New Delhi: Eminent physicist Rajagopala Chidambaram, who played a key role in the nuclear tests of 1974 and 1998, died Saturday, according to the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE). He was 88. Chidambaram, who was also associated with the nuclear weapons programme, breathed his last...
New Delhi: The government has released the long-awaited draft of Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, which do not mention any penal action for violations. The draft rules have been issued after Parliament approved the Digital Data Protection Bill 2023 about 14 months back. "Draft of...
New Delhi: The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) is closely monitoring respiratory and seasonal influenza cases in the country, and is in touch with international agencies in the wake of the recent reports of an outbreak of the Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China, official...
New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said the electric vehicle (EV) companies present in the meeting have unanimously agreed that they would no longer need subsidies once the existing subsidy regime ends. Stakeholders from the EV sector held deliberations with the...
New Delhi: White-collar hiring activities increased by 9 per cent in December as compared to the same period last year, according to a report. In the white-collar hiring sphere, high-skill and strategically important jobs were in high demand. According to Naukri JobSpeak, the index increased...
New Delhi: The year 2024 was the warmest on record in India since 1901, with the average minimum temperature settling 0.90 degrees Celsius above the long-period average. The annual mean land surface air temperature across India in 2024 was 0.65 degrees Celsius above the long-term...
San Francisco: The parents of Indian-American techie Suchir Balaji, who was found dead in his San Francisco apartment December 14, 2024, have rejected the official suicide ruling, alleging that their son was murdered. Suchir, a former OpenAI employee, had made headlines for his whistleblowing revelations...
New Delhi: If you are struggling to write a clever and catchy New Year's message to a friend or loved one, fear not. Help is at hand, even if it's artificial. And you would not be alone in dipping into the world of Artificial Intelligence...
Washington: Chinese hackers remotely accessed several US Treasury Department workstations and unclassified documents after compromising a third-party software service provider, the agency said on Monday. The department did not provide details on how many workstations had been accessed or what sort of documents the hackers...
New Delhi: The Indian startup ecosystem experienced a rollercoaster ride in 2024, characterised by a slight-yet-concerning decline in funding activity and a shift in investor sentiment, alongside a silver lining with several startups achieving unicorn status. Despite facing global economic challenges, India's startups showcased remarkable...
The first murmurings of rebellion against Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz are now being heard, just six months after he assumed...
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A tribunal in Bangladesh has sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina November 17 to death. The verdict was pronounced after...
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Recent election results from Bihar Legislative Assembly could be counted as great pointers for the emergence, in the near future,...
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Aakar Patel Some years ago, NITI Aayog said it would prepare a ‘single, informative dashboard for all the twenty-nine (later...
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