Bengaluru: As the country pushes to transform cutting-edge research into globally competitive technologies, the city will host the 14th edition of Bengaluru India Nano from Aug 3 to 5, with renewed focus on convergence of nanotechnology and artificial intelligence and on accelerating commercialisation of research through collaborations among academia, industry, startups and investors.Ahead of the…
Accused stole motorcycles from various parts of Surat and used AI tools to create realistic RC books Surat: Limbayat police arrested two men and recovered 12 stolen motorcycles, solving 10 cases. The accused, Moin Sultan (28) and Soyeb Shaikh (22), allegedly used AI and photo-editing apps to create fake RC books and sell the stolen…
2026 Candidates women champion Vaishali with her mother (FIDE Photo) The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has approved a new qualification system for the 2028 FIDE Candidates Tournament and the 2028 FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament. These events decide who will challenge for the World Championship titles. The updated rules are designed to make qualification fairer by…
Chennai: Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) is preparing a detailed project report (DPR) to redesign and improve 600 road junction curves (bellmouths) across the city to ease traffic flow, reduce congestion and improve pedestrian safety.As part of the first phase, improvement work is already underway at 94 key road junction curves at an estimated cost of…
Ludhiana: The World MSME Forum has raised an alarm over the ongoing depreciation of the rupee, warning that the currency’s decline is placing unsustainable pressure on the nation’s industrial sector.Over the past year, the rupee has weakened by about 13% against the US dollar, a trend that is damaging particularly to micro, small, and medium…
Bengaluru: A day after Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) officials were assaulted during a footpath encroachment-clearance drive on Commercial Street, police said the prime accused, Basavaraj Padukote, is a rowdy from Varthur with a criminal record.Padukote, a resident of Siddhapura and state president of Namma Karnataka Sene, was among 12 people arrested in connection with Tuesday’s…
NEW DELHI: India’s smartphone shipments (sales) declined 10% year-on-year in the June quarter, the sharpest quarterly decline in three years since the January-March period of 2023. The impact was most severe in the mass-market segment, where sales of smartphones priced below Rs 15,000 plunged 45% from a year earlier. The sharp slowdown hurt Chinese smartphone…
Sweden’s Yasin Ayari (18) scores his team’s fifth goal during the World Cup Group F match against Tunisia. (AP Photo) Sweden announced their return to the FIFA World Cup stage in emphatic fashion as Yasin Ayari struck twice in a commanding 5-1 victory over Tunisia to move to the top of Group F on Sunday.With…
Fort museum at Fort St. George in Chennai. Old light house in Chennai during(1796-1843).Photo:A.Prathap Chennai: Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will soon restore the 230-year-old colonial-era exchange building, which currently houses the Fort Museum inside Fort St George. It also plans to upgrade the Fort Museum, which exhibits more than 3,500 artefacts from the colonial…
File photo of the proposed Mekedatu balancing reservoir site across the River Cauvery near Sangama in Kanakapura taluk, about 100 km from Bengaluru. Mekedatu-Location of Cauvery river at Kanakpura taluq, Sangama, 100 km from Bengaluru Chennai: A meeting of TNCC district presidents was held at the party headquarters in Chennai where a resolution was passed…
