New Delhi: As it readies its constellation of Earth observation satellites, Bengaluru-based startup Pixxel Space has plans to map the Moon and asteroids, and look for materials required to build settlements in outer space. In an interaction with PTI editors at the agency's headquarters here,...
New Delhi: Japan's Softbank investment arm Softbank Vision Fund exited from Paytm in the June quarter at a loss of around $150 million, sources aware of the development said. Softbank invested about $1.5 billion in One97 Communications -- the owner of Paytm brand -- in...
Boston (US): The artificial intelligence boom has had such a profound effect on big tech companies that their energy consumption, and with it their carbon emissions, have surged. The spectacular success of large language models such as ChatGPT has helped fuel this growth in energy...
Bengaluru: A team of Indian scientists has created a user-friendly way to generate unpredictable random numbers crucial for stronger data encryption and provide robust cybersecurity, the Ministry of Science & Technology has said. The Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru, which is an autonomous institute of the...
Seoul: Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong has been on a visit to India to review the company's local operations and meet with business partners, according to a report. Lee arrived in Mumbai Thursday, reports Yonhap News Agency, citing sources. Samsung Electronics operates a smartphone factory...
New Delhi: A novel nanoformulation to cure deadly brain tumours has shown promise in pre-clinical trials, researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi said Thursday. Glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive type of cancerous brain tumour in adults, poses significant treatment challenges despite...
New Delhi: Elon Musk-run X Corp has banned 194,053 accounts in India between May 26 and June 25, mostly for promoting child sexual exploitation and non-consensual nudity. The microblogging platform, going through churning under Musk, also took down 1,991 accounts for promoting terrorism on its...
Seoul: South Korea will begin production of a laser weapon designed to strike down enemy drones for deployment this year, the defence procurement agency said Thursday, in a push to become the first country to operate such a weapon. Last month, the Defence Acquisition Program...
New Delhi: Tech giant Apple has issued a fresh warning to iPhone users in at least 98 countries, including in India, about a potential new mercenary spyware attack like 'Pegasus'. According to the Apple warning, it has detected that “you are being targeted by a...
New Delhi: India's battery energy storage capacity grew more than four-fold to 219 MWh as of March 2024, Mercom Capital said. As of March 2023, the overall battery energy storage capacity in India was at 47.6 megawatt hour (MWh), the US-based research firm said in...
The Supreme Court ruling on 8 April declaring as erroneous and illegal the action of Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi,...
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Of all the problems that India faces in its neighbourhood, the most pressing one seems to be emerging from Bangladesh...
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One American – a poet (TS Eliot) – wrote many years ago, “April is the cruellest month.” Another American –...
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