Sci-Tech

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Deputy Chief Minister KV Singh Deo Saturday inaugurated a power distribution technology centre, which is set up by TPCODL -- a joint venture of Tata Power and the Odisha government. "Inaugurated the power distribution technology centre at TPCODL, a pioneering step towards strengthening...

Rourkela: Researchers at the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela have developed a new class of cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries, offering a promising alternative to cobalt-based designs, according to officials. The innovative research, funded by the Department of Science and Technology’s Nanomission programme and conducted...

Washington: Supreme Court Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it's sold by its China-based parent company, holding that the risk to national security posed by its ties to China overcomes concerns about limiting speech by the app or its 170...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday said future of mobility belongs to India that saw an unprecedented sale of 2.5 crore vehicles a year, and attracted USD 36 billion foreign direct investment in just four years. Addressing a gathering after inaugurating the Bharat Mobility...

Beijing: China successfully launched a Pakistani satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center Friday. The satellite, named PRSC-EO1, was launched at 12:07 p.m. (Beijing Time) by a Long March-2D carrier rocket and entered its planned orbit successfully, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The...

New Delhi: The government Thursday approved setting up of a third launch pad at Sriharikota to send heavier spacecraft into orbit as it aims to build a space station, carry out human spaceflight Gaganyaan and land an astronaut on the moon. The third launch pad...

New Delhi: With the successful docking of the satellites of the SpaDEX mission, India became the fourth nation to ace the space docking technology, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said Thursday. ISRO informed the merging of two small spacecraft -- SDX01, the Chaser, and...

New Delhi: Bengaluru-based space startup Pixxel scripted history Wednesday by launching the country's first private constellation of earth imaging satellites, Firefly, making a grand entry into the fast-emerging field of hyper-spectral imaging. A SpaceX rocket launched three of Pixxel's six Firefly satellites which are the...

New Delhi: Social media giant Meta Wednesday apologised to the Indian government over its Co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s remarks on the 2024 General Elections, saying it was an "inadvertent error" on Zuckerberg's part and India remains an “important country” for them. The company was...

Washington: Just days ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 47th US President, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a lawsuit against his best ally Elon Musk over an alleged securities violation relating to his acquisition of Twitter (now called X) in 2022....