Sci-Tech

June 4, 2026 7:54 PM

75 Lakh Households to Get Rooftop Solar by End of 2026:Pralhad Joshi

The Centre aims to bring rooftop solar installations to 75 lakh households by December 2026 under the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi said on Thursday, as the government unveiled a new Utility-Linked Aggregation (ULA) model to accelerate ad...

June 3, 2026 9:57 PM

NPCI International launches cross-border UPI payments in Cambodia

NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL), the international arm of the National Payments Corporation of India, has officially partnered with ACLEDA Bank Plc. to launch Unified Payments Interface (UPI) acceptance in Cambodia, according to an official statement issued on Wednesday. The breakthrough...

June 3, 2026 10:25 AM

Microsoft teases new era of AI-driven devices at annual developer conference

Microsoft on Tuesday announced a sweeping slate of AI initiatives, from autonomous workplace assistants and gadgets to Nvidia-powered PCs and a new in-house reasoning model, in a push to move beyond apps and remake computing around AI. At its annual software developer conference, Microsoft Build in...

June 3, 2026 9:28 AM

DRDO, IAF successfully flight-test RudraM-II air-to-surface missile

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Tuesday successfully conducted flight-tests of the indigenous RudraM-II air-to-surface missile from an airborne platform.   According to the Ministry of Defence, the tests were carried out under extreme rel...

June 1, 2026 9:59 PM

ESIC launches centralised digital patient feedback system across hospitals

The Employees' State Insurance Corporation has launched a centralised online patient feedback system across all hospitals and dispensaries nationwide to capture real‑time patient experience on cleanliness, staff behaviour and medicine availability, an official statement said on Monday. The system...