Sci-Tech

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...

New Delhi: IT services firm Tech Mahindra Saturday reported a more than two-fold jump in its consolidated net profit to Rs 1,250 crore for the July-September quarter, driven by special income from the sale of assets. The Mahindra Group company posted a net profit of...

Washington: Elon Musk-run SpaceX has won a $733 million, eight-launch contract from the US Space Force. The US Space Force’s Space Systems Command issued Launch Service Task Orders (LSTOs) totalling $733,566,001 to SpaceX under the “National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1.” “In this...

New Delhi: The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) across the country are offering fee concessions and relaxation in already lower cut-off to students from reserved categories to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education for all, according to officials. "In the JEE-based admissions, fee remissions and...

New Delhi: India has surpassed China to become the largest two-wheeler market in the world, driven by rising demand in rural areas, supported by favourable monsoon conditions and government initiatives for rural development, a report showed on Friday. Globally, two-wheeler sales grew 4 per cent...

Rourkela: Komal Panda,22, a resident of Rourkela and a fourth-year industrial and product design student at the National Institute of Design (NID), Haryana, has been named the national winner of the James Dyson Award-2024 for her innovative design project named ‘Novocarry’. Announced September 11, 2024,...