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Ahmedabad: India plans to land its astronauts on the Moon by 2040, former ISRO chief A S Kiran Kumar said here Wednesday. Kumar, who is currently the chairman of the management council of the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), was speaking at the inauguration of the...

New Delhi: The government has given X additional time till January 7 to submit a detailed Action Taken Report after it issued a stern warning to the Elon Musk-led social media platform over indecent and sexually-explicit content being generated through misuse of AI-based services like...

New Delhi: Non-coal mining project developers will not have to show proof of land acquisition as a prerequisite for environmental clearance now, according to a recent environment ministry memorandum. So far, the ministry required proof of land acquisition. However, the norm was reconsidered following requests...

New Delhi: Observing that the central pollution watchdog is "failing in its duty", the Supreme Court Tuesday rapped the authority for seeking a two-month adjournment on the issue of temporary closure or relocation of toll plazas at Delhi borders to ease traffic congestion. The top...

New Delhi: India's services sector growth moderated in December, as the rates of expansion in incoming new work and output eased to the slowest in 11 months, and companies refrained from recruiting additional staff, a monthly survey said Tuesday. The seasonally adjusted HSBC India Services...

Seoul: North Korea test-launched hypersonic missiles in Pyongyang the previous day that successfully struck targets in the East Sea, with leader Kim Jong-un in attendance, state media reported Monday. "A sub-unit under a major firing strike group of the Korean People's Army conducted a missile...

New Delhi: Microblogging site X owner Elon Musk has said people using the platform's AI services Grok to make illegal content will face the same consequences as those uploading illegal content. The statement from Musk comes a day after Ministry of Electronics and IT directed...

New Delhi: Indians lost over Rs 52,976 crore to various fraud and cheating cases over the past six years, with Maharashtra recording the highest monetary losses in such offences, according to reports. Losses of about Rs 19,813 crore and 2,177,524 cheating‑related complaints were recorded in...

New Delhi: Paush Purnima, the first full moon of the Hindu lunar calendar in 2026, will be observed Saturday, coinciding with a spectacular celestial event, the year’s first supermoon which is also being called the 'Wolf Supermoon'. The bright Wolf Supermoon is expected to illuminate...

New Delhi: The government Friday issued a stern notice to Elon Musk-led social media platform X to immediately remove all vulgar and unlawful content, especially generated by its AI app Grok or face action under the law. The Ministry of Electronics and IT has issued...