Bengaluru Traffic Woes: After being trapped in bumper-to-bumper traffic for over two hours to cover just 11 kilometres in Bengaluru, EaseMyTrip co-founder Prashant Pitti has decided to take matters into his own hands. In a bold move, he has pledged Rs 1 crore to tackle the city's chronic traffic problems using artificial intelligence, satellite imagery, and real-time data. Sharing his ordeal on X, Pitti wrote about being stuck for 100 minutes at a single intersection on Saturday night, where no...Read More
Scientists from the USA and Bremen have investigated how and why people suffer "death by GPS"-and what this actually means. Ultimately, the study aims to make navigation systems safer and help prevent such tragedies. Classic examples of deaths caused by GPS include tourists who stubbornly follow the instructions of their navigation device and end up falling into the ocean or dying of thirst in the desert-hence the nickname "death by GPS." It's also worth noting that navigation often relies not ...Read More
Panaji: Goa govt has constituted a council for artificial intelligence (AI) to advise state govt on a six-month AI roadmap for the state. The council, which includes chief executive officers of several international companies, will be formed over the next six months.Goa's AI roadmap will focus on skill development, funding requirements, govt policy and infrastructure requirements, and finally, a plan to attract other AI-first startups to Goa. "We want to introduce AI at the school level. The foc...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 14 (PTI) Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla has successfully completed all seven microgravity experiments and other planned activities, achieving a significant milestone in the Axiom-4 mission, ISRO said on Monday. It said that experiments on the Indian strain of Tardigrades, Myogenesis, Sprouting of methi and moong seeds, Cyanobacteria, Microalgae, Crop seeds and Voyager Display have been completed as planned. Also Read | Prime Minister Narendra Modi Condoles Demise of Kota Srinivasa ...Read More
New Delhi [India]: If you're selling online, then you already know how important smooth payments are. But speed isn't everything. What matters just as much, if not more, is safety. People need to feel confident when they enter their card or UPI details. That's where a payment gateway plays its role. It's not something your customers see much, but it works in the background every single time someone pays. What Is a Payment Gateway? It's a tool that connects your website or app to the banks. Whe...Read More
July 14 (Reuters) - India said on Monday it has achieved 50% of its installed electricity capacity from non-fossil fuel sources -- five years ahead of its 2030 target under the Paris Agreement, signalling accelerating momentum in the country's clean energy transition. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT The announcement comes as India's renewable power output rose at its fastest pace since 2022 in the first half of 2025, while coal-fired generation declined nearly 3%. Fossil fuels still accounted for over two...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 14 (PTI) Domestic telecom gear maker Tejas Networks posted a consolidated loss of Rs 193.87 crore in the first quarter ended June 2025, mainly due to a decline in sales, the company filing said on Monday. The company, which supplied 4G gears to state-owned BSNL, had posted a profit of Rs 77.48 crore a year ago. The consolidated revenue of Tejas Networks plunged about 87 per cent to Rs 202 crore during the reported quarter from Rs 1,563 crore in the June 2024 quarter. "We won or...Read More
Bilaspur, July 14 (PTI) The arrest of a female job aspirant and her sister, who coordinated from an autorickshaw, has busted a hi-tech fraud during the Chhattisgarh VYAPAM exam, leading to the recovery of a camera hidden in clothes, a microphone, and a walkie-talkie, police said on Monday. After the duo was arrested in Bilaspur district, the Congress alleged a big scam under the Chhattisgarh Vyavsayik Pariksha mandal (CG VYAPAM) examination and demanded a CBI inquiry. Also Read | Shubhanshu Sh...Read More
New Delhi: Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three other crew members of the Axiom-4 mission boarded the Dragon Grace spacecraft on Monday, preparing to return to Earth after an 18-day stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The crew Shukla, mission pilot; commander Peggy Whitson; and mission specialists Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski of Poland and Tibor Kapu of Hungary entered the capsule and suited up for their 22.5-hour journey home. The hatch connecting Dragon Grace to the ISS...Read More
Hyderabad: Jio Platforms, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited, has unveiled a virtual desktop service in India, called JioPC. The new service aims to turn televisions into cloud-based personal computers, eliminating the need to purchase a physical CPU. JioPC works with any TV when connected to the Jio set-top box, though users will require a keyboard and a mouse. Currently, this service is available for free as part of a trial phase and can be accessed via a Jio set-top box. The JioPC i...Read More
