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New Delhi: Riding on robust local production as iPhone manufacturing plants in India continue to create new export records each month, Apple is all set to create 5-6 lakh jobs (direct and indirect) in the coming 1-2 years, according to industry sources. As iPhone exports...

New Delhi: ZEE Entertainment Enterprises Ltd and Sony Pictures Networks India Tuesday said they have settled their disputes related to the failed $10-billion merger and have agreed to withdraw all claims against each other. The settlement stems from a mutual understanding between the companies to...

Bhubaneswar: 6,960 poachers have been arrested for the killing and trafficking of 2,869 wildlife animals over the past 10 years, Forest, Environment, and Climate Change Minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia told the Odisha Assembly Tuesday. While replying to a question from Congress legislator Taraprasad Bahinipati, the...

Cupertino (California): Apple has appointed Indian-origin Kevan Parekh as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) who will also join the the executive team at the tech giant. Current CFO Luca Maestri will transition from his role January 1, 2025, Apple said in a statement. “For...

New Delhi: SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission aimed to conduct the first-ever 'all-civilian' spacewalk has been delayed over a helium leak, said the Elon-Musk-led company  Tuesday. The four-member mission was scheduled to launch today. It is now planned for liftoff onboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Wednesday at...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has culled over 11,700 chickens in Puri district's Pipili, following the detection of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, an official said Monday. After mass deaths of chickens at a local poultry farm in Pipili, culling began Saturday and was completed Monday...

Swansea: Mammals, from the mighty blue whale to the tiny shrew, inhabit nearly every corner of our planet. Their remarkable adaptability to different environments has long fascinated scientists, with each species developing unique traits to survive and thrive. Despite such vast biological diversity, it was...

New Delhi: Encrypted messaging app Telegram Monday said that its CEO Pavel Durov — who was arrested in France — has nothing to hide and “it is absurd to claim that a platform or its owner are responsible for abuse of that platform.” In its...

New Delhi: NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore, who flew to the International Space Station (ISS) in June this year on board Boeing's faulty Starliner capsule, will return to Earth early next year, the space agency said in a release. NASA will return the...

Cape Canaveral: The two astronauts who will spend extra time at the International Space Station are Navy test pilots who have ridden out long missions before. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams have been holed up at the space station with seven others since the...