Sci-Tech

New Delhi: About 28 Indian startups have raised $800.5 million in funding across 29 deals this week. This represents an increase of 296 per cent from the $201.8 million secured by the startups last week across 21 deals, reports Inc42. Quick commerce unicorn Zepto announced...

New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new in-app dialer feature that will allow users to make calls directly from the app. According to WABetaInfo, users will not need to add contacts to their address book to make calls from the app. Users...

New Delhi: At least 152 Indian startups are on track to turn unicorns from 31 cities over the next three to five years to its current tally of 67 unicorns, a new report has said. As per ASK Private Wealth Hurun India Future Unicorn Index...

New Delhi: Quick commerce company Zepto on Friday said it has raised $665 million (about Rs 5,560 crore) in the latest funding round that valued the firm at $3.6 billion, almost triple than its worth a year back. The massive fundraise comes less than a...

New Delhi: Air pollution contributed to 8.1 million deaths worldwide in 2021, with India and China recording 2.1 million and 2.3 million fatalities, respectively, according to a report released Wednesday. Published by the Health Effects Institute (HEI), an independent US-based research organisation, in partnership with...

New Delhi: British telecom player Vodafone Wednesday said it has sold an 18 per cent stake in Indus Towers for 1.7 billion euro (about Rs 15,300 crore). The company will use the major portion of the proceeds to pay 1.8 billion euro outstanding bank borrowings...

Bengaluru: NV Raghuram, yoga teacher of Indian astronaut Rakesh Sharma and the founder of Yoga Bharati, Wednesday revealed that yoga made Sharma "fearless and more adaptable than any other astronaut" in his team. He was sharing some of Sharma's encounters in space at a conference...

New Delhi: India has been ranked 63rd on a global Energy Transition Index released Wednesday by the World Economic Forum, which said the country has shown significant improvement across energy equity, security and sustainability. European nations dominated the top ranks with Sweden topping the index,...

New Delhi: The PhonePe Payment Gateway (PG) has announced the launch of its referral programme -- 'PhonePe PG Partner Programme', which is designed for anyone helping a business grow online. As a referral partner, they can refer their clients to accept online payments from their...

New Delhi: Amid the growing debate over artificial intelligence (AI) models, Google Tuesday launched its AI assistant Gemini’s mobile app in India. The Gemini app is now available in India, supporting English and nine languages — Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, and...