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New York: The risk of spread of multidrug-resistant bacteria is highest in hospital sinks, said a study Thursday. The findings are based on a multispecies outbreak of superbug carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) that occurred in a paediatric ward at the Toho University Omori Medical Center in...

New Delhi: Tech giant Apple Thursday sent threat notifications to select users in 92 countries, including some in India, who may have been targeted using ‘mercenary spyware’ like Pegasus from the NSO Group. Mercenary spyware attacks are exceptionally well-funded and they evolve over time. According...

New Delhi: India registered a 17 per cent jump in the export of digitally delivered services to a staggering $257 billion to become the world's fourth-largest exporter in the segment, according to the latest Global Trade Outlook and Statistics report of the World Trade Organisation...

New Delhi: Elon Musk Thursday claimed that the X platform was asked to suspend accounts of sitting members of the Brazilian Parliament and journalists, as the US government now looks into possible law violations in the country. In a post on his X social media...

New Delhi: Online food delivery platform Swiggy Wednesday revealed that close to 60 lakh Biryani orders were received during the holy month of Ramzan. The Biryani orders were 15 per cent up (from March 12 to April 8) compared to regular months. Hyderabad topped the...

New Delhi: Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, Wednesday, called Peter Higgs, the physicist who proposed the Higgs Boson particle, a "smart human." “He was an especially smart human,” Musk wrote in a post on X.com. The Nobel winner physicist, known for his theory that...

London: Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the Higgs boson particle, has died at age 94, the University of Edinburgh said Tuesday. The university, where Higgs was emeritus professor, said he died Monday “peacefully at home following a short illness.” Higgs...

Bhubaneswar: The rise in patients suffering from Parkinson’s Disease has become a critical problem but it can be countered through a well-balanced lifestyle, eminent neurosurgeon Prof. (Dr.) Ashok Kumar Mahapatra said. Speaking at an awareness program organised by the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM...

New Delhi: Beleaguered Paytm Payments Bank's managing director and CEO Surinder Chawla has resigned from the company, a regulatory filing said Tuesday. Chawla's resignation comes amidst Paytm Payments Bank facing prohibitory action from banking regulator RBI. "Surinder Chawla, Managing Director and CEO of PPBL, has...

Ludhiana: Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman S Somanath Tuesday said the Chandrayaan-4 mission is in the "process of developing". He said space research is a continuous process and the country is on the trajectory of "great progress". He was interacting with the media after attending...