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Writer who transformed shades of mundane urban life into iconic tales

Kolkata, Feb. 21 -- Bengali novelist Mani Shankar Mukhopadhyay, known to millions by his pen name Sankar whose works transformed the mundane realities of a fast changing urban life into timeless narra... Read More


INDIA JOINS PAX SILICA

New Delhi, Feb. 21 -- India on Friday became the 10th country to join the US-led Pax Silica initiative for secure global supply chains for AI technology and semiconductors, strengthening the bilateral... Read More


AI divide could deepen between, within nations

India, Feb. 21 -- The world risks sleepwalking into an "AI divide" as stark as any inequality the internet age produced, with Africa home to fewer than a thousand GPUs while a single Chinese universit... Read More


Top UK leaders push for sovereignty in AI sector

New Delhi, Feb. 21 -- In an unlikely double act at the India AI Impact Summit 2026, UK deputy prime minister David Lammy and former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak - separated in Westminster by one of the ... Read More


India is going to be an AI powerhouse

India, Feb. 21 -- Google DeepMind this week announced a national partnership for AI with the Indian government, including a collaboration with the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) to wid... Read More


PM meets leaders of SL, Mauritius and Slovakia

New Delhi, Feb. 21 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake discussed ways to deepen cooperation in energy, connectivity and infrastructure during a meeting on... Read More


21-month-old strangled to death in Mukherjee Nagar park; maternal aunt found unconscious nearby

New Delhi, Feb. 21 -- A 21-month-old toddler was strangled to death allegedly by his maternal aunt in a park near her house in Mukherjee Nagar in north Delhi on Friday afternoon, police said. The wom... Read More


CAQM reviews toll plaza congestion, calls for multi-lane systems to curb pollution

India, Feb. 21 -- The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Friday reviewed congestion at municipal toll plazas and emphasised the need for barrier-free multi-lane free flow (MLFF) systems i... Read More


Faridabad fire death toll rises to 3 as fire fighter dies

India, Feb. 21 -- The death toll in Faridabad fire incident rose to three after a firefighter, who was under treatment at Safdarjung hospital in Delhi succumbed to his burn injuries on Friday. Police... Read More


Whoopi Goldberg-Epstein connection: What Epstein files says about The View host; 'looking for private owners'

India, Feb. 21 -- Whoopi Goldberg is mentioned in the Epstein files, and the The View co-host has addressed the matter as well. Goldberg's name came up in the latest tranche of documents released by t... Read More