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The first unmanned Gaganyaan-1 mission, a test flight to check the technology readiness for the final mission, is scheduled to take off by the end of 2024. The manned mission, which will fly a three-membered crew into a low earth orbit at an altitude of 400 km for a period of three days, is scheduled later.

The change in the White House's approach comes against the backdrop of developments in bilateral and international collaboration with China, as well as rapid Chinese progress in AI research. A new US-China alignment on AI technology, especially its regulation, could have an impact across other geographies, including India.

The lawsuit alleges Meta knowingly induced children and teenagers into addictive, compulsive social media use, harming their mental health.

On Saturday, ISRO will test the performance of the Crew Escape System of the planned human space flight mission. Crew safety is top priority for the mission, and this is the first of a series of tests before India attempts to lift a human to space. ISRO will also demonstrate its new low-cost Test Vehicle

Luna-25 was supposed to land on the Moon on Monday, days ahead of India's Chandrayaan-3.

The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 was passed in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday and will become law once it receives the President’s assent.

While comparisons of India's Bill were initially drawn with the EU's landmark General Data Protection Regulation, the govt says that the Bill is only one part of its larger policy vision for the entire digital economy. What other data protection models have been adopted elsewhere?

China has restated its goal to be the global leader in artificial intelligence (AI). When it comes to snooping on the public, the country has the edge but faces many other hurdles.

The tire industry has been keeping up pace with the rising EV demand, but there is one problem it's struggling to crack.

Elon Musk, who owns Twitter, has appeared agitated by Threads’ momentum. With 100 million people, Threads is quickly surging toward some of Twitter’s last public user numbers.