China’s 5-point BRICS 2027 plan: Why it could be a nightmare for India

President Xi Jinping’s agenda puts AI, digital infrastructure, smart manufacturing, trade and investment at the heart of China’s 2027 BRICS presidency, raising concerns in India over technology dependence, Chinese investment and market access China’s takeover of the BRICS presidency in 2027 could present India with an uncomfortable balancing act: how to engage with an increasingly … Read more

Biker Sia Gurgaon crash: Accused driver Kalyan Singh goes off radar as police hunt intensifies | Gurgaon News

The incident took place on Sunday when Sia was riding her Aprilia RS 457 sports bike. GURGAON: The hunt for Kalyan Singh, the man allegedly driving the car involved in the viral hit-and-run incident with woman biker Sia on Gurgaon’s Golf Course Road, has intensified after the vehicle owner told police and the media that … Read more

Nauheed Cyrusi at 18 chose 10 days of silence and meditation: ‘First 7 days were miserable,’ actor reveals her Vipassana journey and the lesson that stayed with her

At just 18, when most young people are busy chasing new adventures and figuring out their place in the world, Nauheed Cyrusi chose a very different path. She signed up for a 10-day Vipassana course in Igatpuri and spent those days in complete silence, meditating and looking inward. Years later the actor has opened up … Read more

A borewell death trap for children: The danger lurking in open, abandoned wells | Delhi News

Children continue to fall into unprotected borewells across India NEW DELHI: In 2006, a six-year-old boy named Prince captured the nation’s attention after falling into a 60-foot-deep borewell in Haryana’s Kurukshetra district. Nearly 50 hours later, after a painstaking rescue operation involving the Indian Army, he was pulled out alive.Nearly two decades later, children continue … Read more

China hits back at Anthropic’s call to restrict its AI, warns against ‘fearmongering, vicious competition’

China slams call to curb its AI China’s ministry of foreign affairs on Monday criticised a call by Anthropic’s chief for the United States to curb China’s artificial intelligence capabilities, as he pushed for a global slowdown in the development of AI.Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, in a lengthy essay published on Saturday, warned that a … Read more

NID DAT 2027 registration begins for BDes, MDes programmes; check application fee and key dates

NID DAT 2027 registration begins for BDes, MDes programmes The National Institute of Design (NID) has started the registration process for the NID Design Aptitude Test (NID DAT) 2027. The entrance exam is for admission to the Bachelor of Design (B.Des) and five-year Professional Education Master of Design (M.Des) Integrated Pathway programmes for the 2027-28 … Read more

Sagar hooch tragedy: Women-led mob ransacks liquor shop, destroys stock worth Rs 25 lakh; video surfaces | Bhopal News

The protesters stormed the outlet in Bamhori village on Sunday, shouting anti-alcohol slogans and demanding accountability for bereaved families. TIKAMGARH: Furious over the Sagar hooch tragedy which claimed 16 lives, an angry mob led by women ransacked a licensed liquor shop in Madhya Pradesh’s Tikamgarh district and destroyed stock worth Rs 25 lakh, an official … Read more

In 2008, an Australian couple bought coastal land and found a pristine ‘unicorn’ aquifer; 18 years later, they are selling it as fine water for $10 a bottle, after it scored 100/100

Pic credit: Instagram/ Carribie Damien Smith, a passionate South Australian surfer, and his wife, Gretchen Scinta, moved to the western coast of Yorke Peninsula to catch the waves. What they really caught was something even more precious: fresh water that’s worth bottling. Soon, the land turned them into fine-water producers, with their bottled water earning … Read more