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September 3, 2024 9:37 PM

TRAI blacklisted over 50 entities, disconnecting 2.75 lakh telecom connections

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has intensified its crackdown on spammers, leading to the blacklisting of over 50 entities and the disconnection of more than 2.75 lakh SIP DID/Mobile Numbers/Telecom resources over the past two weeks....

September 3, 2024 6:09 PM

Toyota, Maruti launch marketing drive for hybrids in Uttar Pradesh

From Instagram ads to telesales, Japanese automakers Toyota and Maruti Suzuki are going all out to market their hybrid cars in Uttar Pradesh, aiming to cash in on tax waivers that upset many of their rivals. The waivers have split India's auto indus...

September 3, 2024 12:45 PM

Starlink emerges as fresh battleground between Musk, Brazil

Tensions between Brazil and Elon Musk's business empire ratcheted up further as the country's telecoms regulator threatened to sanction his satellite broadband company Starlink hours after its top court stood behind a controversial decision to ban so...

September 2, 2024 10:58 PM

I&B Ministry summons Netflix India’s content head over ‘IC 814’ web series

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has summoned the head of content at Netflix India on September 3 regarding the web series 'IC-814 - The Kandahar Hijack.' The series has sparked controversy on social media due to its portrayal of the hija...

September 2, 2024 9:12 PM

Union Minister Hardeep Puri assures industry of the stability in the price of ethanol

Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Puri, on Monday assured the industry of the stability in the prices of ethanol. Addressing the IFGE's India Bio-Energy and Tech Expo in New Delhi, Puri said, "The continued policy of the governme...

September 2, 2024 5:17 PM

Sanofi’s mixed fortunes in MS drug trials has market focus on win

Sanofi's most advanced multiple sclerosis drug candidate has missed the main goal of two late-stage trials to treat relapsing forms of the disease, but in a positive surprise succeeded in a study on a less common form of progressive MS. Investors fo...

September 2, 2024 5:36 PM

Cabinet approves one more semiconductor unit in Gujarat, India’s fifth

In a bid to develop a vibrant semiconductor ecosystem, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved a proposal by Kaynes Semicon Pvt Ltd to set up a new semiconductor unit in Sanand, Gujarat. The proposed unit will be estab...

September 1, 2024 11:49 AM

Study finds new source of cardiac inflammation

Globally, ischemic heart disease is the leading cause of death. A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly referred to as a "heart attack," is the first event in which insufficient coronary blood flow results in the death of a portion of the heart. Heart...

August 30, 2024 9:17 PM

Rocket scientists build robot probes to gauge melting beneath Antarctica ice shelf

Engineers who specialize in building NASA spacecraft to explore distant worlds are designing a fleet of underwater robot probes to measure how rapidly climate change is melting vast ice sheets around Antarctica and what that means for rising sea leve...

August 30, 2024 7:03 PM

Amazon turns to Anthropic’s Claude for Alexa AI revamp

Amazon's revamped Alexa due for release in October ahead of the U.S. holiday season will be powered primarily by Anthropic's Claude artificial intelligence models, rather than its own AI, five people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Amazon pla...

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