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New Delhi: Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, currently on board the International Space Station, is expected to begin his journey back to Earth on July 14, said Axiom Space Friday. Shukla, along with three other crew members Peggy Whitson, Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, and Tibor Kapu will undock...

New Delhi: In what could change the future of affordable satellite-based internet service in India, Elon Musk’s Starlink Wednesday received approval from the country's space regulator, the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe). With this, the final regulatory hurdle for the cheaper internet...

New Delhi: iPhone maker Apple has elevated Indian-origin Sabih Khan to the position of chief operating officer, the company said Wednesday. Khan, who will take over the role from Jeff Williams later this month, has been at Apple for 30 years and joined the executive...

New Delhi: The Centre Tuesday rejected Elon Musk-run X's claims that it had directed the social media platform to block 2,355 accounts within the country, including Reuters, July 3. According to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), no such fresh blocking order or...

New Delhi: Elon Musk-owned X  Tuesday said it was directed by the Indian government to block more than 2,300 accounts, including the official handles of global news agency Reuters. According to the X’s Global Government Affairs handle, July 3, 2025, the Indian government ordered X...

Seoul: The head of US gaming giant Epic Games said Tuesday the company has dropped an antitrust lawsuit against Samsung Electronics Co. involving the blocking of software originating from sources outside of app stores of Google and Samsung on the South Korean tech company's mobile...

Mumbai: Electric vehicle (EV) sales in India rose 28.60 per cent to 1,80,238 units in June over the period year-ago, driven by massive jump in e-passenger vehicle volumes, Federation of Automobile Dealers' Association (FADA) said in a statement Tuesday. Electric passenger vehicle sales, as per...

New Delhi: Global terror financing watchdog FATF Tuesday cited the February 2019 Pulwama terror attack, which killed 40 CRPF personnel, and the 2022 Gorakhnath Temple incident to say that e-commerce platforms and online payment services are being misused for terror financing. In its 'Comprehensive Update...

New Delhi: Astronomers at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), an autonomous institution of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), have, in a breakthrough, found hidden miniature plasma loops that may help unravel the Sun’s deepest mysteries. The loops are small and short-lived, and...

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...