India drafts new National Employment Policy amid AI job disruption
The Centre is formulating a new national employment policy to energise the job market in view of recent...
Himalayan plants growing in higher altitudes amid global warming
Under continued global warming, plants in the Himalayan region is shifting to higher elevation in the mountains, a...
Google begins work on $15 bn data centre in Vizag, teams up with Adani, Airtel
Google on Tuesday held a groundbreaking ceremony for its $15 billion India AI hub investment in Visakhapatnam, marking...
IT company CACTUS to provide AI systems to support govt-led digital initiatives
The National e-Governance Division (NeGD), under the IT ministry, has empanelled Cactus Technology Solutions Private Limited (CACTUS) to...
Archaeologists use AI to generate image of Pompeii victim who died 2,000 years ago
Archaeologists in Italy’s Pompeii have for the first time used artificial intelligence to reconstruct the appearance of one...
Meta, Microsoft have joined tech layoff tsunami, but is AI really to blame?
Meta and Microsoft are the latest software companies to announce big cuts to their global workforce. Both companies...
Plant-based marotti oil used in Ayurveda emerges as eco-friendly diesel blend alternative
Plant-based Marotti oil, widely used in alternative medicine such as Ayurveda, is emerging as an eco-friendly blend for...
Human spaceflight key to India’s strategic future, say astronauts at IDS 2026
The Indian Defence Space Symposium (IDS) 2026, organised by the Indian Space Association (ISpA), concluded on Friday, with...
AI technology helps decipher 700-year-old inscription on Ashokan pillar at Haryana’s Fatehabad
In a significant breakthrough combining history and modern technology, a team of Yamunanagar-based NGO, The Maitreya Trust, working...
Meta to lay off 8,000 employees amid increased AI apending
Meta, parent of Facebook and Instagram, is set to lay off around 8,000 employees, nearly 10 per cent...