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BRICS Summit 2026: Is Delhi closed on September 11? What’s open, what’s shut and what travellers need to know |

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BRICS (PC: digitalindia.gov.in) Delhi is all set to host one of the biggest diplomatic gatherings of the year which is the 18th BRICS Leaders’ Summit from September 11 to 13. With foreign leaders, senior officials and delegations arriving in the city, Delhi will see increased security, traffic diversions and restrictions.For residents and tourists, the biggest … Read more

Greater Noida man orders Rs 1,999 Android device online, gets a shocking parcel instead; details inside

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Online shopping is supposed to make buying things easier, but for one man in Greater Noida, an order for an Android device ended in a bizarre surprise. Instead of receiving the electronic device he had paid for, he allegedly found cow dung inside the parcel. The incident was reported from the Dankaur police station area … Read more

200 years ago, an Indian rum from Calcutta helped trigger a rebellion in Australia and shook the foundations of colonial rule

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AI representation/ChatGPT India’s popular Old Monk is now at the centre of a debate over what legally qualifies as rum. The dispute became bigger when the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) told the Bombay High Court that Old Monk could not be marketed as rum in the form in which it was … Read more

Samantha Ruth Prabhu to Sai Pallavi: Fans use AI to imagine South Indian actresses as ’80s college students; here’s the prompt to create your own retro image |

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Fans use AI to imagine South Indian actresses as ’80s college students Instagram has found another way to turn familiar faces into something completely different. After the Studio Ghibli-inspired photo trend, users are now giving their pictures an 80s makeover, with AI transforming modern photographs into vintage-style college scenes.The trend has also caught the attention … Read more

‘Concerned about the health of people, especially growing children’: Supreme Court seeks warning labels on junk food packs

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The Supreme Court has raised concerns about the growing consumption of unhealthy packaged food, particularly among children, and wants clearer warnings on the front of food packets.A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran on Thursday asked stakeholders to consider front-of-pack warning labels for products that contain high levels of salt, sugar and … Read more

Jose Flores may be the world’s oldest living man at 119: What his life in Costa Rica’s blue zone says about living Longer

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Jose Flores, a former farmer whose family says he is 119 years old and could be recognized as the world’s oldest living man, pending verification of his birth date, eats at his home in Sardinal, Costa Rica, September 6, 2026. REUTERS/Mayela Lopez At 119, Jose Flores spends much of his day in a simple wooden … Read more

Bihar class 10 boy builds Rs 1 lakh Wi-Fi device that claims 300 mbps internet without a SIM or recharge. Here’s what we know about his innovation

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A Class 10 student from Bihar has attracted attention online with an ambitious technology project that claims to provide high-speed internet without a SIM card or regular recharge. Karan Malakar, a student of Adarsh Madhyamik Vidyalaya in Shekhpura, is reported to have developed the device at a cost of around Rs 1 lakh. According to … Read more

‘Are you single, engaged or married?’ Mother’s LinkedIn message seeking bride for PhD son goes viral

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Mother’s LinkedIn message seeking bride for PhD son goes viral LinkedIn is meant for jobs, professional connections, and career conversations. So a message about marriage landing in someone’s inbox on the platform was bound to raise eyebrows. A woman reportedly contacted a LinkedIn user to ask if she would be open to a possible match … Read more

Jyoti Srivastava: Meet Jyoti Srivastava: She once designed rockets for the Indian Army; now she makes baby food inspired by her son’s own diet

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Photo: Little Cherry Mom/ Instagram/ Jyoti Srivastava “God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers.”We often come across this saying, only to realise how blessed and grateful we are for those who made us what we are today. They take care of everything for us, be it nutrition, hygiene, grooming, and education, from the … Read more

What if you checked into a hotel in 1985? AI recreates the forgotten world of vintage travel

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AI chatbots are becoming more than tools for answering questions. People are using them to create images that place them in worlds they could never visit today.A simple prompt can imagine someone waking up in ancient Greece, walking through British India, dressing for a royal court or checking into a hotel decades before they were … Read more