New Delhi: The first IIT campus outside India will come up in Tanzania’s Zanzibar and it is expected to launch academic programmes in October, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, currently visiting Tanzania, described the move as a “historic step” that reflected India’s commitment to the Global…
Hyderabad: In a path-breaking medical accomplishment, AIG Hospitals here has become the first to successfully complete India’s first-ever robotic thermoablative disconnection surgery on a patient suffering from hypothalamic hamartoma with drug refractory epilepsy. This cutting-edge procedure marks a significant milestone in the field of neurosurgery and offers new hope to patients with this complex neurological…
New Delhi: American defence major GE Aerospace will transfer 80 per cent of the technology to India for production of F 414 fighter jet engines under its deal with the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, a senior official said on Friday. The General Electric (GE) Aerospace inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)…
Washington: Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra has said that technology cooperation featured prominently in the discussion between India and the US and described it as one of the most substantive outcomes of the ongoing state visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “Very clearly, technology, in particular advanced technology, across all domains ranging from defence to space…
Washington: In a landmark announcement, GE Aerospace on Thursday said it has inked a pact with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to jointly produce fighter jet engines for Indian Air Force’s Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)-Mk-II — Tejas. The announcement came during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first state visit to the US at the invitation of President…
(Our Science Desk) Millions of homes are at risk of elevated benzene exposure every time their gas stoves are ignited, warns a recent Stanford-led study. Benzene is a chemical associated with an increased risk of leukemia and other blood cell cancers. It appears to become an unwelcome guest when residents prepare meals on their gas…
Washington: India is one of the most important markets for Google and a source of incredible talent and innovation that help create and empower the company’s products globally, a top official at the tech giant has said. Karan Bhatia, Google’s global head of government affairs and public policy, told PTI on Friday that the company is…
New Delhi: Ever since the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has conceptualized the Athmanirbhar Bharat with the sole objective to encourage our defence labs and other manufacturing public sector units and discourage dependence of external help, appears to have started paying rich dividends, that too in such a short time. This is evident from the…
New Delhi: Commvault, an enterprise data protection firm, on Thursday announced new security capabilities to help businesses secure, defend, and recover their data in the midst of increasingly sophisticated cyber threats. As part of these capabilities, Commvault has expanded its security ecosystem to include product integrations with Microsoft and CyberArk, a company statement said. “Our customers…
Silicon Valley: India has almost everything needed to have a successful semiconductor industry but it still needs to work to reestablish credibility, the head of the world’s top advocacy group representing the semiconductor industry has said. From near-zero levels just a year and a half ago, India is now well on its way to having 100…
