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Union Information and Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday said that the country would witness the rollout of its first made-in-India chip “very soon” as six semiconductor plants are under construction in Gujarat, Assam and Uttar Pradesh. Addressing the ‘Next-Gen Mobility for a Next-Gen City’ programme here, the IT Minister said, “Today there are six semiconductor plants under construction in our country and very soon we’ll see the first made in India chip roll out of these factories.” Emphasising the government’s resolve for the easy accessibility of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, he said, “AI is shaping our world today. Our…

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bengaluru on Sunday, the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), the youth wing of the Congress, alleged that senior leaders of their organisation were put under ‘house arrest’ by the city police. A police source said the cops detained NSUI leaders as they were planning to protest over the alleged electoral malpractices recently highlighted by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. “They wanted to hold a protest when the prime minister was about to come for the inauguration of the Yellow Line of Namma Metro,” the source added. The Bengaluru police reportedly put Lakshya…

Describing India as “the fastest-growing major economy in the world”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Sunday that it is in the top five globally and is “rapidly progressing” to “becoming one of the top three economies”.Addressing a gathering at IIIT-Bangalore emphasised that amidst evolving problems, India’s next big priority should be becoming self-reliant in technology and that it was time for Indian tech companies to prioritise the country’s own needs. “Our next big priority should be becoming self-reliant in technology. Indian tech companies have made a mark globally, developing software and products for the entire world. It is now time…

A24 Ayo Edebiri has turned heads with her work in “The Bear” as Chef Sydney, a young woman who is finding her voice while making amazing food on the FX series, easily plating a pasta in under three minutes and standing up to Carm (Jeremy Allen White). While the two are friends and colleagues, their working relationship is not where it needs to be, and Sydney eventually figures out how to speak her mind about that. However, Sydney isn’t the only character Edebiri has recently played who is forced use their voice.…

Speculation over the ODI futures of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma is once again dominating the cricketing chatter. Yet, according to key voices inside the Indian cricket board, there’s no urgency to make a definitive decision on the two stalwarts right now. With the Bangladesh ODI series in August cancelled, India’s next 50-over assignment will take place in Australia, from October 19 to 25. In a sport where narratives often shape discussions, the current talking point is whether these two icons who between them have amassed 83 ODI hundreds and over 25,000 runs can keep going until the October 2027…

ThiruvananthapuramAug 10, 2025 19:00 IST First published on: Aug 10, 2025 at 19:00 IST Share Following the row sparked by the arrest of two nuns from Kerala in Chhattisgarh late last month, an episode that is said to have put some strain on the ties between the BJP and the community, the Kerala unit of the party has adopted a multipronged strategy to make amends. Admitting that the issue had “slowed down” the party’s interaction with the Church leadership, a BJP leader said the “setback was temporary”. “We are telling the churches that only the BJP made sincere efforts to…

Former Australian cricket legend Ricky Ponting has revealed his all-time top-five batters in Test cricket, notably excluding Indian star Virat Kohli, despite Kohli’s illustrious record of 9,230 runs in 210 Test innings. Another notable omission from Ponting’s list was Australia’s Steve Smith, often grouped with Kohli as part of the modern-era “Fab Four.” Instead, Ponting chose to include England’s Joe Root and New Zealand’s Kane Williamson in his elite lineup. He expressed admiration for several greats of the game while providing reasoning behind each of his picks. “Brian Lara was the most skillful batter I played against and when I…

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“Indian tech companies have made a mark globally, developing software and products for the entire world. It is now time to prioritise India’s own needs more strongly and must accelerate the development of new products, especially as software and apps are now being used across every domain,” PM Modi said after inaugurating critical mobility infrastructure projects in Bengaluru. On Sunday, Modi inaugurated the 19.16 km Yellow Line of Bengaluru metro worth around Rs 7,160 crore, thus expanding the city’s metro network to 96 km. He also laid the foundation stone of the Bengaluru Metro Phase-3 project worth over Rs 15,610…

The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Karnataka on Sunday issued a notice to Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi asking him to provide documents to support the allegations of “vote chori” he had made in New Delhi earlier. The notice was related to one of Gandhi’s allegations of electoral malpractice in the Mahadevapura Assembly segment of the Bangalore Central Lok Sabha constituency. It referred to the Congress leader’s remarks that one Shakun Rani had voted twice during the Lok Sabha polls held last year. “You have also stated that as per the records given by the polling officer,…