Sci-Tech

New Delhi: South-East Asia region is expected to witness an 85 per cent increase in the number of new Cancer cases and deaths, said the World Health Organization (WHO) Monday, ahead of World Cancer Day. Each year 4 February is commemorated as World Cancer Day....

Mumbai: The number of suspected Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) patients has increased to 163 with five suspected deaths in Maharashtra as of Monday. Of these 127 diagnosed are confirmed GBS cases. One suspected new GBS case was reported on Monday and the remaining four cases are...

Bengaluru: Days after celebrating its 100th successful launch, the Indian Space Research Organisation said Sunday that a technical glitch has stalled the orbit raising manoeuvres of its NVS-02 navigation satellite, which was launched aboard GSLV-F15 January 29. In a statement, ISRO said that while the...

Bhubaneswar: Around February 28, 2025, a rare alignment of seven planets -- Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter, and Mars -- will be visible after sunset, according to NASA. However, the planets won’t form a perfect line. “You can draw a line that’s an arc,...

New Delhi: During the week, 30 Indian startups secured a total of $240.85 million in funding including five growth-stage investments and 20 early-stage rounds. Bengaluru emerged as the leader in startup funding, with 12 deals secured during the week. It was followed by Delhi-NCR, Mumbai,...

New Delhi/Balasore: Defence Ministry Saturday said three flight trials of a very short-range air defence missile system were conducted successfully from Chandipur off the coast of Odisha. The trials were carried out against high-speed targets flying at very low altitude. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated...

New Delhi: The government has enhanced allocation for key technology projects, comprising production-linked incentives for mobile phones, IT hardware, semiconductor scheme and IndiaAI Mission, by about 84 per cent to Rs 18,000 crore for the next fiscal. The revised allocation for the key electronic sector...

New Delhi: Union Health Ministry has been allocated Rs 99,858.56 crore in the Budget 2025-2026, an around 11 per cent hike over the Rs 89,974.12 crore in the budget (revised estimates) of 2024-2025 with the government announcing setting up daycare cancer centres at all district...

New Delhi: The government Saturday announced to set up a National Manufacturing Mission to further promote Make in India initiative. The Mission's mandate will include five focus areas ease and cost of doing business; future ready workforce for in-demand jobs; a vibrant and dynamic MSME...

New Delhi: New and emerging technologies were in focus in the Union Budget, as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a national framework for Global Capability Centres (GCCs), Rs 500-crore Centre of Excellence in AI for education, and said a deep tech 'Fund of Funds' will...