Centre’s proposal for new IT rules is a clear step toward ensuring authenticity in digital content: Experts
The changes, crucially, place robust due diligence obligations on intermediaries, experts said. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images The Ministry of Information Technology’s proposal on Wednesday (October 22, 2025) for new rules to label, trace and bring deepfake, AI-generated content under IT Rules, marked a clear step toward ensuring authenticity in digital content, say cyber security... Read More
Google claims first ‘verifiable’ quantum advantage for Willow chip
Imagine taking a new deck of cards, perfectly ordered by suit and number. You shuffle it once. The order is disturbed but you could probably figure it out again. Now, imagine shuffling it a hundred times. The cards are now in a completely random, chaotic state. This process is a lot like what happens to... Read More
Bihar polls: Tejashwi promises permanent jobs with ₹30,000 per month pay to Jeevika workers
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday (October 22, 2025) announced that if he is voted to power, Jeevika Didis, who play the role of Community Mobilisers (CM), would be granted government employee status and given a salary of ₹30,000 per month. There are around 1.4 crore Jeevika... Read More
Govt. relaxes rules allowing G+1 houses in urban areas under Indiramma Indlu
The State government has focused its attention on expanding the Indiramma Indlu, weaker section housing scheme, to urban areas. The decision comes in the backdrop of brisk progress being made in the construction of Indiramma Indlu in the rural areas. The government on Wednesday issued detailed guidelines for the construction of houses in the urban... Read More
Physics Wallah layoffs: Reports of silent terminations emerge ahead of IPO filing
Allegations of silent terminations at edtech startup Physics Wallah (PW) have surfaced over recent months, with multiple former employees seeking to campaign against their terminations. The developments coincide with a critical phase for the company, which recently received approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for its Initial Public Offering (IPO), expected... Read More
NHAI to deploy 3D sensors to identify potholes, road cracks across 23 States
The exercise will involve deploying vehicles equipped with advanced sensors and data acquisition systems, including a 3D laser-based system, a global positioning system and an electronic device that measures an object’s acceleration and angular velocity. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu In order to identify road defects, including potholes and cracks on road surfaces, the National... Read More
Frizzell D’Souza to conclude India tour in Bengaluru this weekend
Frizzell D’Souza on The Last Cigarette Tour | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In a day and time when reels are child’s play and music is tech driven, it is refreshing to see a honest-to-goodness song play out where the lyrics and visuals are in sync. Frizzell D’Souza has done just that with her newest single... Read More
Minister distributes compensation to family members of murder victim in Nellore
Municipal Administration Minister Ponguru Narayana on Wednesday distributed government-sanctioned cheques to the family members of a murder victim at R&B Guest House in Nellore, assuring that justice would be delivered. Tirumalasetti Lakshmi Naidu (25) and two others were attacked on October 2 by Kakarla Harischandra Prasad and his father Madhava Rao, who struck them with... Read More
ASHA workers march to Cliff House
Police use water cannons to disperse ASHA workers attempting to cross the barricade in front of Devaswom Board junction during their Cliff House march, after 8 months of protest outside Secretariat, in Thiruvananthapuram, on Wednesday | Photo Credit: KRIPA SURESH A section of ASHA workers who have been staging an agitation for eight months seeking... Read More
Congress slams Lokpal after anti-corruption body issues tender to purchase 7 BMW cars
Senior Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Congress on Wednesday (October 22, 2025) criticised anti-corruption body Lokpal after it floated a tender to procure seven luxurious BMW cars for its members. Taking to X, senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Abhishek Manu Singhvi said, “I chaired the Parliamentary... Read More







