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July 18, 2025 9:32 AM

India successfully tests Prithvi-II and Agni-I ballistic missiles in Odisha

India on Thursday successfully test-fired two key strategic ballistic missiles - the short-range Prithvi-II and Agni-I - from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, Odisha, the Ministry of Defence announced. According to the Ministry, the lau...

July 16, 2025 4:45 PM

Facebook privacy practices the focus of $8 billion trial targeting Zuckerberg

An $8 billion trial by Meta Platforms shareholders against Mark Zuckerberg and other current and former company leaders kicks off on Wednesday over claims that they illegally harvested the data of Facebook users in violation of a 2012 agreement with ...

July 16, 2025 10:40 AM

Nvidia’s resumption of AI chips to China is part of rare earths talks, says US

Nvidia’s planned resumption of sales of its H20 AI chips to China is part of U.S. negotiations on rare earths, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Tuesday, and comes days after its CEO met President Donald Trump. “We put that i...

July 15, 2025 2:53 PM

DRDO and AIIMS Bibinagar unveil India’s first indigenous low-cost carbon fibre foot prosthesis

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and AIIMS Bibinagar on Monday jointly unveiled India’s first indigenously designed and developed cost-effective advanced carbon fibre foot prosthesis. The prosthetic device, named AIIMS Bibinaga...

July 15, 2025 2:58 PM

Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla’s space mission will boost India’s Gaganyaan project: ISRO

Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla's space mission will play a crucial role in India's first manned spaceflight under the Gaganyaan programme, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Monday. Shukla became the first Indian in 41 years to...

July 15, 2025 2:19 PM

Shubhanshu Shukla’s parents excited ahead of Dragon spacecraft splashdown

As the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft prepares for splashdown, excitement and happiness run high in the family of Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla - the first Indian astronaut to visit the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) miss...

July 14, 2025 7:08 PM

First section of bullet train’s undersea tunnel opens in Maharashtra

In a major boost to India’s first high-speed rail project, the construction of the first section of the 21 km undersea tunnel between Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) and Thane has been successfully completed. This undersea tunnel is part of the ambitiou...

July 13, 2025 5:32 PM

SpaceX to invest $2 billion in Musk’s xAI startup, WSJ reports

SpaceX has committed $2 billion to xAI as part of a $5 billion equity round, deepening the ties between tech billionaire Elon Musk's ventures as his artificial intelligence startup races to compete with rival OpenAI, the Wall Street Journal reported ...

July 13, 2025 11:08 AM

Axiom-4 splash down on July 15 at 3 pm: Jitendra Singh on Shubhanshu Shukla’s return

Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday shared an update on the Axiom-4 International Space Station (ISS) Mission and said that the astronauts are expected to splash down on Earth on July 15 at 3:00 p.m. (Indian time). Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Sh...

July 12, 2025 12:13 PM

UN report urges stronger measures to detect AI-driven deepfakes

Companies must use advanced tools to detect and stamp out misinformation and deepfake content to help counter growing risks of election interference and financial fraud, the United Nations’ International Telecommunication Union urged in a report on...

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