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When Eshwari R and Mahima Gowda first visited the industrial neighbourhood of Laggere in 2024 as part of a fellowship project, something caught their eye: a prominent statue of Kannada actor Vishnuvardhan. “Since both of us are from Bengaluru and so familiar with the film culture here, it was the first thing we recognised. We…
Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) leader Chirag Paswan. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Minister of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Welfare Department in Bihar Lakhendra Paswan on Tuesday (September 29, 2026) took a dig at Union Minister Chirag Paswan over his recent statement that he feels ashamed of being a…
This image is used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The rupee traded in a narrow range and fell 3 paise to 95.97 against the U.S. dollar in early trade on Wednesday (September 30, 2026), pressured by persistent dollar demand from state-run oil marketing companies and firm crude oil prices. Dollar sales…
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Representational image | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded in early trade on Wednesday (September 30, 2026) after two days of losses amid easing crude oil prices and buying in blue-chip IT stocks. The 30-share BSE Sensex advanced 190 points to 72,733.04 in early trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty was…
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For representational purposes only. The police have also detained a helper at butcher Shafi’s mutton shop for allegedly assisting him in disposing of the body. | Photo Credit: choochart choochaikupt The West Zone police of the Vijayawada NTR Police Commissionerate on Tuesday (September 29, 2026) arrested Shafi, 45, a butcher in Bhavanipuram, in connection with…
The adverse outcome of a by-election in Tamil Nadu in 1952 forced the then Chief Minister C. Rajagopalachari (CR or Rajaji) to come up with an innovation in India’s legislature — the first vote of confidence motion proposed by the incumbent government. The by-election in question was for the Aruppukottai Lok Sabha constituency, which was…
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (September 29, 2026) directed social media platforms to remove several fake profiles, channels and deepfake videos allegedly misusing the name, image and identity of Drishti IAS founder Vikas Divyakirti. Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani passed the interim directions while hearing a suit filed by Mr. Divyakirti seeking protection against alleged…
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday (September 29, 2026) unveiled GPT-6.1 Sol at the company’s DevDay conference in San Francisco, positioning it as a lower-cost model that delivers “very near-Astra-level intelligence at a fifth of the price” for coding and building. File | Photo Credit: Reuters OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday (September 29, 2026) unveiled…
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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar speaks at the Asia Society after the United Nations General Assembly’s high-level week in New York. File photo: @DrSJaishankar X/ANI External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has warned of a “major food crisis” in the coming months, in addition to the already significant fertiliser shortages the world is witnessing due to…
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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar speaks at the Asia Society after the United Nations General Assembly’s high-level week in New York. File photo: @DrSJaishankar X/ANI External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has warned of a “major food crisis” in the coming months, in addition to the already significant fertiliser shortages the world is witnessing due to…
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