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New Delhi: UK-based pharmaceutical major AstraZeneca has started global withdrawal of its COVID-19 vaccine, which was provided in India as 'Covishield' in partnership with Serum Institute of India, days after it admitted to rare side effects of blood clotting and low platelet counts. The withdrawal...

Bhubaneswar: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will collaborate with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar for artificial intelligence (AI) driven surveillance and other projects, officials said. A meeting was held between DRDO and IIT Bhubaneswar officials here Tuesday. Binay Das, director general (DG)...

Washington: TikTok, an online video entertainment platform, and its Chinese parent company ByteDance have filed a legal challenge against the US government over a law forcing ByteDance to sell off the ultra-popular app or face a nationwide ban in the country. US President Joe Biden...

New Delhi: Election Commission Tuesday directed social media platform 'X' to "immediately" take down an animated video shared by the Karnataka unit of the BJP related to the row over reservation for the Muslim community. In a letter to the nodal officer of 'X', the...

New Delhi: After being scrubbed two hours before launch, Boeing now aims to launch the Starliner’s first crewed mission May 10, it said Tuesday. The liftoff, targeted for 10:34 pm ET(0234 UTC May 7) May 7, was stalled due to a valve issue on the...

New Delhi: As the race for artificial intelligence (AI) chips intensifies, Apple has joined the bandwagon and is now reportedly working on its own chips for data centres. The aim of the iPhone maker is to run AI software in data centre servers to give...

Chennai: The Indian space agency Monday said it has successfully achieved the ignition of a semi-cryo preburner, a major milestone in the development of semi-cryogenic propulsion systems. According to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), it is developing a 2,000 kN thrust semi-cryogenic engine working...

New Delhi: India's services sector continued to register robust growth in April on the back of strong domestic and foreign demand, which lifted business confidence to a three-month high, according to an HSBC survey published Monday. The HSBC final India Services Purchasing Managers' Index, compiled...

Washington: Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams is ready to fly into space for the third time Tuesday as the pilot aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft in its the first crewed test flight. Boeing's Starliner will blast off for the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral in Florida....

New Delhi: Jack Dorsey, who founded Twitter (now called X), has quit the board of Bluesky, a decentralised social media platform he also helped co-founded. The company said in a post that it is now searching for a new board member. “With Jack's departure, we...