“Can I get a ‘chi hoooo?’,” asks little Dheva Mayuran who is cosplaying as Maui from the film Moana, holding up a painted fish hook. Not too far away, he spots Moana, a cosplayer who looks mind-bogglingly similar to the curly-haired star of the much-loved Disney movie. In the vicinity, at Chennai Trade Centre in Nandambakkam, there
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Written by a former Chief Secretary of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Keshav Chandra, When Turquoise Waters Turned Dark is neither a conventional academic book nor a popular history. This 229-page coffee-table book blends concise narratives from the islands’ colonial past with over 80 photographs clicked by Chandra, creating an immersive visual-textual experience. When Turquoise
Kaveri 2.0, a web portal that was launched in 2023 to streamline property registrations in Karnataka, came under a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack carried out through Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered bots recently. A denial-of-service (DoS) attack occurs when legitimate users are unable to access information systems, devices, or other network resources due to the
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Aggressive marketing: An ad for Dodge Brothers Victory Six car. | Photo Credit: special arrangement Last week witnessed a vintage car rally organised by the Historical Cars Association of India (HCAI). Among those who showcased their cars was Ranjit Pratap, president of the HCAI. His interest in automobiles is inherited from his grandfather M. Rajagopal
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When Omar Abdullah became the first elected Chief Minister (CM) of the Union Territory (UT) of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), a restive region over which the Central government has extensive control, he realised that it would be a term filled with colossal challenges and confrontations. But it was not long before his elected administration could
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s National Democratic Alliance (NDA) listed at least 16 bills for the Budget Session of Parliament, which began on January 31. The ‘Immigration and Foreigners Bill’ is among the three new bills listed by the Modi government for the session. The other two are ‘The Protection of Interests in Aircraft Objects Bill’
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Hyderabad’s art scene is evolving for the better. Factors such as a growing interest in art, the launch of new galleries, and artists experimenting with diverse mediums and styles have all contributed to this transformation. However, the landscape was not as vibrant two decades ago, when galleries in the city struggled to sustain themselves due
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Jharkhand BJP President Babulal Marandi. File | Photo Credit: ANI Jharkhand Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State president and former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi on Monday (February 10, 2025) took a dig at the Hemant Soren government over the non-payment of the monthly assistance to women under Maiya Samman Yojna. Mr. Marandi said that as per
A consortium led by Elon Musk has offered $97.4 billion to buy the nonprofit that controls Sam Altman-led OpenAI, in what has became the billionaire’s latest move to block the start-up’s transition into a for-profit company, according to a Reuters report. The consortium led by Musk includes his AI startup xAI, Baron Capital Group, Emanuel
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