CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Sunday announced that the state government will open 200 new Aam Aadmi Clinics across the state, taking the total number of such clinics to 1,081, in a bid to further enhance the delivery of quality healthcare services to people. Addressing a gathering during the inauguration of a WhatsApp Chatbot for 881 Aam Aadmi Clinics, Mann said it was a historic day for the healthcare sector in Punjab as these clinics have now been connected to a Wh...Read More
NEW DELHI: State-controlled Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Numaligarh Refinery (NRL) to deploy a private 5G network for the public sector oil company, which would be India's first captive non-public network (CNPN) in the refinery sector. BSNL and NRL, in a joint statement on Sunday, said that the deployment would usher in a new era of secure, ultra-reliable, and real-time industrial connectivity, while supporting mission-critical oper...Read More
New Delhi: The CBI has arrested a customs superintendent posted at Sahar airport in Mumbai, for allegedly taking a Rs 10.20 lakh bribe from an agent, an official said Sunday. The central probe agency booked Krishan Kumar for allegedly demanding a bribe at the rate of Rs 10 per kg for facilitating clearance of imported consignments from a customs house agent, a CBI spokesperson said. It was also alleged that Kumar threatened the agent when he refused to pay the bribe, and deliberately withheld ...Read More
New Delhi: State-run telecom firm Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Sunday inked a pact with public sector firm Numaligarh Refinery Limited for the deployment of the 5G private network in the refinery sector. It will not only help in connectivity but also in redefining how core industries can operate in the future, an official statement said. BSNL has just started offering 4G services, but holds spectrum that can be used for 5G services. However, the partnership between BSNL and NRL is exp...Read More
BENGALURU: The Maharashtra government fears that increase in height of Alamatti reservoir in Bagalkot district of Karnataka from 519.60 meters to 524.256 meters would result in flooding of Sangli, Satara and Kolhapur districts owing to backwaters and there is no need for the Maharashtra government to fear flooding since its own expert committee led by retired Principal Secretary to Irrigation department Nandkumar Wadnekar ruled out flooding from the Almatti and Hipparagi reservoirs, stated Minis...Read More
New Delhi: India's transformation from a consumer to a key manufacturer in the global semiconductor value chain, with the chip market targeted to reach 100 to 110 billion dollars by 2030, is being driven by strategic initiatives launched by the government. These include the India Semiconductor Mission, rolled out with an investment of Rs 76,000 crore, the SEMICON India Programme, and global partnerships such as iCET, according to an official statement issued on Sunday. According to industry est...Read More
India's Semiconductor Revolution -- Powering the Future of Electronics (Image: PIB) New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): India is undergoing a transformative journey in the semiconductor space, rapidly building an ecosystem that promises to position the country as a major hub in the global chip manufacturing and design value chain. What makes a phone smart? A computer processes millions of commands in a fraction of a second. A TV brings out the reality as it is happening right now. A satellite c...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) India's transformation from a consumer to a key manufacturer in the global semiconductor value chain, with the chip market targeted to touch $100 to 110 billion by 2030, is being driven by strategic initiatives launched by the government - the India Semiconductor Mission rolled out with an investment of Rs 76,000 crore, the SEMICON India Programme and global partnerships such as iCET, according to an official statement issued on Sunday. According to industry es...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): India is undergoing a transformative journey in the semiconductor space, rapidly building an ecosystem that promises to position the country as a major hub in the global chip manufacturing and design value chain. What makes a phone smart? A computer processes millions of commands in a fraction of a second. A TV brings out the reality as it is happening right now. A satellite collects data and sends signals across the world. It all comes down to that tiny thing...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday said that India's first bullet train between Mumbai and Ahmedabad will commence operations "very soon," and it will reduce travel time between the two cities to just 2 hours and 7 minutes. Talking to reporters at the Bhavnagar terminus in Gujarat, after virtually flagging off three trains: the Ayodhya Express, Rewa-Pune Express, and Jabalpur-Raipur Express, Vaishnaw stated that the bullet train project is moving quick...Read More
