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Global study sought lessons, not a single model for voter registration: Karnataka CEO

The study examined voter registration systems followed by 87 Election Management Bodies (EMBs) across North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania

11 Jun 2026 12:20 pm
Mango and curd rice? Six regional mango combinations you need to try

From curd rice in Telugu homes to dal-rice platters in Assam, these regional mango pairings celebrate the fruit beyond desserts and milkshakes

11 Jun 2026 11:57 am
Google teams up with Walmart and other retailers to enable shopping within Gemini AI chatbot

Google is expanding the shopping features in its AI chatbot by teaming up with Walmart, Shopify, Wayfair and other big retailers

11 Jun 2026 11:54 am
Whats the future of fintech and banking in an agentic AI era?

Early use cases were task-specific like reducing payment failures, improving fraud detection, accelerating customer service. The future is agentic AI, Mr. Jagannath said. Not one agent, but a multitude of agents with human-like reasoning, working together to complete processes end-to-end

11 Jun 2026 11:53 am
Taiwan says its sovereignty cannot be violated as China ends coast guard patrol

The patrol ended after China inspected 198 passing vessels and rectified violations involving three ships

11 Jun 2026 11:51 am
Alibaba's AI strategy shift comes into focus with big bets on agents

A key driver behind the shift to agents is not only tapping into the frenzy triggered by the launch of OpenClaw in China, but also the potential to make money from it

11 Jun 2026 11:49 am
Philippine town seeks immediate airlift of food to ease hunger in quake-hit villages

Sarangani reported 20 dead from the quake, the highest toll from the affected provinces, mostly due to a landslide that buried houses in the coastal town of Glan

11 Jun 2026 11:47 am
AI-assisted shopping is the talk of the holiday shopping season

Major retail chains and tech companies are offering new or updated artificial intelligence tools in time for the holiday shopping season

11 Jun 2026 11:46 am
Naidu, Pawan Kalyan, Lokesh hail Modis record 4,399 consecutive days in office

A striking feature of Modis journey has been the balance between welfare and development, says the A.P. CM

11 Jun 2026 11:46 am
Team India records strong debut at World Apnea 2026 Pool Championships in Budapest

Freediving Association of India at World Apnea 2026, Budapest

11 Jun 2026 11:32 am
Police arrest several unruly fans outside NBA Finals venue in New York

The events took place in midtown Manhattan, a few blocks from the famous sports arena hosting the National Basketball Association Finals, which was sealed off for the game by a large police presence

11 Jun 2026 11:31 am
News from the world of Education: June 11, 2026

Information on colleges, admissions, scholarships, events, MoUs, and more

11 Jun 2026 11:21 am
Still thinking about World Cup tickets? Heres where prices, availability stand

FIFA is using dynamic pricing and has repeatedly raised the prices since tickets first went on sale last fall

11 Jun 2026 11:20 am
Arguing before a trial court is like playing a Test match, while appeals are like IPL matches: Madras High Court

Justices G.R. Swaminathan and V. Lakshminarayanan dissent with a view taken by Justice Vikram Nath of Supreme Court during his stint as a judge of Allahabad High Court

11 Jun 2026 11:10 am
Journalist bodies criticise freezing of NewsClick accounts by I-T Department

The salaries of all employees, including support staff, cannot be disbursed, including for the 19 days of work in December, a joint statement said

11 Jun 2026 11:05 am
24 Jump Street in development at Sony as Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum and Ice Cube eye return

The long-awaited sequel to the hit buddy-cop comedy franchise is moving forward, with original stars and producers reportedly reuniting more than a decade after 22 Jump Street

11 Jun 2026 10:43 am
Stock markets drop in early trade on escalating U.S.-Iran tensions, rising oil prices

Unabated foreign fund outflows and a spike in U.S. inflation also dented markets sentiment, according to market analysts

11 Jun 2026 10:42 am
Rupee slumps 32 paise to 95.57 against U.S. dollar in early trade

Heavy FII outflows, weak domestic equity market and a marginally stronger greenback further weighed on the local unit

11 Jun 2026 10:39 am
OpenAI says Chinese propaganda is being deployed to foment dissent over tariffs, data centres

OpenAI said it caught one set of Chinese-speaking users using ChatGPT to come up with slogans and cartoons critiquing Trumps trade and tech policy that were later posted to X

11 Jun 2026 10:31 am
What is lost and gained in NFHS-6

NFHS-6 records gains in child nutrition, maternal care, institutional births and womens internet use, while also introducing new questions on digital literacy and direct benefit transfers; but the surveys preliminary fact sheet is thinner than the last round, dropping key indicators such as anaemia, mortality, sex ratio at birth

11 Jun 2026 10:18 am
Kerala on Nipah alert after Kozhikode mans preliminary test turns positive

Officials said samples have been sent to National Institute of Virology in Pune for confirmation, and results are expected shortly

11 Jun 2026 10:16 am
How Babbage automated calculations with simple machines

Slow, error-prone calculations by hand were unavoidable in the early 19th century, yet even small mistakes could ruin the designs for buildings and the journeys of ships; Charles Babbages ingenious machines were much more accurate, faster, and revolutionary

11 Jun 2026 10:14 am
Elon Musk's xAI accused of illegally firing engineer who raised safety concerns

Elon Musk, the worlds richest person, established xAI in 2023 as what he said would be a safer alternative to OpenAI, which he had helped found more than a decade ago

11 Jun 2026 10:10 am
Watch: Trump says I Love Inflation as U.S. prices rise at fastest pace in 3 years

U.S. President Donald Trump has sparked controversy after appearing to embrace rising inflation, telling reporters, I love the inflation, while responding to fresh economic data showing consumer prices increased at their fastest pace in three years.

