Sci-Tech

Bhubaneswar: New technological developments are providing capabilities to society, but at the same time, they are also creating new challenges for humanity, President Droupadi Murmu said Tuesday. Murmu was addressing the 13th graduation ceremony of the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar....

Khurda: Making reels turned out to be disastrous for two youths as they fell into a waterfilled stone quarry at Bada Saunlia under Tapang police limits in this district Monday. Till the time last reports came in one of the youths had been rescued by...

New Delhi: With millions of people across five continents experiencing scorching heat last month, the European Union's (EU) climate agency, Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), confirmed Monday that June was the warmest on record. It also marked the 12th consecutive month of global temperatures reaching...

New Delhi: London-based consumer tech brand Nothing Monday launched a new smartphone under its sub-brand CMF with a 50MP camera in India. Launched in two variants (6GB+128GB and 8GB+128GB), the new smartphone CMF Phone 1 comes available at a starting price of Rs 15,999. Along...

Seoul: South Korea's antitrust regulator is expected to take punitive steps against Google regarding allegations that it has unfairly bundled YouTube's music service with its premium subscription programme, officials said Monday. The tech giant was accused of providing the YouTube Music streaming service to users...

New Delhi: The Indian startup ecosystem raised nearly $176 million in funding across 16 deals in the first week of this month. In the biggest funding round, fashion e-commerce platform Purplle secured $120 million led by Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. Agri-tech startup Arya.ag also announced...

New Delhi: The government has responded to “misleading claims” regarding recent mobile services tariff hike, saying with three private and one public sector players, the current mobile services market operates through the market forces of demand and supply. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)...

New Delhi: India's major ride-hailing company Ola has exited Google Maps and has shifted to its own Ola Maps for cab operations. Bhavish Aggarwal, co-founder and Chairman of the Ola group said that through this move, the company will save nearly Rs 100 crore per...

New Delhi: Hitting out at the government over three private firms increasing mobile service tariffs, the Congress Friday accused it of "fleecing" 109 crore cell phone users and asked how can the firms be permitted to unilaterally increase rates without any oversight and regulation. Congress...

New Delhi: India's annual defence production has hit a record high of approximately Rs 1.27 lakh crore in 2023-24, with the Make in India programme crossing new milestones, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said Friday. The value of defence production in FY 2022-23 was Rs 1,08,684...