New Delhi: Leading cryptocurrency Bitcoin broke above the $1,21,000 mark for the first time on Monday. Early trading saw the cryptocurrency rise 2.75 percent to $1,21,097.94. Meanwhile, Satoshi Nakamoto, the secretive creator of Bitcoin, has risen to become the 12th richest person in the world. Bitcoin surged past the $1,21,000 milestone for the first time on Monday. According to data from CoinMarketCap, the cryptocurrency went up 2.75 per cent at $1,21,097.94 in early trade. According to data...Read More
Hyderabad: Vivo has launched the Vivo X Fold 5 and Vivo X200 FE in India. The X Fold 5 features a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, 16GB RAM, 512GB storage, a 50MP triple rear camera setup, and a 6,000mAh Silicon Carbon battery. Meanwhile, the X200 FE sports a 1.5K AMOLED display, a MediaTek Dimensity 9300+ SoC, 12GB RAM, 512GB storage, a 50MP triple rear camera unit, and a 6,500mAh battery. Both devices run FuntouchOS 15 based on Android 15 out of the box. The Vivo X Fold 5 will rival the recently l...Read More
Indian telecom operator Vodafone Idea (Vi) on Monday announced the launch of its 5G services in Nagpur, as part of its planned rollout strategy. "This expansion is part of Vi's planned 5G rollout across 23 cities, with Pune, Nashik and Aurangabad next on the map, alongside other rollouts currently underway covering its 17 priority circles where it has acquired 5G spectrum," Vi said in a statement on July 14, 2025. Also Read: Vodafone Idea Launches 5G Services in Mysuru Vi customers in Nagpur w...Read More
BEIJING (Reuters) -China and India should steadily advance practical cooperation, China's Vice President Han Zheng told India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Monday, the official Chinese news agency said. During the meeting in Beijing, Han said both countries should also respect each other's concerns, and promote stable development of bilateral ties, Xinhua reported....Read More
New Delhi, July 14: Samsung is reportedly preparing to introduce its next smartphone lineup, the Samsung Galaxy S26 series, which is expected to launch in early 2026. While the official announcement is still far away, speculation regarding the upcoming models from the Galaxy S26 series has already started. The Galaxy S26 series is expected to include the Samsung Galaxy S26, Samsung Galaxy S26 Edge, and Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra smartphones. Among the upcoming models, the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra...Read More
Mumbai, July 14: Archita Phukan (Amira Ishtara), an Instagram influencer who is believed to hail from Assam, recently made headlines after her photos with popular American porn star Kendra Lust went viral. Amira Ishtara, aka Babydoll Archi, has become the talk of the town, with many questioning if she is real or an AI-generated model. The question comes as multiple videos and photos appearing online showed Archita Phukan in objectionable positions with men. However, the latest development in the...Read More
New Delhi, July 14 (UNI) Uday Ruddarraju, who has resigned from Elon Musk's startup xAI, is set to join OpenAI. Indian-origin Ruddarraju resigned as head of infrastructure engineering yesterday from Tesla Chief's company startup xAI. His resignation comes two days after X CEO Linda Yaccarino announced her resignation just months after the social media platform was acquired by the billionaire's AI startup, xAI. Ruddarraju was instrumental in leading the training of the AI model Grok 3. It is a...Read More
Thane, Jul 14 (PTI) A 16-year-old boy has died after suffering an electric shock while trying to make a social media reel on top of a stationary train wagon at Nerul railway station in Navi Mumbai, police said on Monday. The boy, identified as Arav Srivastava from Belapur in Navi Mumbai, went to the railway station with his friends on July 6, Vashi Government Railway Police (GRP) senior inspector Kiran Undre said. Also Read | Kannauj Roof Collapse: 2 Labourers Dead, 1 Injured After Roof of Und...Read More
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare and Chemicals and Fertilizers, JP Nadda, visited Dammam and Riyadh from July 11-13. His visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was focused on enhancing bilateral cooperation with India in the field of Chemicals and fertilisers. He led a high-level delegation that included the Secretary and other senior officials from the Department of Fertilisers and Ministry of External Affairs. JP Nadda held discussions on Sunda...Read More
Dibrugarh: Dibrugarh police have arrested a mechanical engineer from Tinsukia for creating and circulating morphed explicit images of a woman using artificial intelligence tools. The case has sparked widespread outrage across Assam. The accused, identified as Pratim Bora, used advanced AI platforms to superimpose his former classmate's face onto pornographic content, falsely portraying her as being involved in the adult entertainment industry. The malicious campaign triggered outrage across Assa...Read More
