New Delhi: Most parts of India are expected to experience above-normal temperatures and below-normal rainfall in February, following a warmer and drier January, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Friday. The rainfall in February is likely to be below 81 per cent of the long-period...
New Delhi: Coordinated efforts from the government, private sector, academia, R&D institutions, and financial stakeholders are crucial for India to achieve its goal of becoming a manufacturing powerhouse amid an uncertain global environment, Economic Survey 2024-2025 said Friday. It also said that the rise of...
New Delhi: The Economic Survey on Friday said regulatory frameworks will need to be "revisited and amended" to ensure that use of AI aligns with societal values, balancing innovation with accountability and transparency. The pre-Budget document cited an IMF paper to say that governments may...
New Delhi: As India gears up for the Union Budget 2025-26, the focus on sustainability and resource self-sufficiency has never been more critical. The country generates over 3.2 million metric tonnes of e-waste annually, making it the third-largest producer globally. Industry leaders are advocating for...
New York: ISRO astronaut and Indian Air Force (IAF) officer, Shubhanshu Shukla, will take on the role of pilot on the Axiom Mission 4, or Ax-4, that will go to the International Space Station (ISS) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida no earlier than...
RAJESH MOHANTY, OP Rourkela: Researchers at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela have developed an innovative process for efficiently treating industrial wastewater contaminated with persistent dyes such as Bismarck Brown R. The research, supported by Science and Engineering Research Board of the Department of...
New Delhi: NASA Thursday said it is “working expeditiously” along with SpaceX to safely bring back Indian origin astronaut Sunita Williams and astronaut Butch Willmore, currently stuck in the International Space Station (ISS) for 238 days. NASA said this after billionaire and SpaceX founder Elon...
New Delhi: After being stuck for 237 days in space, Indian-Origin astronaut Sunita Williams said she is trying to ‘remember what it is like to walk'. Williams has been stranded at the International Space Station since June 2024, after the faulty Starliner was declared unfit...
New Delhi: India’s space agency, ISRO, marked a significant milestone Wednesday morning with the successful launch of its 100th GSLV rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The GSLV-F15 rocket lifted off at 6:23 a.m., carrying the NVS-02 navigation satellite into space, adding...
Hong Kong: The Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek has rattled markets with claims that its latest AI model, R1, performs on a par with those of OpenAI, despite using less advanced computer chips and consuming less energy. DeepSeek's emergence has raised concerns that China may...
In politics, especially in India, an axiomatic truth is that there is no permanent enemy or permanent friend. Hence, it...
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National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has called for India to strengthen itself not only along its borders but across all...
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By Dilip Cherian Forget the slogans. The story isn’t about “opening the doors” to experts so much as about how...
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