New Delhi: Union Cabinet Wednesday approved a new moon mission "Chandrayaan-4" to develop and demonstrate technologies needed for landing of Indian astronauts on the moon and safely bring them back to Earth. Chandrayaan-4 mission will achieve the foundational technologies for the landing of Indian astronauts...
New York: Social media giant Meta announced that it has banned Russian state media broadcaster RT and other Kremlin-controlled networks over the alleged "foreign interference activity." Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has alleged that the outlets were involved in deceptive influence operations and tried...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday said the state is on track to become a leader in skill development. He made the announcement while congratulating two local youths for their outstanding achievements at the 47th World Skills Competition held in Lyon, France, from...
New Delhi: At least 24 domestic startups secured more than $229 million in funding this week, which included six growth-stage deals worth $182.65 million. The week saw 13 early-stage deals worth $46.14 million. Overall, Bengaluru-based startups led with eight deals, followed by Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Hyderabad...
Washington: Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams and her fellow NASA colleague Butch Wilmore, currently stuck on the International Space Station (ISS), expressed their anticipation Saturday for casting their votes in the 2024 US presidential elections from space. Both astronauts emphasised the significance of fulfilling their civic...
Geneva: The World Health Organisation Friday said it has granted its first authorisation for use of a vaccine against mpox in adults, calling it an important step toward fighting the disease in Africa and beyond. The pre-qualification of the vaccine by Bavarian Nordic A/S means...
Balasore: India Friday successfully test-fired the Vertical Launch Short Range Surface to Air Missile (VLSRSAM) for the second consecutive day from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur on the Odisha coast, defence sources said. A statement from the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)...
New Delhi: American automaker Ford Friday said it is preparing to utilise its Chennai manufacturing plant to roll out vehicles for exports and has intimated the same to the Tamil Nadu government. The company which in 2021 had said that it would stop manufacturing vehicles...
New Delhi: As generative AI (GenAI) becomes popular across the spectrum, Sam Altman-run OpenAI has introduced a new ‘reasoning’ model which has been trained to answer more complex questions, faster than a human can. According to the AI company, it trained ‘OpenAI o1 model’ to...
New Delhi: India has jumped to Tier 1 in the Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) 2024, released by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), when it comes to role-modelling as part of the country’s cybersecurity commitments and resulting impacts. The ‘GCI 2024’ used a new five-tier analysis,...
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The decision taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA), headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
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Through the 1990s and up until fairly recently, India insisted on something called de-hyphenation. The hyphen referred to was the...
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