Army officer from Bengaluru wins UN award for women-led peace initiative in South Sudan
Major Swathi Shantha Kumar, a 31-year-old Bengalurean serving on the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), has won the UN Secretary-General’s Award 2025 for her project 'Equal Partners, Lasting Peace'.
Grok AI obscene content: Elon Musk's X 'accepts mistake', assures to comply with Indian laws
Microblogging site X has "accepted its mistake" and assured it will comply with Indian laws after the IT Ministry warned the Elon Musk-led social media platform on the Grok AI obscene content issue, government sources said on Sunday.
How Bengaluru’s layouts ate into parks, playgrounds and public land
A decade after buying a 50×80 ft residential plot in Nisarga Layout at Jigani in southern Bengaluru, V L Bharath Raj discovered that the area had allegedly encroached upon land reserved for parks and civic amenities (CA), prompting him to move the and reserved for parks and civic amenities (CA), prompting him to move the
Paytm, Byju’s and beyond: How India’s startup gold rush gave way to caution
In 2017, Masayoshi Son, CEO of Japanese conglomerate SoftBank, offered to invest $1 billion in Paytm. He raised that offer to $1.6 billion within a few minutes of conversation with Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma.
No fight for CM's chair in Karnataka Congress: Siddaramaiah
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday dismissed speculation of a power tussle within the ruling Congress. “There is no tussle for the Chief Minister's chair,” he said.
'Indian Idol 3' winner and actor Prashant Tamang dies at 43
Prashant Tamang, who rose to fame as the winner of Indian Idol 3 and was praised for his turn as a cold-blooded assassin in Paatal Lok 2, died on Sunday following a cardiac arrest. He was 43.
BLO dies by suicide in West Bengal, family alleges work pressure due to SIR duties
A Booth Level Officer (BLO) was found dead inside a primary school in Murshidabad district, with his family alleging that excessive SIR work pressure led him to take the extreme measure, police said on Sunday.
Will even back Trump for strong Maharashtra: Raj Thackeray
While the once-estranged cousins Uddhav and Raj Thackeray reunited for the Maharashtra local body polls, the MNS chief's prime focus is betterment of Maharashtra and Marathi language.
Test cricket’s vanishing specialists: What went wrong with No. 3 batters
Bengaluru: Opening an innings in Test cricket is often called the toughest job for a batter, but batting at No. 3 is no less demanding.
Spain, Germany, Belgium, Poland emerging as key export destinations for India within EU
The data showed that Spain stands out as a high-growth European market for Indian exports.