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New Delhi: Air pollution contributed to 8.1 million deaths worldwide in 2021, with India and China recording 2.1 million and 2.3 million fatalities, respectively, according to a report released Wednesday. Published by the Health Effects Institute (HEI), an independent US-based research organisation, in partnership with...

New Delhi: British telecom player Vodafone Wednesday said it has sold an 18 per cent stake in Indus Towers for 1.7 billion euro (about Rs 15,300 crore). The company will use the major portion of the proceeds to pay 1.8 billion euro outstanding bank borrowings...

Bengaluru: NV Raghuram, yoga teacher of Indian astronaut Rakesh Sharma and the founder of Yoga Bharati, Wednesday revealed that yoga made Sharma "fearless and more adaptable than any other astronaut" in his team. He was sharing some of Sharma's encounters in space at a conference...

New Delhi: India has been ranked 63rd on a global Energy Transition Index released Wednesday by the World Economic Forum, which said the country has shown significant improvement across energy equity, security and sustainability. European nations dominated the top ranks with Sweden topping the index,...

New Delhi: The PhonePe Payment Gateway (PG) has announced the launch of its referral programme -- 'PhonePe PG Partner Programme', which is designed for anyone helping a business grow online. As a referral partner, they can refer their clients to accept online payments from their...

New Delhi: Amid the growing debate over artificial intelligence (AI) models, Google Tuesday launched its AI assistant Gemini’s mobile app in India. The Gemini app is now available in India, supporting English and nine languages — Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, and...

San Francisco: Apple has announced to shut down its buy now, pay later (BNPL) service called ‘Apple Pay Later’ in the US. The service, which let users take out “pay later” loans that can be paid in four payments over six weeks, was launched in...

New Delhi: Factors like streamlining foreign direct investment (FDI) as well as augmenting Research & Development (R&D) and manufacturing capabilities can help the country realise its $5 billion defence export target by 2024-25, says a study. Nexgen Exhibitions, organizers of International Police Expo, one of...

New Delhi: Union Earth Sciences Minister Jitendra Singh Sunday said India is set to become the sixth country to have its own deep-sea mission. Chairing a meeting to discuss the ministry's 100-day action plan, Singh expressed pride and happiness on the progress of the deep-sea...

New Delhi: The BJP Sunday accused billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk of making a "huge sweeping generalisation" by calling for eliminating EVMs, saying his views may apply to the US but not to India. In a recent post on X, Musk had said, "We should eliminate...