launch of the GSLV rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota January 29. GSLV F15 will lift off from the second launch pad at 6:23 am January 29, carrying the NVS-02 navigation satellite. This will...