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Photo: PTI18th BRICS Summit: Delhi Police Issue Day-Long Traffic Restrictions Near Bharat Mandapam
New Delhi: Traffic movement across several key stretches in the national capital will remain regulated on Saturday as Delhi hosts the 18th BRICS Leaders’ Summit, with commuters likely to face diversions and restrictions in central Delhi and adjoining areas, police said. The restrictions will be in force from 9:30 am to 9:30 pm, particularly around…
Photo: AI ImageChennai Police Detain 285 History-Sheeters, Remand 152 in Two-Day Drive
Chennai: The Chennai police rounded up 285 individuals with criminal antecedents and history-sheeters during a special drive conducted across the city, police sources here said on Saturday. Following thorough investigations, 152 offenders were remanded to judicial custody, while the rest were released with a stern warning, they said. The intensive search operation was conducted from…
Photo: AI ImageBRICS Finance Chiefs Push for Cross-Border Payment Systems Ahead of New Delhi Summit
New Delhi: Finance ministers and central bank governors of BRICS countries have discussed the possibility of efficient cross-border payment mechanisms. “We acknowledge the efforts of the BRICS Payment Task Force (BPTF) towards exploring pragmatic solutions for efficient cross-border payment mechanisms, drawing on the guidance provided by our leaders in the Kazan and Rio Declarations, on…
Photo: PTIBRICS 2026: 15,000 Police Personnel, 200 Paramilitary Companies Deployed as Capital Goes on High Alert
New Delhi: Delhi is on high alert with tight security and temporary traffic curbs as India hosts top world leaders for the BRICS Summit at the Bharat Mandapam over the weekend. Multi-Tier Security and Traffic Diversions Across Capital for 18th BRICS Summit With around 15,000 Delhi Police personnel, 200 companies of paramilitary forces…
Photo: AI Image‘Gambling With Our Lives’: Anthropic Researcher Resigns Over Reckless Race to Superintelligence
Jacob Coxon, an AI researcher at Anthropic, announced his resignation on Wednesday, alleging that leading technology firms, including OpenAI, are acting irresponsibly in an unchecked race toward developing superintelligence and “gambling with our lives”. Top AI Scientists Admit Labs Lack Safeguards Against Superhuman Intelligence Coxon, who spent the past three years conducting pre-training research…
Photo: AgencyArgentina’s ‘Vanishing Sea’: Rare Low Tide
Viral videos claiming that the sea has mysteriously “disappeared” from Argentina are misleading. The ocean did not permanently dry up or vanish. Instead, coastal areas near Buenos Aires experienced an unusually dramatic and temporary retreat of seawater during an exceptional low-tide event in late August 2026. Videos circulating on social media showed large stretches of…
Photo: IANS/X/@JoshiPralhadTeachers’ Day 2026: President Droupadi Murmu Confers National Teachers’ Awards on 48 Exceptional Educators
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu conferred the National Teachers Awards on 48 educators at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Saturday, as the country marked Teachers’ Day on September 5. Short documentaries highlighting the exemplary work and achievements of each awardee were also showcased during the event, providing insight into their contributions to school education…
Photo: Xinhua via IANSRescuers Pull Chinese National, Elderly Woman From Debris 11 Days After Deadly Floods
Kathmandu: A Nepali woman and a Chinese national were rescued alive from two separate flood-affected areas on Saturday, 11 days after deadly floods struck areas along the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river corridors in Nepal, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said. A 64-year-old woman, Chandrika Shrestha, was rescued on Saturday from the house of Anand Shrestha…
Photo: IANSTragic House Collapse in Bihar’s Aurangabad Leaves Minor Dead, 4 Injured
Patna: A 12-year-old girl was killed, and four members of her family were injured after a mud house collapsed in Bihar’s Aurangabad district, police said on Friday. The incident, which happened in Sinhudi village under the Obra police station area, triggered panic in the village after screams and cries for help alerted residents, who rushed…
Photo: TGCThe Knowledge Systems: Narrative of Acceleration, Institutionalization, and Structural Fragmentation
The transformation of knowledge systems since the Industrial Revolution is a narrative of acceleration, institutionalisation, and structural fragmentation. A knowledge system—defined as the interconnected network of institutions, technologies, practices, and human agents that generate, validate, preserve, and distribute knowledge—does not exist in a vacuum. It is fundamentally shaped by the socio-economic paradigms of its era.…
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