Sci-Tech

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,...

New Delhi: Tech billionaire Elon Musk thanked Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia for not agreeing with Indian tycoons Mukesh Ambani and Sunil Bharti Mittal on auctioning spectrum for satellite services, saying he is looking forward to serving Indians. Reacting to Scindia's statement that satellite spectrum will...

New Delhi: India’s Generative AI (GenAI) ecosystem saw the total number of startups surging 3.6 times, from over 66 in the first half of 2023 to more than 240 in the first half this year, a Nasscom report said Wednesday. India now ranks sixth globally...

New Delhi: As battlelines are being drawn over the modalities of allocating satcom spectrum, TRAI Chairman Anil Kumar Lahoti Wednesday said the consultation process is currently on and that the telecom regulator will consider all inputs put before taking a considered view. The regulator's comments...

New Delhi: The world's richest person Elon Musk has taken on Indian billionaires Mukesh Ambani and Sunil Bharti Mittal over the allocation of spectrum used in wireless communication using satellites, calling their demand for the auction of such airwaves "unprecedented". While Ambani's Reliance Jio has...

Chennai: Over a month-long indefinite strike by the employees of Samsung India Electronics Ltd at its plant near here was called off Tuesday and the workers have decided to resume work, the Tamil Nadu government said. The state government in a statement said the strike...

New Delhi: India Tuesday sealed a mega deal with the US to procure 31 Predator high-altitude long-endurance drones from American defence major General Atomics under the foreign military sales route at a cost of nearly $4 billion to crank up Indian military's combat prowess along...

New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday announced three Artificial Intelligence Centres of Excellence (CoEs) focused on healthcare, agriculture and sustainable cities. The CoEs will be led by top educational institutions, in consortium with industry partners and startups. "The three CoEs in AI-‘healthcare,...