Bengaluru: Internet pioneer and Google’s chief internet evangelist Vint Cerf said the future of networking will continue to expand, with subsea cables, satellites, and mobile technologies increasing global access to the Internet, including remote and previously underserved regions.He emphasised the importance of resilient and diverse network infrastructure. For instance, fiber optic subsea networks in places…
Bengaluru: A corporate payment almost vanished into a cyber-criminals’ maze when fraudsters hacked an email trail and diverted a whopping Rs 2.2 crore meant for a business transaction. However, a swift and timely action by the victim on the national cybercrime helpline (1930) helped Bengaluru police foil the digital heist.Sleuths from Central Crime Branch (CCB)…
Bengaluru: The department of school education and literacy has directed all schools and pre-university colleges to observe Nov 11 as National Education Day, marking the birth anniversary of freedom fighter and India’s first education minister, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.In a circular issued to educational institutions under its purview, the department instructed them to celebrate the…
BENGALURU: Customs officials at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru have arrested three passengers arriving from Bangkok in two separate cases on November 9, seizing exotic wildlife species and drugs worth over Rs 1 crore.In the first case, two passengers were intercepted carrying exotic wildlife species including white-Cheeked Gibbon, Monkey, and Hornbill. The passengers were arrested…
Bengaluru: Bangalore South MP Tejasvi Surya and former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai completed the Ironman 70.3 endurance race in Goa Sunday, joining thousands of participants from over 50 countries.This marks Surya’s second consecutive Ironman finish. He completed the triathlon — comprising a 1.9km swim, 90km cycling, and 21.1km run — in 7 hours…
Pics: Karthikeyan SairamBengaluru’s Museum of Art & Photography (MAP) is spotlighting one of art’s most char ismatic muses — the cat. Its latest exhibition, The Many Lives of the Cat, curated by Khushi Bansal and inspired by B N Goswamy’s The Indian Cat, explores how the feline has appeared with varied meanings across Indian art….
Bengaluru: What an insurer duo dismissed as a congenital defect in a child turned out to be developmental — and that cost both firms dearly.Sandeep Pai, a resident of Kengeri hobli, filed a consumer complaint after IFFCO-Tokio General Insurance and Paramount Health Services denied his 15-year-old son Mukund’s corrective foot surgery claim, saying the problem…
Bengaluru: Former grocery store chain owner Ravi Prasad Reddy of Hebbagodi, arrested on charges of murdering two friends, had become a vegetable vendor after incurring a loss of around Rs 5 crore during the Covid-19 pandemic.Around 60 people to whom he lent money or with whom he had invested in chit funds, died or left…
Bengaluru: Legal experts have criticised the city’s latest waste management initiative, declaring that dumping garbage in front of the homes of offenders is unlawful and contrary to municipal norms.The Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Limited (BSWML) recently launched ‘Kasa Suriyuva Habba’, a campaign aimed at shaming residents who dispose of household waste in public places. As…
Bengaluru: After 18 years of marriage, a couple approached a psychiatrist — not due to conflict, but because they had never had sex. Their decision came when they suddenly wanted a child.Sharing the case at a panel discussion titled ‘Behind closed doors: Marriage, Intimacy and mental wellbeing’ on Sunday, Dr Sandeep Deshpande, chief medical officer…
