Author: Rahul M

Amid speculations about the detection of a possible case of amoebic encephalitis, a deadly disease being reported from neighbouring Kerala in unusual numbers, doctors in Bengaluru have clarified that the recent death of a 26-year-old man had nothing to do with it. Claims about the fatal disease affecting people in Bengaluru surfaced after Shiju, a resident of the state capital, died on September 26. His family members said that Shiju died after suffering from fever along with bouts of serious headache. “On Tuesday night, he started vomiting and later fell unconscious. He was rushed to hospital,” Shiju’s elder sister Sherin…

A 49-year-old woman scientist working with Bengaluru’s Indian Institute of Science (IISc) fell victim to a sophisticated cyber fraud and lost Rs 8.8 lakh to a fraudster who posed as an officer of the Central Bureau of Investigation, the police said. Although the crime began on September 16, it came to light last week after the scientist filed a police complaint. According to the police, the scientist received a video call saying that she had been implicated in 17 criminal cases involving human trafficking. The caller claimed that the scientist’s mobile number had been used for criminal activities under CBI…

One of the major reasons why AI data centers are sucking up so much power is the need to cool processors that run very hot. But Microsoft is trying out a possible solution: sending fluid directly through tiny channels etched into the chips. The technology is called microfluidics, and it’s being used in prototype systems in test conditions at the company, said Husam Alissa, who oversees Microsoft’s systems technology. The technique has been applied to server chips used for Office cloud apps and the graphics processing units that handle artificial intelligence tasks, he said.Because the cooling fluid is applied directly to chips, it…

In the aftermath of the Karur stampede that killed 41 people at actor-politician Vijay’s rally, the DMK appears to have chosen caution over confrontation. The police FIR, accessed by The Indian Express, names three senior organisers of Vijay’s Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) — district secretary Mathiyalagan, state general secretary ‘Bussy’ Anand, and deputy general secretary Nirmal Kumar — but not the star himself. Moreover, Chief Minister M K Stalin said in a video statement on Monday that “no political leader would ever wish for their followers or innocent civilians to die,” and urged people to set aside “irresponsible and malicious…

Leh: In a press conference immediately after the funeral of 46-year-old ex-serviceman Tsewang Tharchin, the Leh Apex Body (LAB) said that they will not resume talks with the Centre unless peace is restored in Ladakh.“Till the time peace isn’t back we will not resume talks. MHA and the UT administration should do something to make things right and make this place peaceful and breathable again,” LAB Chairman Thupstan Chhewang told the media Monday. The ex-MP said the region has struggled for 70 years and then finally when it was granted UT status after the revocation of Article 370, it was…

The death toll from Saturday night’s stampede at actor-politician Vijay’s rally in Karur has risen to 41, with a 65-year-old woman, Suguna, passing away from injuries at the Karur Government Medical College Hospital on Monday morning. Among the victims, 18 were women, 10 were children, and the youngest was a two-year-old boy from Velusamypuram. The oldest victim was a 60-year-old man.Also read: TVK moves Madras HC for independent probe into Karur stampede, alleges conspiracyMost of the deceased women were in their 30s, while the male victims were primarily in their 20s and 30s. Authorities handed over the bodies to the…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in the Bahamas closed most schools Monday as Tropical Storm Imelda dropped heavy rain in the northern Caribbean, including over Cuba where landslides killed at least one man.The storm was located about 55 miles (90 kilometers) north of Great Abaco Island of the Bahamas, which is still recovering from Hurricane Dorian after it slammed into parts of the Bahamas as a devastating Category 5 hurricane in 2019.Imelda had maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 kph) and was moving north at 9 mph (15 kph). It was forecast to become a hurricane on…

In the wake of clashes in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly last Friday during a protest in support of “I love Muhammad” campaign, local cleric Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan, the Ittehad-e-Millat Council (IMC) president, was arrested among other accused, and sent to 14-day judicial custody.The Bareilly police have accused Tauqeer Raza, 65, of allegedly “masterminding” the violence. A prominent face of the Barelvi Sunni community, Tauqeer wields considerable influence in the religious and social spheres in the Bareilly region. He is a descendant of Ahmed Raza Khan – the founder of the Barelvi sect, who is popularly known as Aala Hazrat. He…

A fossilized skull unearthed in central China over 30 years ago has upended long-standing theories about early human evolution, according to a peer-reviewed study published in Science on September 25. The cranium, dubbed Yunxian 2, was first discovered in 1990 in Hubei province, but its distorted condition kept scientists from fully analyzing it—until now. Thanks to advanced 3D reconstruction techniques, researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and international collaborators have digitally restored the skull, revealing a striking combination of traits that don’t quite fit into any known human species. The results suggest Yunxian 2 belongs to a long-lost lineage…

Social media platform X Corp said on Monday that it was concerned by the Karnataka High Court’s order on its petition against the Sahyog Portal and takedown orders issued by the Government, adding that it would appeal against the order to defend free expression. On September 24, the bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna dismissed X Corp’s petition against the Sahyog portal for intermediaries, which it had described as a “censorship portal” in one of the hearings. X Corp had also objected to takedown orders being issued under section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology Act. X Corp said in its statement…