New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday sought response from the Centre on a plea challenging the guidelines that exclude transgenders, gay and sex workers from donating blood. A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud issued notices to the Union government, National Aids Control Organisation...
San Francisco: Chip-maker Intel has announced to lay off more than 15 per cent of its workforce — or about 15,000 employees — after posting a poor quarterly earnings and dismal outlook. According to the company, the layoffs and other measures will reduce spending by...
Washington: Engineering teams from NASA and Boeing successfully completed a crucial hot fire test of the Starliner spacecraft’s reaction control system jets July 27, a notification released by NASA said Wednesday. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, assigned to the Boeing Crew Flight Test,...
New Delhi: India now has 117 crore mobile connections and 93 crore internet connections, Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said in the Lok Sabha Wednesday while noting that call rates in the country are one of the lowest in the world. Scindia said the cost of...
New Delhi: India is working on developing bullet trains in the country with indigenous technology, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Wednesday He said in the Lok Sabha that the bullet train project, first of which is under construction between Ahmedabad and Mumbai, is very complex...
New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal Tuesday informed the Lok Sabha that incentives worth Rs 9,721 crore have been claimed under the PLI scheme for nine sectors, including large scale electronics manufacturing and pharmaceuticals. In a written reply to a question, Goyal said...
New Delhi: Warming of the Arabian Sea is allowing the formation of deep cloud systems, leading to extremely heavy rainfall in Kerala in a shorter period and increasing the possibility of landslides, a senior climate scientist said Tuesday. Extremely heavy rain triggered a series of...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday said India is firmly on the path to becoming the world's third-biggest economy within next five years and that global investors are eyeing it as an investment destination, as he exhorted the domestic industry to seize the golden...
Bengaluru: Hiring for the power and energy sector in India is surging 9.01 per cent in H1 FY25, indicating a move towards a low-carbon future, driven by significant government initiatives, according to a report Monday. The employment outlook report, by TeamLease Services -- a staffing...
New Delhi: One of the four astronauts undergoing training for the Gaganyan mission will travel to the International Space Station as part of a collaborative effort with NASA, Union Minister Jitendra Singh has informed the Lok Sabha. In a written reply, Singh said NASA has...
Former Enforcement Directorate (ED) chief Sanjay Kumar Mishra has been appointed a full-time member of the Economic Advisory Council to...
Read more
AI “agents” are coming, whether we are ready or not. While there is much uncertainty about when AI models will...
Read more
A political earthquake has shaken France and rattled Far-Right parties across the globe after a French court on 31 March...
Read more
A global trend being seen for some time now is the rise of Far-Right outfits taking advantage of the frustration...
Read more