New Delhi [India], July 31: In a category crowded with compromises, HONOR 200has emerged as a game-changer, offering studio-like portrait photography and social media-ready features at an unbeatable price point. Priced at ₹21,698 and available for a limited time at just ₹20,999 (inclusive of bank offers) during Amazon Great Freedom Sale 2025, HONOR 200 is positioned as the most powerful portrait and social media camera smartphone under ₹25,000 in India. HONOR, the global smart device brand...Read More
Morbi pretium leo et nisl aliquam mollis. Quisque arcu lorem, ultricies quis pellentesque nec, ullamcorper eu odio. Bitcoin's network just got a lot tougher to mine while its price took a hit. According to data from CoinWarz, mining difficulty climbed to a record 127.6 trillion this week. At the same time, Bitcoin fell by 3%, touching an intraday low of $113,005 before edging back to $113,250 by 7:30 pm ET. Based on analysis, difficulty will drop by roughly 3% on August 9, bringing it down to ...Read More
New Delhi: To make Meta the king of the AI world, Mark Zuckerberg is on a hiring spree, for which he has given lucrative offers to the employees of Thinking Machines Lab, an American startup. During this recruitment process, Zuckerberg himself became a fan of a young man and offered him 125 million dollars, i.e. about Rs 1000 crores. The surprising thing was that the man turned down his offer of Rs 1000 crores, after which Zuckerberg himself went to meet him. According to American media, Meta ...Read More
In a significant step towards enhancing its operational mobility and supporting the 'Aatmnirbhar Bharat' initiative, the Indian Army has signed a contract worth Rs 223.95 crores with M/s Axiscades Aerospace and Technologies Private Limited for the procurement of 212 state-of-the-art 50 Ton Tank Transporter Trailers. The contract was signed on August 1, 2025 under the Buy (Indian-IDDM) category, reinforcing the commitment to indigenisation in defence manufacturing. This marks a boost to Indian ...Read More
HYDERABAD, Aug 1 (Reuters) - McDonald's (MCD.N), opens new tab plans to "double down" on its artificial intelligence investments by 2027 and is betting on India to be a key hub for data governance, engineering and platform architecture, a senior executive said on Friday. The fast-food giant, which entered India in 1996, operates hundreds of restaurants across the country and recently set up a global office in the southern city of Hyderabad, with an aim to make it the largest outside the United ...Read More
REASI, Aug 1: In a tragic incident, Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Ramnagar, Rajinder Singh Rana along with his minor son lost their lives after a massive landslide hit their Bolero vehicle in the Salukh Ikhter Nallah area near Dharmari, here late this evening. The incident also left three others seriously injured, including Rajinder Singh's wife, his cousin, and the cousin's wife, who are undergoing treatment at the local hospital. The family was traveling from Dharmari to their native villa...Read More
Bengaluru: Real-money gaming platform WinZO has raised concerns over Google's plea to the Competition Commission of India (CCI), arguing that it does not adequately address the anti-competitive issues flagged in an ongoing investigation. The case originates from WinZO's 2022 complaint alleging that Google abused its dominant position by restricting Play Store access to only fantasy sports and rummy apps while excluding other real-money gaming categories. With Google controlling 96% of India's ap...Read More
BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court on Friday quashed the ex-parte ad-interim injunction order passed by a sessions court in the city, which had restrained a Dakshina Kannada-based digital media house from allegedly reporting defamatory news linking the family members of Harshendra Kumar D and the temple administration to the alleged burying of multiple human remains for nearly two decades in Dharmasthala. However, the court remitted the matter to the sessions court with a direction to consider...Read More
A formidable new radar satellite jointly developed by the United States and India is set to launch Wednesday, designed to track subtle changes in Earth's land and ice surfaces and help predict both natural and human-caused hazards. Dubbed NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar), the pickup truck-sized spacecraft is scheduled to lift off at 5:40 pm (1210 GMT) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on India's southeastern coast, riding an ISRO Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket. High...Read More
Mumbai: Bombay High Court has now got its fifth bench, located in Kolhapur. The HC bench at Kolhapur will start functioning from Aug 18, as stated in a notification issued on Friday."I, Alok Aradhe, Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, with the approval of the Governor of Maharashtra, appoint Kolhapur as a place at which Judges and Division Courts of the High Court may also sit, with effect from August 18, 2025," the notification dated Aug 1 said. The other benches of the HC ...Read More
