Author: Rahul M

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nearly 40 people were killed Sunday in eastern Congo’s Ituri province when rebels stormed a Catholic church during a vigil and opened fire on worshippers, including many women and children. At least 38 people were confirmed dead in the church while another five were killed in a nearby village. The victims included 19 men, 15 women and nine children.The attacks in Komanda town in the conflict-battered region were carried out by the Allied Democratic Force, a rebel group backed by the Islamic State that has mostly targeted villagers in eastern Congo and across the border in…

Teenage chess player Divya Deshmukh on Monday scripted history after becoming the first Indian woman to win the Chess World Cup. The 19-year-old Divya won the FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025 after beating compatriot and more experienced Koneru Humpy 1.5-0.5 in the rapid tie-breaks in Batumi, Georgia. After her historic Chess World Cup victory, Divya became the fourth Indian woman to earn the prestigious Grandmaster title, and the country’s 88th GM overall. Divya follows Humpy, R. Vaishali, and Harika Dronavalli in taking the prestigious Grandmaster title. Divya Deshmukh, just 19 years old, is the Winner of the 2025 FIDE…

A couple from Kerala, accused of cheating nearly 600 investors of over Rs 40 crore through a chit fund and finance business they operated in Bengaluru, have filed a petition in the Karnataka High Court for the quashing of the case registered against them. Tomy A Varghese, 57, and his wife, Shini Tomy, 52, moved the Karnataka High Court for the quashing of the cheating case registered against them at the Ramamurthy Nagar police station on July 5, and an interim order of a stay on the investigation by the state police’s Criminal Investigation Department. On July 25, the Karnataka…

The Karnataka State Commission for Women (KSCW) Monday wrote to the Bengaluru city police seeking action against those posting derogatory comments against actor-turned-politician Ramya over her post on the Renukaswamy murder case, in which popular Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa is an accused. In a letter to Bengaluru city police commissioner, KSCW chairperson Dr Nagalakshmi Chowdhary said, “This is affecting the dignity of women. The State Women’s Commission has taken the issue seriously.” The Commission has also demanded that the police ensure that such abusive messages aimed at Ramya are stopped at the earliest. The actor is also expected to file…

Chess World Cup 2025: India’s 19-year-old chess prodigy Divya Deshmukh scripted history on Sunday, July 27, by becoming the first Indian ever to win the FIDE Women’s World Cup, defeating the legendary Koneru Humpy in an all-Indian final at Baku. With the win, Divya not only lifted the prestigious global title but also earned the Grandmaster (GM) title, becoming the 88th Indian and one of the youngest ever to do so. In a gripping final that went into tiebreaks, Divya held her nerve under pressure. The first Rapid game ended in a tense draw, but the teenager showed remarkable resilience…

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday took a swipe at the Opposition during discussion on Operation Sindoor in Lok Sabha, stating that focus must not remain on small issues when aiming to achieve a higher feat, since it can divert attention from national security. “When the aim is to go higher, we should not pay attention to small issues because focusing on issues that remain comparatively small can divert attention from national security,” Singh said while addressing the lower house of Parliament on Operation Sindoor. He criticised the choice of questions raised by the Opposition over time and…

Bengaluru‘s renowned restaurant chain Empire has come under scrutiny from the Karnataka Health Department after tests revealed that chicken kebabs from several of its outlets were unsafe for consumption. Ambarish Gowda, Food Safety Officer, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), inspected the Empire outlet near Anand Rao Circle on June 27 during a routine check, and collected 2 kilograms of chicken kebab samples for laboratory analysis. Later, the Authority collected more samples from six outlets, and all of them were declared as unsafe for consumption. Test results from the State Food Laboratory of the Public Health Institute, released…

In the case of Byron, of Coldplay concert infamy, there are multiple articles asking ‘who is his wife?’and speculating about his family. As 404 Media writes, the incident is “emblematic of our ​​current private surveillance and social media hellscape,” where TikTok commenters are using facial recognition tools to identify random people online.“I think shaming is the extension of the algorithmic flow toward extremism,” says Cohen. “The internet normalizes content as it progresses, meaning anything extreme must continue to become more extreme … We’re also living through a period of perceived lawlessness and true crime investigations and shaming seem like justice,…

Perl was once everywhere. Or at least it felt that way. Around the turn of the millennium, it seemed that almost every website was built on the back of this scripting language. It processed massive amounts of text—mechanisms for doing this powerfully and easily were part of the language—and it was even used in bioinformatics, munging and churning through genetic data. Based on one list, the companies that used Perl ranged widely: Amazon, Google, Yahoo, Deutsche Bank, Akamai, Citibank, Comcast, Morgan Stanley, Mozilla. A lot of Craigslist was programmed in Perl.Even at its peak use, the popularity of Perl was…

New Delhi: ‘Dog Babu’, a canine in Patna, was listed as a resident of Masaurhi with a residence certificate, prompting the Opposition to fire fresh salvos at the Election Commission for its Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls exercise in Bihar. In a tweet late Sunday night, Swaraj India leader Yogendra Yadav had flagged the certificate, saying, “See it with your own eyes! On July 24 in Bihar, a dog got a residence certificate issued. This is the same certificate that is being accepted in Bihar under SIR, while Aadhaar and ration cards are being called fake.” Yadav had pointed…