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New Delhi: Elon Musk-owned X  Tuesday said it was directed by the Indian government to block more than 2,300 accounts, including the official handles of global news agency Reuters. According to the X’s Global Government Affairs handle, July 3, 2025, the Indian government ordered X...

Seoul: The head of US gaming giant Epic Games said Tuesday the company has dropped an antitrust lawsuit against Samsung Electronics Co. involving the blocking of software originating from sources outside of app stores of Google and Samsung on the South Korean tech company's mobile...

Mumbai: Electric vehicle (EV) sales in India rose 28.60 per cent to 1,80,238 units in June over the period year-ago, driven by massive jump in e-passenger vehicle volumes, Federation of Automobile Dealers' Association (FADA) said in a statement Tuesday. Electric passenger vehicle sales, as per...

New Delhi: Global terror financing watchdog FATF Tuesday cited the February 2019 Pulwama terror attack, which killed 40 CRPF personnel, and the 2022 Gorakhnath Temple incident to say that e-commerce platforms and online payment services are being misused for terror financing. In its 'Comprehensive Update...

New Delhi: Astronomers at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), an autonomous institution of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), have, in a breakthrough, found hidden miniature plasma loops that may help unravel the Sun’s deepest mysteries. The loops are small and short-lived, and...

New Delhi: The X account of international news agency Reuters has been withheld in India ‘in response to a legal demand,’ according to a notice displayed by the platform. However, a government spokesperson clarified that no such legal directive was issued and said it is...

New Delhi: After a day off, astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and others from the Axiom-4 mission Saturday studied how bones react to microgravity conditions, an experiment that could lead to better treatment of osteoporosis on Earth. On the 10th flight day, Shukla also participated in an...

Karachi: Tech giant Microsoft has announced to shut down its limited operations in Pakistan as part of its global strategy to reduce workforce, which various stakeholders termed Friday as a “troubling sign” for the country's economy. Microsoft, while closing its office in Pakistan Thursday after...

New Delhi: Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla Friday said he and fellow astronauts on the International Space Station relished 'aam ras', 'gajar ka halwa', 'moong dal halwa' and delicacies from other countries as he completed a week on board the orbital lab. Shukla, who docked at the...

New Delhi: Two young Indians from New Zealand have made a giant leap to win an internship at the US space agency NASA’s prestigious Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. Shivam Desai -- a mechatronics engineering master's student from the University of Auckland -- and Taran...