NEW DELHI: Separatist militants in northeastern India said the Indian army carried out cross-border drone strikes on the group's camps in neighbouring Myanmar on Sunday, killing three of its leaders. Some rebel groups in northeastern India have ethnic, linguistic and cultural ties with minorities across the border in Myanmar and maintain a presence there. A top commander of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) was killed and 19 others wounded in a drone attack in Myanmar near the border,...Read More
Morbi pretium leo et nisl aliquam mollis. Quisque arcu lorem, ultricies quis pellentesque nec, ullamcorper eu odio. Tether's latest move aims to streamline its stablecoin operations. The company plans to end USDT redemptions and token issuance on five older blockchains by September 1, 2025. Any tokens left on Omni Layer, Bitcoin Cash SLP, Kusama, EOS and Algorand will become frozen after that date. Based on reports from Tether, these five networks once helped drive its early growth. But curren...Read More
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 13 (ANI): As Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), featuring Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, prepares to undock from the International Space Station (ISS) on July 14, his parents have expressed their happiness and prayed for his safe return. The crew is expected to splash down off the coast of California on July 15. Shubhanshu's father, Shambhu Dayal Shukla, told ANI, 'Tomorrow, July 14, the undocking will take place at around 4.30 pm and on July 15, he will return to ...Read More
Dibrugarh, July 13: The Dibrugarh Police have arrested Pratim Bora, the prime accused in a case involving the circulation of morphed and explicit images of a woman on social media. Bora, identified as the woman's former partner, allegedly used advanced artificial intelligence tools to superimpose her face onto pornographic visuals, falsely portraying her as part of the adult entertainment industry and residing in the United States. The malicious act, apparently driven by personal vendetta follo...Read More
Thiruvananthapuram: With admissions to engineering colleges in Kerala entangled in a legal dispute, the state government has decided to seek an extension from the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to complete the process. The AICTE guidelines stipulate completion of the admission procedures by August 14. However, the Kerala government is planning to seek an extension, citing delays caused by ongoing court proceedings and the decision of Kerala syllabus students to move the Supre...Read More
New Delhi, July 12: Nearly 10 years after its initial launch in 2015 to highlight viral hits, breaking news and top music releases, YouTube, the largest video sharing platform in the world, is formally discontinuing its Trending Page. The Google-owned platform announced the decision in a blog post, citing diminished user interest in the feature. The "Trending Now" section and the Trending Page will both be available until July 21 before being permanently deleted. The feature, which was first cr...Read More
New Delhi: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday categorically rejected suggestions of a potential nuclear exchange with India during the recent military standoff, asserting that Pakistan's nuclear arsenal is intended solely for peaceful purposes and national defence. Speaking to a gathering of Pakistani students in Islamabad, Sharif addressed concerns about the use of nuclear weapons amid the four-day military escalation triggered by the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, India, ...Read More
BENGALURU: The ongoing Axiom-4 Space Mission's four-member crew in its Dragon Spacecraft -- including India's Group Captain and astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla (call sign Shux) -- will undock from the International Space Station (ISS) on July 14 at 7.05am ET (4.35pm IST), announced the ISRO and NASA teams on Saturday. As per the scheduled plan they are to splash down on July 15 off the coast of California, subject to weather conditions on the Earth, to mark the end of their 14-day mission on the ISS...Read More
Lucknow: Taking inspiration from Maha Kumbh model, the Uttar Pradesh govt has deployed an elaborate and technology-driven security apparatus for Kanwar Yatra ensuring real-time surveillance from land, water, and air to provide a safe and seamless experience to devotees. A modern control room has been established to monitor activities through an extensive network.Speaking on security arrangements for Kanwar Yatra, DGP Rajeev Krishna said, "Traffic diversions have been implemented across the entir...Read More
One month after the tragedy, an early investigation into the accident has detailed a breakdown of the minutes leading up to the incident, which killed 260 people, as ITV News' Sejal Karia reports. A preliminary report into the Air India crash last month has found that fuel to the engines appears to have cut off shortly after takeoff. According to the report, the switches in the cockpit which provide fuel to the engines turned to the CUTOFF position. The engines tried to restart, but it was to...Read More