Tuesday, November 26, 2024
CHENNAI — Oral contraceptives do not increase the blood pressure response in women during large muscle exercise (like cycling or running), according to a study on Monday led by researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras. Oral ...
18 Nov 2024
NEW DELHI — The ability to hire employees from spatially-dispersed locations may help to promote more balanced geographical development, in addition to alleviating pressures of various kinds on major metropolitan areas in India, according to a stud...
18 Nov 2024
NEW DELHI — Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully conducted a flight trial of a long-range hypersonic missile off the Odisha coast. Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, in a post on X on Sunday, announced the signif...
17 Nov 2024
TORONTO — Among teenagers, excessive time spent on social media platforms have been linked with early experimentation with substances like alcohol, nicotine, and cannabis, a new study has found. Adolescents who spend more time on social media, text...
16 Nov 2024
NEW DELHI — The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to launch its communication satellite aboard the Elon Musk-owned SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket. The 4700-kilogram GSAT-N2 satellite aims to provide data or Internet services to remot...
16 Nov 2024
SAN FRANCISCO — The US government efficiency czar Elon Musk, in his lawsuit against Sam Altman-run OpenAI for abandoning its non-profit stance, has now named new defendants including Microsoft, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, and former OpenAI bo...
15 Nov 2024
NEW DELHI — In India’s dynamic smartphone landscape, while processing power and camera capabilities often steal the spotlight, it’s the display that truly bridges the gap between technology and user experience. As our devices become inc...
15 Nov 2024
NEW DELHI — US space agency NASA has partnered with Microsoft to develop an easier-to-access and user-friendly Artificial Intelligence-based chatbot that can help people decode scientific data about Earth. The new Earth Copilot can answer people â€...
15 Nov 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
