The Supreme Court has granted anticipatory bail to folk singer Neha Singh Rathore in connection with a case filed against her over a social media post related to the Pahalgam terror attack. The court's decision comes after Rathore appeared before authorities and cooperated with the investigation.
Galgotias University issued an apology after falsely presenting a Chinese-manufactured robotic dog as their own innovation at the India AI Impact Summit, sparking controversy and leading to their removal from the event.
Galgotias University is under fire after showcasing a robotic dog that sparked controversy over its true origin and whether it was misrepresented as in-house technology.
Eighteen new-age technology firms went public during the year, a near triple increase from the five firms that debuted in 2023 and 38 per cent more than 2024's tally of 13.
Go and face trial, the Supreme Court told singer and activist Neha Singh Rathore on Monday while refusing to entertain her plea challenging a first information report (FIR) against her over a social media post on the Pahalgam terror attack.
From light-hearted sibling banter to warm wishes, the posts reflected the festival's true essence of bond of love, trust and lifelong friendship.
India's gifting market is seeing its biggest festive season yet, with sales through quick commerce platforms like Zepto, Blinkit and Instamart jumping 40%-50% year-on-year.
In May, 40 Rohingyas were blindfolded and flown to the Andaman and Nicobar islands and then thrown into the sea and made to swim to an island in Myanmar. And after the Pahalgam attack, at least 300 Muslims were 'pushed back' to Bangladesh from Assam.
Police in Lucknow, India, have filed a sedition case against folk singer Neha Singh Rathore for her social media posts targeting a particular faith community in the wake of the Pahalgam tragedy. The complainant alleges that her posts could harm the nation's unity. The complaint references the execution-like killing of 26 people in Pahalgam by terrorists, and states that Rathore's posts incited one community against another based on religion. The case against Rathore was registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for attempting to promote sectarian animosity, disturbing public tranquillity and endangering the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India. She was also booked under the Information Technology Act.
The Uttar Pradesh Police has sent a notice to Bhojpuri folk singer Neha Singh Rathore, known for her video 'UP Me Ka Ba', over her latest song which created 'disharmony and tension'.
Finally, some good news for the Indian startup ecosystem. After four consecutive half-year periods of declining funding since 2022, the first half (H1) of 2024 has shown an upward trend compared to the second half (H2) of 2023. According to the India Tech Semi-Annual Funding Report H1 2024 by Tracxn, Indian technology (tech) startups raised $4.1 billion in H1 2024, marking a 4 per cent increase from $3.96 billion in H2 2023.
Terming it a "very sorry state of affairs", the apex court said the state was just trying to find some excuse or the other.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, replying to queries from journalists in Patna, said the decision to send the team was taken after deliberations that took place over a couple of days.
In January, Visa's chief executive officer, Al Kelly, said during an earnings call that "there's been a burst of the balloon in valuations in the fintech world". Noting that the trend of lower valuations "is a helpful characteristic of the current environment", he added: "We will look for capabilities and management teams that will bring more value to Visa than we can bring ourselves." Data from KPMG's Pulse of Fintech H2'22 shows that global fintech investment - via mergers and acquisitions (M&As), private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) firms - at $164.1 billion in 2022, was down 31 per cent over the year before. Indian fintechs held up better during this timeframe, attracting $6 billion, or a fall of 24 per cent.
The drying up of funds for a number of start-ups is affecting the firms' unicorn status across the globe. The past six months have seen the valuations of 147 unicorns drop, of which 71 were from the US and 29 from China, according to the latest Hurun Global Unicorn Index 2022. Eighty-one unicorns from across the globe saw their valuations drop below $1 billion-the threshold for a start-up to be labelled unicorn-from last year.
Television actress Pavitra Punia is slowly becoming a favourite on Bigg Boss 14, thanks to her bold attitude.
Of the 23 companies, eight have raised funds after Shark Tank India.
Ratan Tata has invested an undisclosed amount in startup research platform Tracxn.
On a cloudy Monday this month, Mohammed Irshad flew from Kochi to Gurugram to attend an exclusive investor networking event. Among a handful of founders selected for the event, Irshad was to pitch his peer-to-peer learning start-up Notespaedia for funding in front of top venture capital investors such as AngelBay, Elevation Capital, and Inflection Point Ventures. He failed to woo them, but the feisty entrepreneur was determined to continue his hunt.
The Centre has told the Supreme Court that there are 83 missing defence personnel including 62 prisoners of the war of 1965 and 1971 for whom India is seeking their release and repatriation from Pakistan through diplomatic and other available channels.
'Due to change in the weather, the challenges are increasing.' 'The morale of the air fighters is high and the availability of advanced equipment empowers them to face any enemy.'
Dangerous is a thriller that does not get you invested at all, especially when you know who the devil is, says Moumita Bhattacharjee.
Is your love life under pressure? Are you troubled by your relationship? Get Ahead's Love Guru hosted a chat with readers on May 27 to help them deal with love problems. For those of you who missed it, here's the transcript.
Abhishek Yadav holds a Limca record for training 5,700 girls in self-defence techniques in Kunda, Pratapgarh and other places in Uttar Pradesh.
'I've been backing businesses in the e-commerce space because they enable goods and services to reach people who could never have been catered to in this manner before.'
The Human Library project brings together people from all walks of life to interact with 'talking books'.
While the redeployment of talent from companies that have shut down into other start-ups is a great move, some say the gesture is gaining more visibility than the actual companies
The idea that technology and startups with newer business models will not disrupt traditional businesses has been thrown out the window.
Venture capitalists are leveraging their experience to build something new.
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