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New Delhi: A major vulnerability in WhatsApp left the personal details of nearly 3.5 billion users exposed, a research report from the University of Vienna has claimed. The team of researchers uncovered a weakness in the platform’s contact discovery feature that allowed them to systematically...

New Delhi: Jio has spruced up its AI offering to now include Google's latest Gemini 3 model as part of Jio Gemini Pro Plan, making it available free for 18 months for the telco's users having unlimited 5G data plan. The Gemini Pro Plan (valued...

New Delhi: A widespread internet outage struck several global digital platforms Tuesday, leaving millions of users unable to access services like X, OpenAI's ChatGPT, Perplexity AI, Google Cloud, and Canva. Popular gaming titles League of Legends and Valorant were also impacted. The disruption has been...

New Delhi: Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla Tuesday said engineers at ISRO were comparing his experiences onboard the Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station with the planning for Gaganyaan, India's maiden human spaceflight. Shukla, who became the first Indian astronaut to travel to the International Space...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is emerging as one of India’s most climate-stressed states, with 80 per cent of residents reporting they personally experienced severe heat waves, according to a new study released Tuesday. The study, conducted by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and based on...

Belem: India will submit its revised Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for the 2035 period by December, Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said Monday, while calling on developed nations to achieve net-zero targets well ahead of their current deadlines. Addressing the high-level segment of the COP30 climate...

Rourkela: Researchers from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela have patented an eco-friendly method to produce black terracotta wares, according to officials. The research team, led by Swadesh Kumar Pratihar, Professor of Ceramic Engineering, along with Shiv Kumar Verma, senior technical assistant, and Rupesh Mandal,...

Baripada: The Indian Railways is redeveloping the Baripada Railway Station in Mayurbhanj district under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, a nationwide initiative designed to modernise stations and improve overall passenger experience. The scheme reflects the railways’ commitment to inclusive and future-ready development, with station-specific plans...

Belem (Brazil): Going into United Nations climate negotiations, the Brazilian hosts weren't looking for big end-of-session pronouncements on lofty goals. This conference was supposed to hyperfocus on “implementation” of past promises not yet kept. Throw that out the window. The urgency of climate change is...

Visakhapatnam: Venezuela has expressed keen interest in enhancing cooperation with India in critical minerals sector and attract investments, the commerce ministry said Saturday. It was discussed in a meeting between Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and Minister of Ecological Mining Development of Venezuela Hector...