New Delhi: Union Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh Monday said ISRO will attempt another launch of its workhorse rocket PSLV in June after two back-to-back failures, ruling out suggestions of sabotage. Addressing a press conference here, Singh said the reasons for the failure of...
New York: The one thing N. Lee Plumb knows for sure that being laid off from Amazon last week wasn't a failure to get on board with the company's artificial intelligence plans. Plumb, his team's head of "AI enablement," says he was so prolific in...
New Delhi: India's manufacturing sector activity witnessed a slight recovery in January, amid faster increase in new orders, even as business confidence slipped to its lowest level in three-and-a-half years, a monthly survey said Monday. The seasonally adjusted HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI),...
New Delhi: India's efforts to enhance its weather forecasting capabilities received a significant boost with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman allocating Rs 1,342 crore for Mission Mausam Sunday. The allocation for the Ministry of Earth Sciences has been set at Rs 3,789.23 crore, compared to the...
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Sunday proposed to extend the exemption of basic customs duty on imports of goods required for nuclear power plants till 2035 as India eyes to increase atomic energy capacity to 100 GW by 2047. In the Winter Session of...
New Delhi: The government Sunday gave a strong push to upgradation and expansion of healthcare infrastructure, medical education and pharma sector with the Union Budget 2026-27 announcing a slew of steps, including those aimed at making India a global hub for allied healthcare professionals and...
New Delhi: The Budget 2026-27 has simplified customs regime by rationalising exemptions, waiving customs duty 17 cancer drugs, while easing baggage rules and reducing duty to 10 per cent on goods imported for personal use. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Sunday unveiled a "trust-based" customs regime,...
New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The government Sunday proposed dedicated corridors in mineral-rich states like Odisha and Tamil Nadu and import duty exemption on capital goods needed for processing critical minerals to boost mining and processing activities. This assumes significance in view of the government's focus on promoting...
New Delhi: The Union government Sunday announced plans to promote astrophysics and astronomy, as well as boost telescope facilities in the country. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said this while presenting her ninth consecutive Union Budget in the Parliament. “Four telescope infrastructure facilities to be...
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Sunday announced an extension of basic customs duty exemption on capital goods used for manufacturing lithium-ion cells for battery storage in the annual budget for the next financial year. In her budget speech, she also proposed to exclude the...
The ongoing war between the US-Israel combine and Iran has unexpectedly turned out to be a windfall for Russia. In...
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The widening conflict in West Asia is beginning to cast a shadow over India’s economic outlook. The country’s heavy dependence...
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On 4 November 2013, then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke to over 120 heads of Indian missions and outlined the...
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In Rajasthan, accountability has recently discovered a rather dramatic sense of urgency. A ten-minute technical glitch at Prime Minister Narendra...
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