NEW DELHI: Despite US President Donald Trump's regular rants about Apple's manufacturing in India, company CEO Tim Cook on Thursday confirmed what is generally now more or less known - the "majority" of iPhones sold in the US in the past quarter were Made in India. China - the erstwhile production giant - is only playing a second fiddle and is used more to service non-US markets.Cook, speaking to analysts post the company's quarterly results, said India has been the mainstay when it comes to pro...Read More
Moradabad (UP), Aug 1 (PTI) The Moradabad district administration has cancelled the allotment of a government bungalow granted to former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav. The Samajwadi Party (SP) has been asked to vacate the premises within 30 days. The bungalow, located in the posh Civil Lines area near the Police Training College (PTC II), was allotted to the SP patriarch 31 years ago. Spread across nearly 1,000 square meters on Nazul land, the property serves as the local S...Read More
Chennai, Aug 1 (PTI) The Tamil Nadu government on Friday announced that it has partnered with IIT Madras to establish the Centre for Advanced Semiconductor Technologies, marking the first major initiative under the Tamil Nadu Semiconductor Mission 2030. Announced in the State Budget 2025-26, the plan aims to position Tamil Nadu as a global hub for semiconductor innovation and manufacturing. The upcoming centre, according to an official release, will be located at the Central Polytechnic Campus...Read More
Chennai, August 1: Actor, music director and producer G V Prakash Kumar, who has won the National Award for Best Music Direction (Songs) for the Tamil, Telugu bilingual film Vaathi, has called the honour "a blessing for the second time". Taking to his X timeline soon after the 71st National Awards were announced, G V Prakash expressed his gratitude to the jury and the selection committee of the National Awards and the entire team of Vaathi. G V Prakash wrote, "A blessing for the second time. I'...Read More
NEW DELHI: Vodafone Idea on Thursday said it is now providing commercial fifth-generation (5G) services in 17 cities nationwide. 'With the latest additions, Vi 5G now spans 17 cities across key circles including Mumbai, Maharashtra, Delhi, Karnataka, Punjab, Bihar, Rajasthan, Haryana, Gujarat and Kerala,' Vi said in a statement. India's third-largest telco recently launched 5G in several cities, including Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Nashik, Kozhikode and Mala...Read More
New Delhi: Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla on Friday described his journey to space as the beginning of India's "second orbit" with the aim to lead in the area of human spaceflight. Addressing a virtual press conference, Shukla and his co-travellers of the Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station shared their experiences of living in microgravity and conducting experiments that would help humanity. "In a realm like space exploration, in decades of global collaboration, the moment in this...Read More
Gurugram, Aug 1 (PTI) A comprehensive mock drill was conducted in Gurugram on Friday under "Exercise Suraksha Chakra," during which two disaster scenarios -- an earthquake and a chemical leak -- were simulated and practised live, an official said. According to a statement, all major disaster management agencies jointly participated in the exercise, demonstrating their quick response and coordination capabilities. The drill began at 9 am with the simulation of an earthquake scenario at the Gove...Read More
Bengaluru : The inaugural edition of Quantum India Bengaluru (QIB) 2025, held at Hilton Bengaluru Embassy, Manyata Tech Park, concluded today with resounding success, spotlighting Karnataka's growing leadership in quantum science and technology. Themed "Building a Quantum Ecosystem: Qubits to Society," the two-day summit brought together Nobel Laureates, policy leaders, scientists, startup founders, technologists, and students, reflecting the diversity and depth of India's quantum vision. Organ...Read More
Bengaluru: Cybersecurity startup Safe secured $70 million in funding, led by Avataar Ventures, with participation from Susquehanna Asia Venture Capital and existing backers such as Eight Roads, John Chambers, and Sorenson Capital. It counts Google, Fidelity, T-Mobile, Chevron, and IHG among its customers. With this round, the firm incubated at IIM Bombay raised $170 million so far. "We aim to build what we call CyberAGI, inspired by OpenAI's artificial general intelligence -- a system capable of...Read More
CHENNAI: In a major step towards building a skilled semiconductor workforce, the Tamil Nadu government on Friday launched the Centre for Advanced Semiconductor Technologies under the Tamil Nadu Semiconductor Mission 2030. The facility, established in collaboration with IIT-Madras, will begin operations within five months. Launching the centre on the IIT-Madras campus, State Industries Minister TRB Rajaa said the initiative is aimed at positioning Tamil Nadu as the primary source of highly skill...Read More