Author: Rahul M

A 59-year-old widow from East Bengaluru fell victim to an elaborate romance scam after a man posing as a US-based engineer promised marriage and conned her of ₹2.3 crore over four years.In a shocking case of online fraud, a 59-year-old schoolteacher from East Bengaluru was allegedly cheated of ₹2.3 crore by a man who befriended her on a matrimonial website, posing as a US-based engineer promising marriage.According to her police complaint filed on October 3, the widow, who lost her husband a few years ago and lived alone, joined a matrimonial platform in 2019 seeking companionship. That’s when she met…

20th Century Fox Wes Anderson has always had a visual panache that’s defined his creative output from the very beginning of his career, but “Fantastic Mr. Fox” represents a leap into an entirely different artistic realm, birthing one of the most beautiful stop-motion films ever made as a result. Based on a children’s novel by Roald Dahl, “Fantastic Mr. Fox” stars George Clooney as the titular patriarch who lives up to all the stereotypes of his species. He’s a clever trickster who feeds his family by stealing from three local farmers in the area.…

India’s homegrown telecom revolution, BSNL’s indigenously developed 4G network to be upgraded to 5G nationwide within eight months, marking a major milestone in India’s digital self-reliance journey.In a major boost to India’s digital self-reliance, Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia announced that BSNL’s indigenously developed 4G network will be upgraded to 5G within six to eight months. The minister made the announcement at the Kautilya Economic Enclave 2025, underscoring India’s emergence as a global technology leader.Also Read:Bengaluru saves 100 million litres daily after BWSSB’s aerator driveScindia highlighted that India has now joined the exclusive club of countries with indigenous 4G technology, previously…

Just like you probably don’t grow and grind wheat to make flour for your bread, most software developers don’t write every line of code in a new project from scratch. Doing so would be extremely slow and could create more security issues than it solves. So developers draw on existing libraries—often open source projects—to get various basic software components in place.While this approach is efficient, it can create exposure and lack of visibility into software. Increasingly, however, the rise of vibe coding is being used in a similar way, allowing developers to quickly spin up code that they can simply…

MANZINI, Eswatini (AP) — A group of 10 migrants deported from the United States arrived early Monday in the African nation of Eswatini, authorities there said.They are the latest of more than 40 deportees sent to Africa since July after the Trump administration struck largely secretive agreements with at least five African nations to take migrants under the new third-country deportation program that rights groups and others have protested.A lawyer for two of the latest deportees told The Associated Press earlier on Monday that their flight had arrived in the southern African kingdom after departing from Alexandria, Louisiana, and stopping…

CHONBURI, Thailand (AP) — It was 5-year-old Tod’s first time competing in a beauty pageant and the bright red interior of his ears turned out and popped against his black fur.The main stud for his owner, food vendor and farmer Thawatchai Daeng-Ngam, Tod was one of the competitors Monday at the annual water buffalo racing festival in Chonburi, a city about an hour drive from Bangkok.Formerly considered humble draft animals, water buffaloes have become prized show animals in Thailand. They are celebrated at the festival, held at the end of the 11th lunar month to celebrate the beginning of the…

A small step with a big impact, BWSSB’s mandatory tap aerator policy is helping Bengaluru save nearly 10 crore litres of water every day, turning the city’s taps into tools of conservation.A simple innovation is creating a massive environmental impact across the city. The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB)’s mandatory installation of tap aerators has led to savings of nearly 100 million litres (10 crore litres) of water daily, transforming the city’s approach to water conservation.Also Read:Lawyer attempts to attack CJI BR Gavai in Supreme Court; Court unfazed amid chaosAccording to BWSSB chairman Ram Prasath Manohar, over 15…

Former West Indies World Cup-winning player Bernard Julien died at the age of 75 on Saturday in Valsayn in Trinidad and Tobago. During his cricketing career, he featured in 24 Tests and 12 ODIs for his national team, according to Cricket Board of the West Indies. The demise of Bernard Julien on Saturday invited reflection on both the brilliance of his cricketing life and the complex times through which he lived. His career reminded that the story of West Indies cricket is not only about triumphs on the field but about the choices and circumstances that shaped generations of players…

NZ vs SA: In the seventh match of the ongoing ICC Women’s World Cup 2025, New Zealand will face South Africa at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore on Monday, October 6. Both teams are coming off defeats in their opening fixtures and will be desperate to get their campaign back on track. Battle Between Struggling Sides After suffering early setbacks, both teams currently sit in the lower half of the points table. New Zealand have a Net Run Rate (NRR) of -1.780, while South Africa’s NRR stands at -3.773, putting them under pressure to secure a win and stay…

CAIRO (AP) — Israeli and Hamas officials launched indirect talks Monday at an Egyptian resort on a U.S.-drafted peace plan to end the ruinous war in Gaza on the eve of its second anniversary.The talks, which went on for several hours, unfolded amid many questions about the plan presented by U.S. President Donald Trump last week, including the disarmament of the militant group — a key Israeli demand — and the future governance of Gaza. Trump has indicated that an agreement on Gaza could pave the way for a Middle East peace process that could reshape the region.Despite Trump ordering…