Sci-Tech

New Delhi: The government Monday cleared a proposal of Kaynes Semicon to set up a Rs 3,307-crore semiconductor unit in Sanand, Gujarat, that will have the capacity to churn out 6.3 million chips a day. Addressing reporters after the Union Cabinet meeting, IT Minister Ashwini...

New Delhi: At least 31 homegrown startups raised more than $466 million in 22 deals this week, a significant 75 per cent rise from last week. Quick e-commerce platform Zepto raised $340 million in a follow-on financing round, taking the company’s valuation to $5 billion....

San Francisco: Tech billionaire Elon Musk Saturday said that freedom of speech is under massive attack around the world, after Brazil's Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered to block his social media platform X nationwide. The order came after the company refused to appoint...

Sao Paulo: Brazil started blocking Elon Musk's social media platform X early Saturday, making it largely inaccessible on both the web and through its mobile app after the company refused to comply with a judge's order. X missed a deadline imposed by Supreme Court Justice...

New Delhi: India must be prepared for another Covid-19 outbreak, said an expert Friday, amid rise in cases in several countries including the US and South Korea. According to estimates from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Covid infections are increasing across...

New Delhi: The online portal for passport applications will be shut for the next five days for a maintenance exercise, the government said Thursday. No new appointments will be scheduled during this period and appointments booked earlier will be rescheduled. Those who have already scheduled...

Paris: Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the encrypted messaging service Telegram, was released after paying a five-million-euro (about $5.6 million) bail, but he is required to report to the police twice a week, Paris Public Prosecutor Laure Beccuau said. Durov is officially placed...

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has drafted a new digital media policy that allows it to pay up to Rs 8 lakh per month to an influencer to promote its schemes. It also warns of legal action if any "objectionable content" is put online. The...

New Delhi: The Competition Commission of India Wednesday approved the merger of the media assets of Reliance Industries and Walt Disney Co to create the country's largest media empire worth over Rs 70,000 crore. The deal, announced six months ago, faced scrutiny by the anti-trust...

New Delhi: After a helium leak, bad weather has delayed the Polaris Dawn mission, Elon Musk-led SpaceX announced Wednesday. The company is unlikely to launch the mission slated to perform the first-ever 'all-civilian' spacewalk Wednesday and Thursday, as notified earlier. “Due to unfavourable weather forecasted...