Technology is turning villages of India into active participants in the country’s digital ecosystem, according to Gaurav Chopra, senior vice president of the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI). In a data-backed assessment of India’s evolving digital landscape, Chopra said that rural India has emerged as the primary driver of internet growth, with usage...
A New Delhi-based rights group, the Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG), has claimed that at least 15 members of the Hindu minority community were killed in Bangladesh over the past 45 days, allegedly by individuals belonging to the Muslim majority. RRAG Director Suhas Chakma said on Thursday that “in the last 45 days between...
Updated: Jan 1st, 2026 Instagram head Adam Mosseri in his New Year post has warned that artificial intelligence (AI) is making it very difficult to tell the difference between real and fake content on social media. After OpenAI’s ChatGPTCEO Sam Altman raised similar concerns, Mosseri said AI videos have become so realistic that people no...
Updated: Dec 31st, 2025 NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), one of the most powerful observatories ever built, has captured stunning images of a mysterious cloud of gas and dust deep within the Milky Way galaxy, offering new insights into star formation near our galaxy’s core, according to reports. Astronomers study the movement and behavior...
Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado said she presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to US President Donald Trump during a closed-door meeting at the White House, framing the gesture as a historic symbol of shared struggles for freedom between the two nations. “I presented the president of the United...
Updated: Dec 24th, 2025 In yet another historic feat, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday successfully launched LVM3-M6 rocket, carrying United States’ new generation BlueBird Block-2 communication satellite. “Mission Success. The LVM3-M6 mission has successfully placed the BlueBird Block-2 satellite into its intended orbit,” said ISRO in an X post. The communication satellite,...
Updated: Jan 15th, 2026 Poor governance and mismanagement due to political interference are leading to huge losses in Pakistan’s state-owned enterprises, after which they are put up for distress sale at throwaway prices, a Pakistani media report said. An article in Pakistan’s Express Tribune points out that instead of reforming governance early, successive governments postpone...
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday said it is ready to launch the BlueBird Block-2 satellite on December 24. The launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Center will place the BlueBird Block-2 satellite, also referred to as BlueBird-6, in Low Earth Orbit. BlueBird communications satellite, developed by the US-based AST SpaceMobile, will be...
Violence against the minorities in Bangladesh is not a new phenomenon. It has been going on for several decades and has seen major outbreaks since 1989 onwards. The year 2025 witnessed a surge in the number of attacks on minority communities and officials in India say that since then, the targeting has been a relentless...
Updated: Jan 15th, 2026 Russia on Thursday expelled a British diplomat, accusing him of being an “undeclared officer of the United Kingdom’s intelligence services”, and warned London that it would not tolerate espionage activities on Russian territory. The Federal Security Service (FSB), the main successor to the Soviet-era KGB, identified the diplomat as a second...