Sci-Tech

Washington: US Senator Mark Warner has demanded answers from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg over paid advertisements containing alleged child sexual abuse material, citing an earlier investigation that found similar advertisements running on Instagram in India. Warner, a Virginia Democrat, said Meta had allowed advertisements featuring...

New Delhi: The government's hard talk with Meta has led to action and increased sensitivity on the issue of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), IT Ministry sources said Tuesday, adding that the Centre has been unequivocal that such content is a clear violation and there...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Tuesday sought responses from the Centre, all states, Union Territories, and social media platforms Meta and X on a PIL seeking directions to prevent police organisations from posting content revealing the identities of accused individuals or depicting them in a dehumanising...

New Delhi: The government has cleared 31 fresh proposals under the electronics components manufacturing scheme, entailing investments of Rs 7,877 crore, the secretary in the IT ministry, S Krishnan, said Monday. According to Krishnan, the government has received a total investment proposal of Rs 69,548...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday said India has already begun production at three semiconductor plants, and five to eight more plants are expected to come up in the coming years. Addressing the nation from the ramparts of the historic Red Fort on the...

New Delhi: India has emerged as a major power in global defence manufacturing, with exports of military hardware surging to Rs 38,424 crore in 2025-26 driven by a significant push toward indigenous production, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said Friday. In a message to the armed...

New Delhi: Reliance Industries and Rolls-Royce Friday said they intend to jointly develop a sovereign combat engine for the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) programme, marking a bid by India's largest private-sector company and Britain's storied aero-engine maker to build indigenous fighter-jet propulsion capability in...

Bhubaneswar: Referring to geopolitical tensions in West Asia and India's dependence on imported crude oil, Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati Wednesday urged MSMEs to promote sustainable mobility and gradually shift towards electric vehicles. Addressing the 41st Foundation Day celebration and annual state-level convention 2026 of...

New Delhi: Space regulator IN-SPACe has granted 113 authorisations to 52 non-government entities (NGEs), 18 of them start-ups, to carry out various space activities since the sector's opening to the private sector, Union Minister Jitendra Singh told Parliament Wednesday. In a written reply to a...

Bhubaneswar: Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar, in collaboration with Virginia Commonwealth University, USA, have theoretically predicted a new two-dimensional material exhibiting i-wave altermagnetism. The finding could open new possibilities for developing faster, more compact and energy-efficient electronic devices, with potential applications...