11 Jun 2026 10:06 am
Glenn Close, Ridley Scott and Floyd Norman to receive Honorary Oscars at 2026 Governors Awards

Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler will receive the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award as the Academy celebrates five influential figures whose work has shaped modern cinema

11 Jun 2026 10:06 am
Bike-borne men open fire outside Delhis Paschim Vihar gym, Bishnoi gang claims responsibility

No injury was reported, police said, adding that forensic teams are examining the crime scene. CCTV footage from the area is also being scanned

11 Jun 2026 10:00 am
3 injured in two suspected elephant attacks in Keralas Palakkad

The suspected elephant attacks occurred a day after a 65-year-old man was killed in a wild elephant attack in Wayanad district

11 Jun 2026 10:00 am
Railway Minister V. Somanna sets 2026-27 deadline for completion of 32 ROBs, RUBs in Tumakuru

According to South Western Railway (SWR), the 32 ROBs and RUBs are at various stages of execution

11 Jun 2026 9:58 am
The Social Reckoning trailer: First look at Aaron Sorkins Facebook sequel starring Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg

Sonys follow-up to The Social Network shifts focus from Facebooks rise to the whistleblower revelations that exposed the platforms impact on users around the world

11 Jun 2026 9:54 am
Snake Speek Project from Andhra Pradesh among top 50 at National Geographic Slingshot Challenge

After global recognition at the National Geographic Societys 2026 Slingshot Challenge, Snake Speek plans to expand its snake conservation and awareness efforts

11 Jun 2026 9:54 am
Bond over Board: How board game nights are building a community in Visakhapatnam

A growing board game community in Visakhapatnam is creating spaces for friendship, conversation and screen-free fun

11 Jun 2026 9:47 am
Firmly opposed to attacks on merchant shipping: India tells UNSC amid ongoing Iran conflict

Parvathaneni said India is firmly opposed to attacks on merchant shipping, as many of its nationals are prominent in its global workforce

11 Jun 2026 9:29 am
Google and Meta denied new trial in youth social media addiction case

The companies had sought a new trial in a lawsuit filed by a woman who said she became addicted to Googles YouTube and Metas Instagram at a young age

11 Jun 2026 9:28 am
OpenAI, Anthropic warn of AI dangers, with an eye on Wall Street

Both San Francisco companies, makers of ChatGPT and Claude, are focused on the same scenario: so-called recursive self-improvement

11 Jun 2026 9:19 am
Review | Reading debut novel Gloria Dont Speak through the lens of the feminist snap

In her Womens Prize-longlisted work, author Lucy Apps delivers an affecting portrait of female agency and vulnerability

11 Jun 2026 9:15 am
Review | Cape Fever by Nadia Davids examines the quotidian nature of colonial exploitation

Davids interrogates the everyday mechanisms that sustain colonial inequality and control

11 Jun 2026 9:11 am
UNHCR says fewer people displaced worldwide in 2025 but long-term refugee crisis persists

Most returns were to six countries: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Syria, Afghanistan, Ukraine and Myanmar

11 Jun 2026 8:58 am
FBI seizes 13 websites allegedly used by China to target, recruit U.S. workers

The 13 websites purported to be affiliated with consulting companies that advertised job openings for current and former holders of security clearances. But the companies were all fakes and the job postings were a sham, officials said

11 Jun 2026 8:58 am
The forgotten copilot of Air India flight 171

One year on, the AI-171 investigation demands answers, accountability, and closure

11 Jun 2026 8:49 am
Higher ethanol blended petrol between 22-30% exempted from central excise duty

In other words, petrol blended with ethanol, at 22%, 25%, 27% and 30% would be exempt from central excise duties

11 Jun 2026 8:44 am
Stocks drop, oil rises as Iran and rate worries dog traders

Oil prices jumped as much as 2% on Thursday (June 11, 2026), extending similar gains the day before

11 Jun 2026 8:37 am
FIFA World Cup: Infantino defends ticket prices, says fans should chill about referee denied U.S. entry

Infantino spoke with reporters during a rare question-and-answer session on the eve of the opening match of an expanded 48-nation, 104-game World Cup tournament

11 Jun 2026 7:51 am
Ex-intelligence chief Sallay directed 2019 Easter bombings, says Sri Lanka Minister

Minister Ananda Wijepala said Major General Suresh Sallay, who was arrested in February on accusations of aiding and abetting the attack, had identified a Catholic church to be bombed

11 Jun 2026 7:32 am
West Asia war LIVE: Iran Guards say targeted bases in Bahrain and Kuwait

The U.S. military denied Iran's claim that the Strait of Hormuz had been fully closed in response to the latest U.S. strikes

11 Jun 2026 6:55 am