India’s 420mn gamers eye growth beyond RMG | Bengaluru News

Bengaluru: India’s gaming industry is poised for a shift toward non-real money gaming (non-RMG) following the government’s 2025 ban on real-money games, according to a report by venture capital firm Lightbox.The report said that India has nearly 420 million gamers—the world’s second-largest base after China—yet average revenue per user remains among the lowest globally at…

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Talks fail again as landowners, Bangalore Development Authority remain at odds over acquisition of Peripheral Ring Road | Bengaluru News

Bengaluru: The much-delayed Peripheral Ring Road (PRR) project, first proposed over two decades ago as part of a traffic decongestion plan for Bengaluru, remains in a deadlock with Thursday’s conciliatory meeting between Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) officials and landowners ending without a breakthrough.The Rs 27,000-crore project, a planned 73.5km, eight-lane corridor linking Tumakuru Road to…

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Karnataka raisins get a golden upgrade with Rs 40 crore storage push | Bengaluru News

Bengaluru: Karnataka, India’s raisin heartland, has long relied on Maharashtra for storage, but that is set to change with a Rs 40 crore National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)-backed project aimed at strengthening the state’s infrastructure. A robust domestic market drives production of raisins — dried grapes with a golden sheen. They sweeten…

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How SL Bhyrappa’s novels & movie adaptations shook social norms | Bengaluru News

Bengaluru: SL Bhyrappa, who passed away Wednesday, was among the most debated Kannada novelists, not merely for his ideological positioning, but for the disruptive power of his storytelling. While often considered as conservative and right-leaning, Bhyrappa’s early novels, in particular, offer a sharp and unsparing critique of Brahmanical orthodoxy, laying bare its hypocrisies with remarkable…

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AI agent platform launched for public sector | Bengaluru News

Bengaluru: With deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) becoming common and govt agencies looking at refining their citizen-engagement strategies, the spotlight in future will be on AI-powered public services.Speaking to media after launching Agentforce (an AI agents platform) for public sector, Salesforce (South Asia) President and CEO Arundhati Bhattacharya said technology could help build unified citizen…

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