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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...

July 11, 2025 5:41 PM

India releases roadmap for quantum-safe cybersecurity

In a push to secure India’s growing digital economy from the looming threat of quantum computing, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Friday released a whitepaper that lays out a plan for transitioning to quantum-resil...

July 11, 2025 11:41 AM

Shubhanshu Shukla and Axiom-4 crew to begin journey back to Earth on July 14: NASA

Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, who is currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS), is expected to begin his journey back to Earth on July 14, Axiom Space announced on Friday. Shukla, along with three other crew members — Peggy Whit...

July 10, 2025 5:48 PM

Global end-user spending on GenAI models to reach $14.2 billion in 2025

A Gartner report said on Thursday that worldwide end-user spending on generative AI (GenAI) models is projected to reach $14.2 billion in 2025. End-user spending on specialised GenAI models, which include domain-specific language models (DSLMs), is ...

July 10, 2025 2:16 PM

OpenAI to release web browser in challenge to Google Chrome

OpenAI is close to releasing an AI-powered web browser that will challenge Alphabet's market-dominating Google Chrome. The browser is slated to launch in the coming weeks, three of the people said, and aims to use artificial intelligence to fundamen...

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