Vijay launches gold ring scheme for newborns: Cost, eligibility and significance
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay on Monday launched a scheme to give eligible newborns a one-gram gold ring at the Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai.
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Why National Award winner Manasi Parekh believes Gujarati cinema is ready for world
Gujarati cinema is stepping out of its comfort zone, and actor Manasi Parekh and her husband Parthiv Gohil want to help take it much further. After the success of the 2025 film Laalo – Krishna Sada Sahaayate, the film produced under their home banner Soul Sutra, the actor-singer ...
Village for sale: Maharashtra residents protest years-long water crisis
Residents of Tulshi village in Maharashtra have put up a banner declaring their village "for sale" with the price set as water, in a symbolic protest against a long-running water crisis. The protest comes as farms and wells have dried up and the village has been relying entirely ...
Rat droppings, flies, roaches: Mundhe's team shuts Mumbai's 122-year-old Kyani cafe
The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) licence of Mumbai's historic Irani cafe and restaurant Kyani & Co. after an inspection by a team led by FDA chief Tukaram Mundhe found rat droppings, live fli...
Records are meant to be broken: PT Usha's emotional tribute as Vithya makes history
PT Usha, one of India’s greatest track and field athletes, has congratulated Vithya Ramraj after the Indian hurdler broke her 42-year-old national record in the women’s 400m hurdles at the Asian Games 2026. Vithya clocked a personal best of 54.75 seconds in Nagoya to win bronze a...
Yashvir, Rohit give India two javelin medals in Neeraj's absence
India’s javelin throwers Yashvir Singh and Rohit Yadav stepped up in the absence of Neeraj Chopra, winning silver and bronze respectively at the Asian Games 2026. Yashvir saved his best for his final attempt, throwing a personal best 85.72m, while Rohit secured bronze with 84.35m...
India pile up athletics medals, but gold remains elusive
India continued to pile up athletics medals at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya on Monday, but the elusive gold remained out of reach. The contingent added six medals, three silver and three bronze, to take its athletics tally to 19.
Ram's mother, Rahim's wife among 28L women left out of India's first polls. Why?
It was October 1951, and in Himachal Pradesh's Kalpa, a young woman walked several miles with her frail mother to vote in India's first general election. Recounting her in his book, India After Gandhi, historian Ramachandra Guha quoted an observer from the London School of Econom...
Slap row: Police file NCR against Parvesh Verma; court nod needed for probe
Delhi Police on Monday filed a non-cognisable report (NCR) against Delhi Minister Parvesh Verma for slapping a man during a road inspection in west Delhi, officials said.
David Zervos joins Treasury: Bessent hires Wall Street economist as 10-year yield hits 5.2%
David Zervos joins the US Treasury as a counselor as the 10-year Treasury yield hits 5.2%, bringing Wall Street expertise on rates and bond markets.
Elizabeth Holmes posts strange message from jail ahead of documentary release: ‘I am fighting to…’
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, currently serving an 11-year prison sentence for fraudulent activities, shared an enigmatic post on X platform before her transfer to a halfway house facility and the forthcoming release of a documentary titled You Can See Everything, from Natha...
Asian Games: India set up blockbuster hockey semifinal vs arch-rivals Pakistan
Defending champions India ended their Asian Games group campaign in style, thrashing Bangladesh 10-0 in a rain-hit match on Monday. Captain Harmanpreet Singh scored a hat-trick as India finished at the top of Pool A. They will now face arch-rivals Pakistan in the semi-final on Oc...
Delhi lecturer with cerebral palsy turns poet and disability inclusion advocate
Vinayana Khurana exemplifies resilience as she rises above the challenges posed by cerebral palsy to excel academically and serve as an educator. Her passionate advocacy for disability inclusion initiates essential dialogues around social reform. Through her varied literary contr...
Giant's Causeway removing 20kg of lucky coins to stop crumbling
Visitors at Northern Ireland's Giant's Causeway have been causing harm by placing coins in its rock formations. The National Trust recently removed over 20 kilos of coins due to the damage they caused. Experts highlighted that oxidization of the coins led to the disintegration of...
NC uses dredged sand to rebuild bird island near Wanchese
North Carolina restored eroding Wells Island near Wanchese by using dredged material removed from a navigation channel instead of sending it offshore. The project created open, sandy nesting habitat for waterbirds. A week after the work ended, wildlife officials found American Oy...
Asian Games: Athletics leads India’s 8-medal haul, boxing assures more
India has made remarkable strides in the Asian Games 2026, gathering a total of eight medals in athletics, shooting, and kurash. Notably, Yashvir Singh and Rohit Yadav achieved a spectacular javelin double, while Murali Sreeshankar secured a silver in the long jump. Contributions...
Tata Trusts propose merging 2 firms with Tata Sons to avoid RBI listing mandate
In a strategic move, Tata Trusts have put forth a plan to merge Tata Electronics Systems Solutions Pvt Ltd and Tata Consulting Engineers into Tata Sons. This restructuring aims to redefine Tata Sons' regulatory classification, thereby sidestepping extra regulatory burdens. Before...
Why the latest action from India's youth-led 'cockroach' movement is targeting the election chief
The 'cockroach' movement has emerged as an influential force in Indian politics. Its latest campaign targets the election commission amid a wider debate over voter rolls and public trust in electoral institutions.
SpaceX launches supersized Starship into orbit
Image: Eric Gay/AP Photo/picture allianceAdvertisementUS airspace giant SpaceX on Monday launched its Starship spacecraft into orbit for the first. The firm hopes the Starship can complete six full laps around Earth in order to prove its readiness for NASA's Artemis moon program.
He Helped Directors Imagine Their Films. Then AI Let Him Make One Himself
Robert Gaudette used generative AI to move from visualizing films for clients to making finished work, testing whether judgment can become the real product in production.
AI Agents Are Creating A New Cybersecurity Attack Surface
AI agents are moving from answering questions to taking action, creating a new cybersecurity attack surface for businesses and government.
Non-Human Identity Is The New Perimeter; Here's How To Govern It
Krishnaveni Palanivelu, SVP Cybersecurity Architect, Financial Services.