Wednesday, November 20, 2024
NEW DELHI — The Ministry of Science and Technology on Thursday launched Operation Dronagiri — a pilot project under National Geospatial Policy 2022. Operation Dronagiri will demonstrate the potential applications of geospatial technologies ...
14 Nov 2024
BENGALURU — Myntra, India’s leading fashion and lifestyle e-commerce platform, is all set to host highly-anticipated ‘Myntra FWD Creator Fest 2024’, a grand celebration of fashion, creativity and the dynamic creator ecosystem that continu...
14 Nov 2024
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) raising concerns about the privacy, integrity, and security of communications through messaging services WhatsApp and Telegram. A bench of Justices M....
14 Nov 2024
NEW DELHI — Going to the Moon is a costly affair, said ISRO chairman S Somanath, while stressing the need for private sector involvement in space exploration. He was speaking at an interactive session with students of the Karnataka Residential Educ...
14 Nov 2024
NEW DELHI — Diabetes, if not timely controlled and managed, can severely affect the health of your eyes and brain, said experts on Thursday. A new study published in The Lancet revealed that about 212 million people lived with diabetes in India in ...
14 Nov 2024
WASHINGTON — Calling it “a toxic media platform”, Britain’s leading daily Guardian on Wednesday announced that it will stop posting content on Elon Musk-owned social media platform X from its official accounts, a decision that has...
13 Nov 2024
SEOUL — Samsung Electronics will expand its semiconductor package facilities in South Chungcheong Province to boost production of high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, company officials said on Tuesday. Under a memorandum of understanding with the pro...
12 Nov 2024
NEW DELHI — A team of Chinese researchers found that healthy and successful ageing is determined by sleep patterns. The team from Wenzhou Medical University in China defined successful ageing, as the absence of major chronic diseases such as diabet...
11 Nov 2024NEW DELHI — UK scientists are launching a trial to explore whether an ingredient commonly found in grape juice and wine could keep bowel cancer at bay. Bowel cancer, also known as colorectal cancer, is a type of cancer that starts in the large bowe...
11 Nov 2024NEW DELHI — Led by enthusiasts from non-metro cities, India’s gaming sector is projected to grow to $9.2 billion by FY29 from the current $3.8 billion, according to a report on Monday. Female gamers now make up 44 per cent of the nation’s 591 m...
11 Nov 2024
NEW YORK — In a first, a team of scientists has introduced a flagship AI dataset from a study of biomarkers and environmental factors that might influence the development of type 2 diabetes. Since the study participants include people with no diabe...
10 Nov 2024NEW DELHI — To further ensure high-speed and ultra-low latency services required in 5G, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Saturday said it has signed an agreement with Linearized Amplifier Technology Services and Vedang Radio Tech. The ...
09 Nov 2024
NEW DELHI — While the brain is commonly known to work for and store memories, a new study showed that other parts of the body can also store memory. The study, which appears in the journal Nature Communications, may pave a new way for treating memo...
09 Nov 2024NEW DELHI — In a bid to boost the Bharat 6G Vision, the government is working towards the development of a multi-port switch for a single broadband antenna that can cover all 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G bands. The developed technology can be used to cover al...
08 Nov 2024
BENGALURU — Google Cloud is committed to empowering artificial intelligence (AI) startups in India to drive innovation and growth, the tech giant said on Thursday, as it unveiled several new initiatives at an event here. At its ‘AI Startups Summi...
07 Nov 2024NEW DELHI — Apple has released iOS and iPadOS 18.2 software updates into public beta that include new features like an AI emoji generator app, ChatGPT integration with Siri and visual search using iPhone 16 cameras. The new Apple Intelligence featu...
07 Nov 2024
NEW DELHI — Love to wear sarees daily? Beware, draping it tightly may give you skin cancer, warned doctors in Bihar and Maharashtra on Wednesday. After treating two women with this type of malignancy, doctors from Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College i...
06 Nov 2024
NEW DELHI, NOV 6 (IANS) — While early detection of Alzheimer’s disease is crucial for better outcomes, a report on Wednesday said that blood-based tests are emerging as valuable tools. The report by GlobalData, a data and analytics company, offer...
06 Nov 2024
NEW DELHI — Scientists at the Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST) in Guwahati, an autonomous institute under the Department of Science and Technology, have discovered a specific protein IL-35 that can aid in new treatments...
05 Nov 2024NEW DELHI — Elon Musk-run X social media platform has started to launch an update that will allow people you’ve blocked to continue to see your posts and your followers’ lists. According to the company, If your posts are set to public, accounts...
05 Nov 2024
NEW DELHI — A higher consumption of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids may help ward off a variety of cancers, finds a large study of more than 250,000 people on Tuesday. Cancer has become a global health concern, especially with increasing early onse...
05 Nov 2024BEIJING — The Shenzhou-18 crew consisting of three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth safely in the early morning on Monday, after completing a six-month mission at Tiangong space station. Shenzhou-18’s return capsule, carrying astronauts Y...
04 Nov 2024
NEW DELHI — Meta-owned WhatsApp banned more than 85 lakh “bad” accounts in India in the month of September for violating its policies. Between September 1-September 30, the company banned 8,584,000 accounts and 1,658,000 of these accounts were ...
02 Nov 2024
NEW DELHI — The new Apple chipsets are set to help a vast array of professionals — entrepreneurs, students, creators, data scientists, 3D artists, composers and developers — with far more power-efficient performance and advanced capabilities in...
02 Nov 2024
NEW DELHI — A recently emerged strain of bacteria called Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis (SDSE) is leading to a concerning rise in global rates of severe invasive infections becoming resistant to key antibiotics, according to a st...
02 Nov 2024
