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Karnataka Forest Minister Ishwar Khandre told the Legislative Council on Monday that his department is working to return more than 5,100 acres of reserved forest land leased to nine plantations in Kodagu and Chamarajanagar districts in the 1940s. The information was provided in response to a question raised by BJP MLC MP Kushalappa. “In 1999-2000, … Read more

A day later Ranbir Kapoor publicly admitted He is involved in director Nitesh Tiwari’s film Ramayana And shared details about the highly anticipated project, actor Sunny Deol, who was long rumored to be a part of the two-part franchise, officially confirmed his participation on screen. At the third edition of Screen Live in Mumbai, Sunny, … Read more

By defeating Tasmania by 2 runs in the last ball of the match, South Australia equaled the record for the toughest Sheffield Shield win in terms of runs. There are three other matches where Western Australia beat Victoria in 1998, South Australia beat Western Australia in 1999 and New South Wales beat Western Australia in … Read more

Bengaluru is a city of writers and readers – one must try not to bump into one of the dozens of writers who call the city home. However, some stand out from the crowd. One of these is Poil Sengupta – whose writing career spans decades from children’s writing, to theater scripts and beyond. His … Read more

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has been interrogating actor-producer Gehana Vashishta for the past seven hours in connection with the money laundering case linked to the pornography case. The agency called Vashishth last week. She participated in the investigation on Monday. Industrialist Raj Kundra had also been summoned by the agency in the past in this … Read more

Opposition parties in Tamil Nadu have accused the DMK government and the state police of inaction and negligence in the case of sexual harassment of a mentally challenged college student in Chennai. According to a police statement, the father of a “mentally disturbed college student” filed a complaint, “alleging that his daughter was inappropriately seduced … Read more

In the ongoing phase-1 placement session at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK), more than 1000 offers were made within seven days. By the end of day 7, a total of 1036 offers had been extended, with 963 offers accepted. These include campus placements and pre-placement offers (PPOs). Around 22 students have received international job … Read more

A rush among big tech companies and startups to offer large language models (LLMs) has fueled the adoption of AI tools in China. As of June this year, the country has recorded more than 230 million users of AI products and services, according to a report by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), a … Read more

Main Examination: General Studies II: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests What’s the ongoing story: Syrian Rebel fighters raced into Damascus unopposed on Sunday, overthrowing President Bashar al-Assad and ending more than five decades of his family’s iron-fisted rule after a lightning advance that reversed the course of … Read more

Sanjay Malhotra has become the new Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the government announced today. After graduating in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 1989, Malhotra did his Masters in Public Policy from Princeton University in the US. It was in 1990 when UPSC cracked CSE and became … Read more

नोभेम्बर 16 मा, कुकी आतङ्ककारीहरूले अपहरण गरिएका तीन बालबालिका र महिलाहरू सहित जिरिबमका छ मेइती नागरिकहरूको शव फेला पारेपछि इम्फालमा हिंसा बढ्दै गएपछि सरकारले ब्रोडब्यान्ड सेवाहरू सहित इन्टरनेट सेवाहरू प्रतिबन्ध लगाएको थियो। इम्फाल उपत्यका विरोधमा उत्रियो र भीडले विधायक र मन्त्रीहरूको घरमा आक्रमण गरेर र अन्य सम्पत्तिमा आगो लगाए। Initially, internet was banned for two … Read more

Screenwriter and lyricist Javed Akhtar recently remarked that marriage is an overrated institution. Presentation by Barkha Dutt The Mojo storyAkhtar, who is married to actress Shabana Azmi, was asked about the dynamics of their long-time relationship, to which he replied, “Actually, we’ve barely been married. we are friends My only qualification for a good marriage … Read more

Apple and Sony are said to be in talks to combine the Vision Pro’s power with the PSVR2 controller. According to a report by BloombergApple is said to be working on adding PSVR2 controller support for the Vision Pro and will also begin selling the controllers in its stores, which are currently not available for … Read more

A 16-year-old girl died early Monday morning in Andhra Pradesh’s Nandayal district after she was set on fire by another minor, who police said had been “teasing her for weeks to confess her love”. Police said that both the minors are from neighboring villages and are students of the same educational institution. “He had been … Read more

CGBSE Chhattisgarh Class 10, 12 Board Exam 2025: Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education (CGBSE) has released the date sheet for class 10 and 12 board exam. Candidates can download board exam schedule from official website cgbse.nic.in. As per the official schedule, the Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education (CGBSE) will conduct the Class 12 board exams … Read more

CSIR-UGC NET December 2024 Registration: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has started the registration for the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (CSIR-UGC NET) 2024. Interested and eligible candidates can visit the official website to register — csirnet.nta.ac.in. Candidates who want to appear in UGC CSIR-NET exam can submit their … Read more

Even after the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) clarified last week that there will be no normalization in the exam to be held on December 13, the issue continues to rage. RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday (Dec 8) slammed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, saying the “tired and retired” Bihar government does not take suggestions, … Read more

IND vs AUS: Sunil Gavaskar and Ravi Shastri both opined that India captain Rohit Sharma would be best suited to return to his preferred opening slot in the next Test against Australia. After missing the first Test in Perth and India winning the tat match, Rohit said he did not want to tinker with the … Read more

There can be no reservation on the basis of religion, the Supreme Court made an oral comment on Monday. A bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan was hearing an appeal challenging a Calcutta High Court order that had quashed the verdict. Decision of West Bengal Govt 77 communities, mostly Muslims, to be classified … Read more

Monday is often the litmus test of any movie’s opening week. On the first day, be it Thursday or Friday, there is a fixed opening depending on the range of names included. Weekends have also been allocated keeping in mind the mindset of the audience who watch movies during the holidays. The real strength of … Read more

Have you ever wondered why certain shapes seem to be naturally associated with specific sounds? This intuitive association is at the heart of the ‘bouba-kiki effect’, a psychological phenomenon that suggests people have an innate tendency to associate round shapes with soft sounds like “bouba” and angular shapes with sharp sounds like “kiki”. First documented … Read more

The foreign secretaries of India and Bangladesh met in Dhaka on Monday, the first such meeting since the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August. Foreign Secretary Vikram Mishri arrived in Dhaka on an Indian Air Force plane for a one-day visit. Upon arrival, Mishri held one-on-one talks with his Bangladeshi counterpart Mohammad Jashim … Read more

A Bengaluru-based software engineer grabbed attention on social media after celebrating his third anniversary at Google with an engaging post. On X, Raj Vikramaditya, popularly known as Striver, listed the pros and cons of working at the tech giant, which garnered over 1,04,000 views on the platform. In his post, Vikramaditya highlighted the “unbelievable” work-life … Read more

Last week, a witness in the 2017 murder case of journalist Gauri Lankesh testified in a special court that in 2018 he had seen the identification of a location in Mangalore where a member of the crime syndicate arrested for the murder claimed to have stayed in the plot. In 2016, rationalist Narendra Nayak was … Read more

How to win a billion hearts and keep adding more? If only the answer were so simple, each of us would be one Shah Rukh Khan. But, as luck would have it, there is only one King Khan – a fact also famous journalist Rajat SharmaBest known for the iconic chat show Aap Ki Adalat, … Read more