Sci-Tech

Washington: The clock is ticking toward a US ban on TikTok, but users seeking clarity on what that will mean did not get much Saturday from the company that runs the popular video-sharing platform or the tech giants that offer the TikTok app in their...

Bhubaneswar: Asserting that India is emerging as a major pole in world economy, Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam Saturday said his country was trying to contribute to the semiconductor ecosystem and the air connectivity sector. "India aspires to be a pole in its own right, in...

New Delhi: Wipro is expected to employ up to 10,000 freshers in the next fiscal year 2025 (FY25). According to Wipro chief human resources officer Saurabh Govil, the software major has revealed that it is planning to hire around 12,000 freshers during this fiscal (FY26)...

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...