Sci-Tech

New Delhi: Semicon India 2026 attracted huge participation from global chip industry companies looking to collaborate and expand their presence in India by leveraging skilled local talent and supportive central and state government policies. Lithographic equipment major ASML, which has a presence only in semiconductor-producing...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Santrupt Misra Saturday urged the Central government to explore other methods of funding for infrastructure upgrades and cybersecurity in the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), while ensuring protection for small businesses and consumers. On Friday, Odisha Leader of the...

New Delhi: More than 180 scientists and ecologists in India have signed an appeal to fellow researchers and field practitioners to prepare for an upcoming "super" El Nino event, which is likely to have devastating impacts on the country's natural systems. El Nino is marked...

Seoul: Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Saturday rejected a recent resolution by the UN nuclear watchdog against Pyongyang's nuclear program, vowing to maintain the credibility of the country's nuclear capabilities in the face of what she called nuclear threats...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Odisha Friday announced an additional 25 per cent fiscal support on capital expenditure for semiconductor projects aligned with the Centre's newly-approved Semicon 2.0 programme, as Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said the state has become the first in the country to extend policy...

New Delhi: The environment ministry has proposed framing new rules to curb stubble burning in Delhi and other states, including Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. Under the draft rules, a farmland where stubble burning takes place would be placed under a red category for...

Mumbai: Union Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Friday said 68 Japanese companies participating in Semicon India 2026 are in the process of finalising their manufacturing, research and partnership plans in India. Speaking to IANS during his visit to the Japanese pavilion at the...

Bengaluru: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Wednesday that decisions on taxation of the digital economy required examining their implications for India, other jurisdictions, and future investment. In her address at an event organised by the International Tax Research and Analysis Foundation (ITRAF) here, the Finance...

Koraput/Sunabeda: The Department of Agriculture, Central University of Odisha (CUO), Koraput, in collaboration with the International Potato Center (CIP), Peru, organised a Potato Innovation and Technology Demonstration Programme on the university campus. The programme focused on emerging technologies in potato seed production, protected cultivation, research...

New Delhi: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the Centre’s recent framework permitting Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on specified high-value Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions above Rs 2,000, alleging that the move is arbitrary, discriminatory and imposes a...