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New Delhi, Jul 19 (PTI) The Indian box office minted Rs 5,723 crore in the first six months of 2025, marking a 14 per cent year-on-year growth, a new industry report has said. The 'India Box Office Report: Jan-Jun 2025', released by Ormax Media on Saturday, highlighted that 17 films crossed the Rs 100 crore mark at the domestic box office between January and June, an increase from just 10 titles that achieved the same feat during the first half of 2024. "The cumulative box office for Jan-Jun r ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 19 (PTI) The Indian box office minted Rs 5,723 crore in the first six months of 2025, marking a 14 per cent year-on-year growth, a new industry report has said. The 'India Box Office Report: Jan-Jun 2025', released by Ormax Media on Saturday, highlighted that 17 films crossed the Rs 100 crore mark at the domestic box office between January and June, an increase from just 10 titles that achieved the same feat during the first half of 2024. "The cumulative box office for Jan-Jun r ...Read More >
Tech giant Meta has apologized and said it has fixed an auto-translation issue that led one of its social media platforms to mistakenly announce the death of Indian politician Siddaramaiah. The chief minister of the southwestern Indian state of Karnataka posted on Instagram Tuesday in the local Kannada language, saying he was paying his respects to the late Indian actress B. Saroja Devi. He also paid tribute to the actress on Facebook and X. However, Meta's auto-translation tool inaccurately t ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): After US President Donald Trump was diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency (CVI), Dr Abhishek Bansal, Senior Consultant and Chief of Interventional Radiology at Aakash Healthcare, warned that even mild symptoms, like Trump ankle swelling, should not be ignored, as they could signal underlying vascular issues. The body often sends out early distress signals, and ignoring them could delay crucial diagnoses. Symptoms like swollen ankles, unexplained bruises, ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Days after its auto-translation tool erroneously declared CM Siddaramaiah as deceased in a condolence message, social media giant Meta issued an apology and claimed to have fixed the glitch."We fixed an issue that briefly caused this inaccurate Kannada translation. We apologise that this happened," a Meta spokesperson said Thursday, following a sharp backlash from the CM and his office.The controversy erupted after the CM's Office posted a condolence message in Kannada on Facebook and ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 18 Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday reiterated his opposition to the imposition of ... Mumbai, July 18 Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday reiterated his opposition to the imposition of Hindi under the trilingual formula from grade 1 in Maharashtra. He told reporters in the premises of Vidhan Bhavan after the conclusion of the monsoon session of the state legislature, "We will not tolerate the forced implementation of a three-language policy in Maharas ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday reiterated his opposition to the imposition of Hindi under the trilingual formula from grade 1 in Maharashtra. He told reporters in the premises of Vidhan Bhavan after the conclusion of the monsoon session of the state legislature, "We will not tolerate the forced implementation of a three-language policy in Maharashtra." Thackeray said his coming together with Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray ...Read More >
IIT Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India - July 18, 2025: In a landmark initiative that bridges India's rich historical legacy with the transformative power of artificial intelligence, the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) has co-developed the world's first AI framework for transliterating the historic Modi script into Devanagari. Leveraging a Vision-Language Model (VLM) architecture, the model MoScNet offers a powerful tool for preserving medieval manuscripts and supporting large-scal ...Read More >
YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy supports Hindi as a language for learning and teaching in schools and colleges, emphasizing that English should be the priority in primary education. He criticized Pawan Kalyan and Nara Lokesh for their double standards, recalling their previous opposition to English medium instruction in government schools. VIJAYAWADA: Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister and YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has said there is nothing wrong with learning and teaching Hindi in sc ...Read More >
Rashmika Mandanna's The Girlfriend is touted as a compelling romantic drama and is funded by GA2 Pictures, Mass Movie Makers and Dheeraj Mogilineni Entertainment. Rashmika Mandanna, who is now featured in Kuberaa, has left all of her fans ecstatic. She announced that the first track from her upcoming romantic drama, The Girlfriend, will be published soon. The song is titled HuiRe and will be released on July 16 in 5 different languages. The actress as well as the filmmaker confirmed the release ...Read More >
