Sci-Tech

Washington: The United States, Japan and S Korea Friday announced the launch of a new framework that furthers their collaboration with the Indian private sector to support digital infrastructure in India. An announcement in this regard was made by the US International Development Finance Corporation,...

New Delhi: India must undergo a revolutionary transformation to rise as a developed economy, said ISRO Chairman S. Somanath stressing the importance of technological advancements and product development to drive economic growth. He also praised tech mogul Elon Musk for his innovative work in the...

Sydney: A team led by researchers at MIT in the United States has discovered large molecules containing carbon in a distant interstellar cloud of gas and dust. This is exciting for those of us who keep lists of known interstellar molecules in the hope that...

New Delhi: IT Ministry Wednesday slammed Elon Musk-run social media platform X after more than 100 bomb threats were received by airlines over the past few days and many of these hoaxes were circulated via social media platforms. In a virtual meeting with representatives of...

Melbourne: A large communications satellite has broken up in orbit, affecting users in Europe, Central Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Australia, and adding to the growing swarm of space junk clouding our planet's neighbourhood. The Intelsat 33e satellite provided broadband communication from a point...

New Delhi: The Indian government has announced a new spam-tracking system to identify and block incoming international calls posing as Indian phone numbers, a source said Wednesday. The system was made operational and within 24 hours of operation, about 1.35 crore or 90 per cent...

New Delhi: Under the PM Internship Scheme, around 280 companies have participated, offering 1.27 lakh internship opportunities, according to a recent report. The corporate onboarding window, which opened October 3, has now closed. However, youth registration, which began on October 12, remains open and is...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Wednesday set aside National Company Law Appellate Tribunal's verdict that had stopped insolvency proceedings against embattled ed-tech firm Byju's. A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud also reversed the order of the NCLAT approving Byju's Rs 158.9 crore dues settlement...

New Delhi: State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) Tuesday ruled out an increase in tariffs in the near future. "We can clearly say we are not going to increase our tariffs in the near future," Robert Ravi, Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Sanchar Nigam...

New Delhi: Amid rising diplomatic tensions with Canada and ongoing threats from neighbouring adversaries, India quietly launched its fourth nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) this week at the Ship Building Center (SBC) in Visakhapatnam, further enhancing its nuclear deterrence capabilities, a source said Tuesday. India's...