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A decade of science under PM Modi placed India on world pedestal: Union Minister
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A decade of science under PM Modi placed India on world pedestal: Union Minister

New Delhi, March 14: The leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the past 10 years boosted science in India and placed the country on the world pedestal, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology, Jitendra Singh, said on Thursday. Singh said this while...
India backs effort at UN to ensure AI is
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India backs effort at UN to ensure AI is 'secure, trustworthy' & open

United Nations, March 15: India is behind an effort at the United Nations (UN) to ensure that artificial intelligence (AI) systems are “secure and trustworthy” and to keep them open and accessible to the Global South. India is cosponsoring with the US a General Assembly resolution that calls for...
L&T Technology Services bags Rs 800 crore cybersecurity programme in Maharashtra
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L&T Technology Services bags Rs 800 crore cybersecurity programme in Maharashtra

New Delhi, March 15: L&T Technology Services Limited (LTTS) on Friday announced that it has won a first-of-its-kind cybersecurity programme in India worth around $100 million (about Rs 800 crore) from the Maharashtra state cyber department. LTTS said that it will establish an artificial...
SpaceX aces double launch of 46 Starlink satellites under 6 hours
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SpaceX aces double launch of 46 Starlink satellites under 6 hours

New Delhi, March 11: Elon Musk’s aerospace company SpaceX on Monday aced double launches of 46 Starlink internet satellites in low-Earth orbit -- all under just six hours. The satellites lifted onboard the company’s reusable, two-stage Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape...
BlackSoil NBFC raises Rs 100 crore to boost credit profile
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BlackSoil NBFC raises Rs 100 crore to boost credit profile

New Delhi, March 11: BlackSoil NBFC, the flagship arm of alternative credit platform BlackSoil Group, on Monday raised equity of Rs 100 crore from its existing Indian investors and family offices through a rights issue. The equity infusion will improve credit profile and increase borrowing...
‘Women in Tech’ to empower 5mn women & girls by 2030 worldwide
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‘Women in Tech’ to empower 5mn women & girls by 2030 worldwide

New Delhi, March 11: Paris-based 'Women in Tech' aims to empower five million women and girls in the field of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics (STEAM) by 2030 worldwide, including in India. The international organisation working to advance women in technology, which on...
Gautam Adani, Qualcomm CEO discuss India’s potential around chips, AI, mobility
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Gautam Adani, Qualcomm CEO discuss India’s potential around chips, AI, mobility

New Delhi, March 11: Adani Group Founder and Chairman Gautam Adani on Monday said he met chip maker Qualcomm’s President and CEO Cristiano Amon, and had a detailed discussion around semiconductors, AI, mobility and edge appliances -- area in which India is taking bold steps with big...
Kimbal Technologies raises funds to scale up existing operations
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Kimbal Technologies raises funds to scale up existing operations

New Delhi, March 11: Smart Metering company Kimbal Technologies on Monday announced that it has secured $5 million in growth capital in its first-ever funding round to scale up existing operations and new product development. The funding round was led by investment advisory firm Niveshaay and a...
Coal sector PSUs surpass target with Rs 22,448 crore CAPEX in 2023-24
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Coal sector PSUs surpass target with Rs 22,448 crore CAPEX in 2023-24

New Delhi, March 9: Coal sector PSUs such as Coal India Ltd and NLCIL have surpassed the annual target of 21,030 crore capital expenditure (CAPEX) fixed for the current financial year ending on March 31, 2024 with a total investment of Rs 22,448.24 crore at the end of February, the Coal Ministry...
Social Justice Ministry to skill differently-abled in electronics sector
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Social Justice Ministry to skill differently-abled in electronics sector

New Delhi, March 9: The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) under the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Electronics Sector Skills Council of India (ESSCI) to provide job opportunities for Persons with...
NASA’s Crew 7 targets March 12 to return to Earth
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NASA’s Crew 7 targets March 12 to return to Earth

New Delhi, March 9: NASA’s Crew 7 astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) are preparing to return to Earth, after a six-month stay in the orbiting lab, the US space agency has said. In a statement, NASA said that the four crew members will return to Earth on the SpaceX Dragon...
More women from rural India thinking of IVF, costs a concern: Experts
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More women from rural India thinking of IVF, costs a concern: Experts

New Delhi, March 8: Breaking societal norms, age barriers and taboos, women in rural India are increasingly stepping forward to embrace motherhood via in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), according to doctors on International Women's Day on Friday. Late Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala's mother...
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