Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Friday signed a pact with the Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA) for independent research on the conservation, protection and increased production of the state fish 'Mahanadi Mahaseer.' The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed in Bhubaneswar in presence of Minister of...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Friday approved a policy aimed to position the state as a hub for Global Capability Centres (GCCs) by offering a comprehensive set of incentives, an official said. A GCC is an entity established by a multinational company to centralise and perform key...
New Delhi: In a verdict aimed at safeguarding the world's oldest mountain systems, the Supreme Court has accepted a uniform definition of the Aravalli Hills and Ranges and banned grant of fresh mining leases inside its areas spanning Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat until experts'...
New Delhi: Technology major Google Thursday outlined a broad safety-first road map for India that puts children, teenagers and older adults at the centre of its Artificial Intelligence (AI) protection efforts. The US tech giant unveiled on-device real-time anti‑scam tools, text watermarking and digital‑literacy programmes...
New Delhi: In the light of reports of individuals circulating fake summons in the name of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for cheating or extorting money, the ED has introduced special measures to help citizens verify authenticity, according to a statement issued by Finance Minister Nirmala...
New Delhi: A major vulnerability in WhatsApp left the personal details of nearly 3.5 billion users exposed, a research report from the University of Vienna has claimed. The team of researchers uncovered a weakness in the platform’s contact discovery feature that allowed them to systematically...
New Delhi: Jio has spruced up its AI offering to now include Google's latest Gemini 3 model as part of Jio Gemini Pro Plan, making it available free for 18 months for the telco's users having unlimited 5G data plan. The Gemini Pro Plan (valued...
New Delhi: A widespread internet outage struck several global digital platforms Tuesday, leaving millions of users unable to access services like X, OpenAI's ChatGPT, Perplexity AI, Google Cloud, and Canva. Popular gaming titles League of Legends and Valorant were also impacted. The disruption has been...
New Delhi: Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla Tuesday said engineers at ISRO were comparing his experiences onboard the Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station with the planning for Gaganyaan, India's maiden human spaceflight. Shukla, who became the first Indian astronaut to travel to the International Space...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha is emerging as one of India’s most climate-stressed states, with 80 per cent of residents reporting they personally experienced severe heat waves, according to a new study released Tuesday. The study, conducted by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and based on...
Aakar Patel My generation (I am 56) grew up on the expectation that India would compete with China and become...
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In politics, especially in India, an axiomatic truth is that there is no permanent enemy or permanent friend. Hence, it...
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