New Delhi: The government has proposed tighter fuel efficiency standards for passenger vehicles under the third phase of the Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) regulations, including stricter carbon dioxide emission targets, incentives for cleaner technologies, and a market-based compliance mechanism. The Union Power Ministry Thursday...
Bengaluru: A ransomware group, World Leaks, has posted on the dark web nearly 19,000 files (14.3 GB) allegedly linked to Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) in Tamil Nadu, India’s largest nuclear power plant, an exclusive Reuters report said. The files, labelled as originating from Anil...
Washington: Nasa astronaut Anil Menon and two Russian cosmonauts Tuesday lifted off onboard a Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft from Kazakhstan on an eight-month mission to the International Space Station. The Roscosmos spacecraft carrying Menon and Russian cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina lifted off from the...
Bengaluru: US-based technology giant Google Tuesday announced a series of artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives for developers, startups, enterprises and educational institutions in India. At the Google I/O Connect India 2026 summit in Bengaluru, the company unveiled new AI education programmes, healthcare collaborations, cybersecurity initiatives and...
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala will have another moment of pride Tuesday evening when NASA astronaut Dr Anil Menon, whose family traces its roots to Ottapalam in Palakkad district, blasts off to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft. The launch is scheduled for 8.17 p.m....
New Delhi: Global smartphone shipments declined 11 per cent (year-on-year) in the April-June quarter (Q2 2026), reaching the lowest second-quarter levels since 2013, a report showed Monday, as the memory shortage deepened and emerged as the dominant drag on the industry. According to preliminary estimates...
New Delhi: Meta's reply to the government notice over child sexual abuse material (CSAM) ads on Instagram has been received by Meity and is being examined, IT Secretary S Krishnan said Monday, adding that appropriate action will be taken after examination. The government had issued...
New Delhi: India's five-member team delivered a flawless performance at the 56th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) 2026 in Colombia, winning five gold medals and helping the country secure the joint World No. 1 rank alongside China, Kazakhstan, Russia, South Korea, and Taiwan. The Indian contingent...
New Delhi: India's first bullet train service will begin operations in phases from August 15, 2027, with the Surat-Bilimora section of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) corridor set to become the country's inaugural high-speed rail route, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced. The 508-km...
New Delhi: US-based technology giant Meta said it has discontinued a feature that allows users to generate AI images using content from public Instagram accounts after public backlash within 3 days of its launch. “Our intent was to provide a useful creative tool and to...
Bhubaneswar: The Mission Shakti department Friday signed a pact with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)...
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Governments are quick to invoke the rule of law but are less good at living by it. The Department of...
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With the retail inflation in India climbing to 4.38 per cent, tell tale signs of the global economic crisis have...
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US President Donald Trump has pressed the war button again. Tehran too has responded with the same tactic it used...
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