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Predictions 2026: Amid proliferation of AI, data integrity, resilience and recovery to remain in focus

India, Dec. 29 -- AI significantly accelerates the pace of attacks and expands the attack surface that malicious actors leverage. There is an increased urgency for CISOs to adopt an "assume breach" mi... Read More


Smart water management: How AI and IoT can solve India's urban water crisis

India, Dec. 29 -- Do you know that nearly 600 million Indians endure high to extreme water scarcity, and over 21 cities such as Delhi, Bengaluru, and Chennai could run out of groundwater by 2030? Thes... Read More


Cheap intelligence, expensive institutions: What the data really says about India

India, Dec. 29 -- Artificial intelligence has become astonishingly cheap. India's institutions, however, still move at the same old speed. That mismatch now sits at the heart of India's AI story. As t... Read More


New York subway ends its Metro Card era

India, Dec. 29 -- When the MetroCard replaced the New York City subway token in 1994, the swipeable plastic card infused much-needed modernity into one of the world's oldest and largest transit system... Read More


Libya mourns military chief killed in Turkiye plane crash

India, Dec. 29 -- Hundreds of people on Sunday mourned western Libya's military chief and four others who were killed in a plane crash in Turkiye. The coffins of Gen. Muhammad Ali Ahmad al-Haddad and ... Read More


Russia sends 3 Iranian satellites into orbit

India, Dec. 29 -- Russia on Sunday sent three Iranian communications satellites into orbit, the second such launch since July, Iranian state television reported. The report said that a Russian rocket ... Read More


Animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot dies at 91

India, Dec. 29 -- Brigitte Bardot, the French 1960s sex symbol who became one of the greatest screen sirens of the 20th century and later a militant animal rights activist, has died at the age of 91. ... Read More


Moscow's response to European attack to be devastating: Russian foreign minister

India, Dec. 29 -- Russia does not intend to attack anyone in Europe, but its response to any strike will be devastating, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday, noting the EU's "war party" has ... Read More


Top Thailand, Cambodian diplomats meet in China

India, Dec. 29 -- Top diplomats from Thailand and Cambodia kicked off two-days of talks in China on Sunday as Beijing seeks to strengthen its role in mediating the two countries' border dispute, a day... Read More


Telangana Assembly session to be stormy over water row

India, Dec. 29 -- The winter session of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, beginning on Monday, is expected to be stormy as it comes amid a heated war of words between the ruling Congress and the opp... Read More