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July 27, 2025 12:38 PM

PM Modi highlights India’s achievements in space, science in ‘Mann Ki Baat’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed pride over the recent achievements by Indians in space, science, sports, and culture. Addressing the 124th episode of his monthly radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat, PM Modi made a special mention of Ind...

July 26, 2025 5:06 PM

Musk ordered shutdown of Starlink satellite service as Ukraine retook territory from Russia

During a pivotal push by Ukraine to retake territory from Russia in late September 2022, Elon Musk gave an order that disrupted the counteroffensive and dented Kyiv’s trust in Starlink, the satellite internet service the billionaire provided early ...

July 24, 2025 11:40 AM

Microsoft says some SharePoint server hackers now using ransomware

A cyber-espionage campaign centered on vulnerable versions of Microsoft's server software now involves the deployment of ransomware, Microsoft said in a late Wednesday blog post. In the post, citing "expanded analysis and threat intelligenc...

July 23, 2025 8:24 PM

Centre launches geo-coded address system under ‘Dhruva’ Policy

The centre has introduced the 'Dhruva' Policy, a pioneering initiative aimed at transforming how addresses are structured and managed across the country. At the heart of this policy is a geo-coded grid system that assigns unique codes called DIGIPINs...

July 23, 2025 5:40 PM

Gaganyaan Mission on Track, Govt Tells Parliament

India’s flagship human spaceflight programme, Gaganyaan, has achieved several key technological milestones, with the first uncrewed mission (G1) making significant progress, the government informed Parliament on Wednesday. In a written reply to th...

July 23, 2025 1:51 PM

Microsoft knew of SharePoint security flaw but failed to effectively patch it, timeline shows

A security patch Microsoft released this month failed to fully fix a critical flaw in the U.S. tech giant's SharePoint server software, opening the door to a sweeping global cyber espionage effort, a timeline reviewed by Reuters shows. On Tuesday, a...

July 22, 2025 4:06 PM

Trump’s Golden Dome looks for alternatives to Musk’s SpaceX

The Trump administration is expanding its search for partners to build the Golden Dome missile defense system, courting Amazon.com's Project Kuiper and big defense contractors as tensions with Elon Musk threaten SpaceX's dominance in the program, acc...

July 22, 2025 11:28 AM

Google clinches milestone gold at global math competition, while OpenAI also claims win

Alphabet's Google and OpenAI said their artificial-intelligence models won gold medals at a global mathematics competition, signaling a breakthrough in math capabilities in the race to build systems that can rival human intelligence. The results mar...

July 21, 2025 11:15 AM

Microsoft alerts businesses, governments to server software attack

Microsoft has issued an alert about "active attacks" on server software used by government agencies and businesses to share documents within organizations, and recommended security updates that customers should apply immediately. The FBI said on Sun...

July 18, 2025 9:47 AM

India achieves successful trial of Akash Prime at high-altitude

India achieved a major milestone on Wednesday by successfully intercepting and destroying two high-speed aerial unmanned targets using the Akash Prime air defence system in the high-altitude region of Ladakh, the Ministry of Defence said in an offici...

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