A major controversy has erupted at the India AI Impact Summit after Galgotias University was accused of presenting a Chinese-made robo-dog as its own indigenous innovation. The Noida-based institution faced intense social media backlash and political criticism, with Rahul Gandhi labeling the summit a ‘disorganized PR spectacle’. Following the row, the government ordered the university...

BENGALURU: A former employee of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has been arrested for allegedly strangling his wife to death inside their apartment in Bengaluru, police said. The accused, identified as Nagesh Ishwar Rao, was taken into custody on Wednesday morning after the body of his wife, Sandhya Shri, was found at their residence...

A view of the Supreme Court in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Over a year after a High Court judge used explicit language to narrate a sexual assault on a minor girl in his judicial order, the Supreme Court has assigned the Director of the National Judicial Academy, Justice (retired) Aniruddha Bose,...

4 min readFeb 18, 2026 01:28 PM IST Over the past year, at least eight cases of illegal construction, including hotels, eateries, and houses, have been reported within protected areas around the sensitive archaeological sites of the Naneghat rock-cut caves and Shivneri Fort in Pune’s Junnar taluka. Officials of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)...

A senior Bihar-cadre IAS officer is at the centre of a political controversy. The Opposition in Bihar questioned how a civil servant flew his family on a chartered flight. However, a debate that should have centred around accountability and use of public money sank into the swamp of caste politics. The Opposition—the RJD and the...

Iran has temporarily closed parts of the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical energy chokepoints, as tensions with the United States escalate. Iranian state and semi-official media reported live-fire naval drills in the narrow waterway, with missiles launched from inside Iran and along its coast reportedly striking targets in the strait.The closure,...

India focused on practical applications of AI to solve population-scale challenges: Vaishnaw IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday (February 18, 2026) said India is focused on practical applications of AI, including enterprise productivity, and solutions for population-scale challenges such as healthcare, agriculture, and climate change. Speaking at a research symposium at the AI Impact Summit,...

1 min readFeb 18, 2026 09:27 AM IST YouTube said on Tuesday it has resolved an issue that briefly affected access to the video-sharing platform, after outage-tracking ⁠website Downdetector ​reported widespread global disruptions. YouTube said that an issue with its recommendation system had prevented ​videos ​from appearing across ⁠YouTube surfaces. “The issue with our recommendations...

India placed co-design, co-development and co-production of advanced defence platforms at the centre of its upgraded strategic partnership with France, with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh pressing for higher indigenous content in Rafale fighter jet manufacturing during high-level talks. During defence minister–level discussions, Singh urged the French side to increase Indian participation in the production ecosystem...

Sourav Ganguly and Imran Khan (Agency Image) Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has called for former Pakistan skipper Imran Khan to be treated with dignity and proper care, amid growing concern over the latter’s health in prison.Ganguly’s remarks follow a joint appeal by 14 former international captains from five Test-playing nations urging the Pakistan government...