Sci-Tech

New Delhi: The Indian government has announced a new spam-tracking system to identify and block incoming international calls posing as Indian phone numbers, a source said Wednesday. The system was made operational and within 24 hours of operation, about 1.35 crore or 90 per cent...

New Delhi: Under the PM Internship Scheme, around 280 companies have participated, offering 1.27 lakh internship opportunities, according to a recent report. The corporate onboarding window, which opened October 3, has now closed. However, youth registration, which began on October 12, remains open and is...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Wednesday set aside National Company Law Appellate Tribunal's verdict that had stopped insolvency proceedings against embattled ed-tech firm Byju's. A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud also reversed the order of the NCLAT approving Byju's Rs 158.9 crore dues settlement...

New Delhi: State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) Tuesday ruled out an increase in tariffs in the near future. "We can clearly say we are not going to increase our tariffs in the near future," Robert Ravi, Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Sanchar Nigam...

New Delhi: Amid rising diplomatic tensions with Canada and ongoing threats from neighbouring adversaries, India quietly launched its fourth nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) this week at the Ship Building Center (SBC) in Visakhapatnam, further enhancing its nuclear deterrence capabilities, a source said Tuesday. India's...

New Delhi: At least 10 nuclear reactors are being installed in the country while two reactors in Gujarat's Kakrapar have started generating power commercially, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology was informed Monday. According to sources, the new nuclear reactors coming up in...

New Delhi: The All India Consumer Products Distributors Federation (AICPDF), which represents 4 lakh distributors across the country, Sunday said it has written to the Competition Commission of India (CCI) about unfair practices like predatory pricing by quick commerce players like Blinkit, Zomato, Swiggy, and...

Bhubaneswar: In a breakthrough, Google added Ol Chiki script, the official writing system for the Santali language, to Google Translate, marking a significant milestone for the Santalispeaking community. The inclusion of Santali comes after sustained efforts since 2019 by a group of dedicated digital activists,...

New Delhi: Under the PM Internship Scheme, companies have listed 1.25 lakh internship opportunities so far for candidates, sources said Saturday. The dedicated portal for the scheme went live for registration by candidates at 5pm October 12. The sources in the know Saturday said that...

New Delhi:In 1930, while en route to the UK to pursue a physics scholarship, a teenage Indian student solved a cosmic conundrum that had baffled the world’s leading physicists. Armed with only pen and paper, he tackled a problem that had even puzzled one of...