Patna: The state govt on Monday launched the 'Bihar Idea Festival', a dedicated portal aimed at encouraging grassroots innovation and entrepreneurship across the state. State industries minister Nitish Mishra inaugurated the portal at an event held at Soochna Bhawan, describing it as a "milestone" initiative that will allow students, youth, entrepreneurs and startup teams, even from rural areas, to submit their ideas directly to the govt."The aim is to collect innovative ideas and solutions from ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 14 (PTI) The AIIMS-Bhubaneswar has been able to win the trust of the public, not only in Odisha but also in West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, and Jharkhand, President Droupadi Murmu said on Monday. She was addressing the 5th Annual Convocation Ceremony of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Bhubaneswar. Also Read | Lok Sabha Ushers In AI Era; Adopts Multilingual Access, Digital Attendance, Real-Time Transcriptions To Modernise Parliamentary Operations. Murmu said that ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 14 (PTI) Superstars Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Khushbu Sundar and others on Monday mourned the death of cinema legend B Saroja Devi and remembered her as a great artist who lived beyond the boundaries of "language and region". Devi, who passed away on Monday at the age of 87, featured in over 200 films during her acting career and was the first female superstar of Kannada cinema. She made her debut in 1955 with "Mahakavi Kalidasa". She also worked prominently in Tamil and Telugu ...Read More >
NEW DELHI - In India, the land of more than a thousand tongues, few things inflame passions more than language. Touching the hot button comes with political peril. Just ask the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. High-profile brawls have erupted recently over Mr Modi's push for the nationwide adoption of Hindi, the language of his power base in northern India and a symbol of his campaign to unify the country around the ideology of Hindu nationalism. Late in June, the government of Mah ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty Kundra is currently busy promoting her upcoming film KD: The Devil, which is slated for release on July 10, 2026. The film, which also stars Dhruva Sarja, Vijay Sethupathi, Nora Fatehi, and Sanjay Dutt, has already generated significant buzz. In an exclusive conversation with ETV Bharat, Shilpa opened up about her role, the film's scale, and her return to Tollywood after nearly two decades. Q: What was your reaction when you learned that Sanjay Dutt was ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Raising his voice against Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan for his remarks on Hindi language, film actor Prakash Raj expressed displeasure over the former's statement underscoring the importance of Hindi and its advantages in learning it for better communication. In a tweet, Prakash Raj said, "Should sell at this range. Chi... Chi.. Shameful." Prakash Raj posted the tweet in response to Pawan's comments. Pawan was the guest of honour at the "Dakshin Samvad" programm ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 12 (ANI): Department of Official Language under the Ministry of Home Affairs organised 'Dakshin Samvad' in Hyderabad as part of its Golden Jubilee celebrations. The event became a vivid testimony to linguistic harmony, the multilingual consciousness of the nation, and the continuous progress of the Hindi language. In her welcome address, Secretary of the Department of Official Language, Anshuli Arya, said in a press note, 'Today's celebration - 'Dakshin Samv ...Read More >
MUMBAI : Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Friday posted a video on X purportedly showing the state's social justice minister Sanjay Shirsat of the Shiv Sena sitting in a room along with a partially opened bag containing what look like bundles of currency notes. Shirsat, however, rubbished the claim, saying the bag only contained clothes.The allegation came a day after it emerged that Shirsat had received a notice from the income tax department seeking an explanation for increase in his financia ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 12 (ANI): Department of Official Language under the Ministry of Home Affairs organised Dakshin Samvad in Hyderabad as part of its Golden Jubilee celebrations. The event became a vivid testimony to linguistic harmony, the multilingual consciousness of the nation, and the continuous progress of the Hindi language. In her welcome address, Secretary of the Department of Official Language, Anshuli Arya, said in a press note, Today celebration - Dakshin Samvad - i ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): A Two-Day Offline National Workshop on 'Best Practices for Teaching English to Deaf Students Using Indian Sign Language (ISL)', was organized by the Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC), on July 10th - 11th in New Delhi, according to an official statement from Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. ISLRTC is an autonomous body under the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), Union Ministry of Social Justice an ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): A Two-Day Offline National Workshop on Best Practices for Teaching English to Deaf Students Using Indian Sign Language (ISL), was organized by the Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC), on July 10th - 11th in New Delhi, according to an official statement from Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. ISLRTC is an autonomous body under the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), Union Ministry of Social Justice and ...Read More >
