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Bengaluru: ISRO Sunday successfully carried out the first Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-01) to validate the parachute-based deceleration system for the upcoming Gaganyaan mission. An ISRO official told PTI that the end-to-end demonstration was conducted near Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. The exercise was jointly executed...

New Delhi/Balasore: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully carried out the maiden flight tests of the Integrated Air Defence Weapon System (IADWS), Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announced Sunday. The tests were conducted at 12.30 p.m. Saturday (August 23) off the coast of...

New Delhi: India plans to launch more than 100 satellites over the next 15 years, and it will be a mix of government technology missions and private sector-led operational missions, Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh said in New Delhi Saturday. He also released a...

Washington: President Donald Trump said that Intel has agreed to give the US government a 10 per cent stake in its business. Speaking with reporters Friday, Trump said the deal came out of a meeting last week with Intel CEO Lip Bu Tan — which...

New Delhi: OpenAI Friday said it will set up its first India office in New Delhi later this year, as its high-profile founder Sam Altman announced his plans to visit the country next month. In a post on X, Altman said AI adoption in India...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday asked space scientists to prepare for a deep space exploration mission to unravel the secrets that brighten the future of humanity. In a video address on the National Space Day, Modi announced that India was preparing to set...

New Delhi: The government has not issued any order to unblock Chinese social media platform TikTok, official sources said late Friday. Reports to the contrary started surfacing after some people were able to access the TikTok website on their desktop browsers. "The Government of India...

New Delhi: ISRO Friday unveiled a model of the Bharatiya Antariksh Station (BAS) module during the two-day National Space Day celebrations that began in New Delhi. India plans to launch the first module of the BAS, its own home-built space station, by 2028, marking its...

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu Friday gave assent to the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, a day after it was cleared by the Parliament, bringing sweeping restrictions on money-based online gaming platforms in India. The new law imposes stringent penalties on those...

Bangkok: China released new interim measures Friday tightening controls on mining and processing of rare earths that are used in many high-tech products including electric vehicles, smartphones and fighter jets. The rules released Friday by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology apply both to...