Iran’s annual inflation rate surged to 88.6% in June, the highest in recent months, as the Middle East war intensified pressure on an economy already struggling with sanctions and years of hyperinflation. Iran’s annual inflation rate surged to 88.6% in June, the highest in recent months, as the Middle East war intensified pressure on an…
Mangaluru: Mangaluru City police have constituted two special teams to trace a chain-snatching accused who escaped from police custody while being escorted to the Mangaluru South police station on Friday.The absconding accused is Althaf Hussain,40, a native of Bagalkot. DCP (crime and traffic) Ravi Shankar K said that he was arrested along with Ravi Bowra,39,…
Bengaluru: A routine police patrol led to the exposure of a vehicle registration fraud after officers spotted two Swaraj Mazda minibuses plying on the road with the same registration number.Further investigation uncovered a larger racket, with police seizing 12 minibuses and arresting two individuals allegedly involved in the scam. According to investigators, fake registration numbers…
Sarvesh Kushare. (File photo) Sarvesh Kushare set a new men’s high jump national record after clearing 2.31m at the 65th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Friday. The Maharashtra athlete also became the first Indian high jumper to officially clear the 2.30m mark.The 31-year-old went past the previous national…
India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana has said the team will stick to an aggressive approach when they take on Australia in their must-win Women’s T20 World Cup clash on Sunday. With a place in the semi-finals at stake, India know that a victory over the six-time champions will almost certainly secure their progression after finding themselves…
BENGALURU: Corporate boardrooms are witnessing a quiet but significant shift: directors are becoming AI’s newest apprentices. The change reflects a growing recognition that AI’s impact extends far beyond technology. Directors are increasingly seeking a deeper understanding of how the technology can reshape operations, improve productivity and alter competitive positioning. In many companies, AI has become…
Farmer Chethan Shetty in his farm at Bellare in Sullia Mangaluru: Chethan Shetty from Bellare in Sullia quit his corporate job in Bengaluru in 2017 to take up farming, a journey that began with small experiments and gradually expanded into cultivating multiple crops on his ancestral land.Shetty, who spent around eight years as sales engineer…
Divya Deshmukh and Magnus Carlsen (Agency Photos) The Global Chess League (GCL) is set to return for its fourth season with the much-awaited Season 4 Player Draft scheduled to take place in Mumbai on June 29. The league will once again bring together some of the biggest names in world chess before the tournament gets…
GTRI has urged the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) to issue detailed operational guidelines for the government’s newly notified quality certification mechanism, saying the success of the reform will depend on transparent implementation Trade policy think tank Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) has urged the Department for Promotion of Industry and…
Mangaluru: More than 200 pro-Kannada organisations have launched a coordinated campaign on X, demanding the immediate establishment of a dedicated secretariat for non-resident Kannadigas (NRKs). The digital drive, led by entrepreneur Ronald Colaco, patron of the International Kannadiga Federation, reportedly surged to the No. 1 trending position in India and the Gulf region, shortly after…