Hyderabad: While some oppose Hindi for political reasons, the people of India have accepted it wholeheartedly. Any opposition to Hindi is a barrier to national progress, said Union minister G. Kishan Reddy. He was addressing a gathering at the Dakshin Samvad event at GMC Balayogi Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad on Friday. Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, speaking from the same stage, questioned the resistance to Hindi in parts of the country. "If we can learn German or Japanese fo ...Read More >
Bengaluru : In a first for India's tax-tech landscape, ClearTax, the country's leading tax filing platform by fintech company Clear, today announced the nationwide launch of ClearTax AI - a personal, multilingual AI-powered tax assistant designed to make Income Tax Return (ITR) filing accessible, simple, and stress-free for every Indian, regardless of income source, geography, or digital fluency. Tax filers can now file their taxes in under three minutes simply by chatting in their preferred la ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 9 (PTI) Learning services provider NIIT Learning Systems has completed the acquisition of Germany-based MST Group for 22.37 million euros, about Rs 225 crore, the company said on Wednesday. The transaction expands NIIT MTS' presence in Europe's fastest-growing region and increases market penetration in the automotive and industrial market segments, the company said in a statement. Also Read | Kolkata Fatafat Result Today: Kolkata FF Result for July 09, 2025 Declared, Check Winni ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) WaveX, the startup accelerator platform under India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, on Tuesday launched a nationwide initiative called 'Kalaa Setu - Real-Time Language Tech for Bharat.' The challenge invites India's top AI startups to develop scalable solutions for creating multimedia content from text, aimed at enhancing communication between the government and citizens in multiple Indian languages. As India continues its digital governance journ ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): In a strategic push to harness the power of AI for inclusive communication, the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, through its WaveX Startup Accelerator Platform, has launched the 'Kalaa Setu - Real-Time Language Tech for Bharat' Challenge. The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting said in a release that this nationwide initiative invites India's leading AI startups to develop indigenous, scalable solutions for automated generation of audio, video, and gra ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a welcome departure, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is adopting a more student-centric approach aimed at reducing the stress of aspirants. In an exclusive interview with ETV Bharat, UPSC chairman Ajay Kumar unveiled a wide-ranging roadmap of reforms -- aimed at reducing stress, enhancing exam transparency, detecting forgery with tech tools, and building inclusive platforms that empower deserving candidates beyond the exam results. "The UPSC Civil Services Examination i ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Centre on Tuesday launched 'RailOne', a super app designed to serve as a one-stop platform for all railway-related queries, passenger needs and services. The app, launched by Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in the national capital, aims to enhance convenience by integrating multiple services into a single interface. With a user-friendly interface, the RailOne is live and available to download on Google Play Store and iOS App Store. The new app in ...Read More >
New Delhi - Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy Buds Core in India, its first-ever True Wireless Stereo (TWS) earbuds priced under Rs 5,000. With features like Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) and Galaxy AI-powered real-time Interpreter, the Buds Core aims to deliver a flagship-grade audio experience at an affordable price. Designed for everyday use, the Galaxy Buds Core includes dynamic drivers for deep bass and rich sound, triple-mic setup for clear calls, and a secure, comfortable fit for on-the- ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 1: Actress Adah Sharma has opened up about suffering a serious nose injury while shooting for her upcoming action thriller. The 'Kerala Story' actress shared the injury occurred during an intense action sequence on set, highlighting the physical demands of the role. A source close to the development revealed that Sharma broke her nose during intense nunchuck training for her upcoming action-packed film. The incident took place during a late-night stunt rehearsal. The insider added t ...Read More >
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