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RBI data centre and cyber training institute to open in Bhubaneswar
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the RBI's new data centre and Cybersecurity Training Institute in Bhubaneswar on October 25. The facility is certified to the Uptime Institute Tier IV standard, the highest tier for data centre resilience.
Centre to begin consultation on an AI law, says Vaishnaw
The government will start a consultation process in the coming weeks to frame legislation on artificial intelligence, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Friday. IT Secretary S. Krishnan said the Centre recognises that AI needs more regulation, pointing to cyber incidents in which AI agents escaped their sandboxes.
BREAKINGNo more brooms: Mumbai's air plan wants vacuum cleaners and sealed debris trucks
Environment and Climate Change Minister Pankaja Munde has announced a Clean Air Action Programme for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, with vacuum cleaning machines for roads and a mandatory full cover for debris trucks. Guidelines will be ready in 15 to 20 days.
Forensic probe ordered into Jarange audio alleging Rs 500 crore paid via Shrikant Shinde
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has ordered a forensic examination of an audio clip released by Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange. One clip purportedly claims Rs 500 crore was delivered to him through Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde.
An AI agent that works while you're away: Anthropic's Claude Duet hooks into 6,000+ apps
Anthropic has unveiled Claude Duet, a proactive AI agent built on Claude Opus 5.5 that keeps working in the background when the user steps away. It connects to more than 6,000 apps, seeks approval before payments, and is in limited US preview.
Threat email names Mumbai Mayor's office, Bachchan's home and Diljit concert
The Mumbai Mayor's office received a bomb threat email on Friday that also named actor Amitabh Bachchan's Juhu home and the venue of singer Diljit Dosanjh's November 27 concert. Searches found nothing suspicious, and police are investigating the email's origin.
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Pay per token: E2E opens Blaze, an India-hosted AI inference service on Nvidia
E2E Networks launched Blaze on Tuesday, a pay-per-token inference service for open AI models with a single OpenAI-compatible endpoint. It runs on Nvidia GPU infrastructure and DSX OS components. The company's India-hosted AI factory capacity is being scaled to 14.6 MW.
FIR against Prashant Bhushan over 'doctored' Lavrov video the MEA had already flagged
Delhi Police have registered an FIR against senior Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan for allegedly sharing a digitally manipulated video of Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov that appeared to show him criticising India. The case was filed at the Special Cell police station under the BNS and the IT Act.
Nadda in Bhopal, Nabin with Yogi in Gorakhpur as BJP's 'save democracy' marches fan out
The BJP is holding 'Loktantra Bachao, Arajakta Hatao' marches and rallies in several states on Wednesday, with Union minister J P Nadda leading one in Bhopal and party president Nitin Nabin walking beside Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Gorakhpur. A third march is planned in East Delhi, and the ABVP is taking out a 15,000-strong student rally at Delhi University. The campaign runs alongside the BJP-opposition row over the special intensive revision of electoral rolls.
No internet, no problem: Indian AI models that run offline in 11 languages
Two IndiaAI Mission-backed startups launched indigenous foundation models in New Delhi on Wednesday. ZenteiQ's Dhir 2B and Dhir 5B, and Soket Labs' EKA-1, work without an internet connection and are built for defence, government and education use. The models are meant for air-gapped settings where data cannot leave the machine.
Delhi air hits 488 a week before Diwali, and GRAP-2 is already in force
Delhi's Air Quality Index touched 488 around 11 am on Wednesday, after a daily average of 410 on Tuesday, according to readings from air quality monitoring platforms. Several monitoring stations crossed 500. GRAP-2 curbs are in force, and a winter action plan adds vehicle restrictions, construction curbs and a no-PUC-no-fuel rule.
Four years becomes six: 75% of Agniveers get a second shot at a uniform
The Cabinet has cleared an extra two years of engagement for the 75% of Agniveers who were to leave after four years. CDS General NS Raja Subramani announced the change in New Delhi on Wednesday, saying those who stay on will be considered for regular enrolment. The selection criteria, vacancies and service-wise terms have not been made public.
Rs 53,866 crore for eight warships the Navy designed itself
The Defence Ministry signed contracts with GRSE and Goa Shipyard on Monday for eight Next Generation Corvettes, the first project where the Navy's own design goes to defence PSU yards picked through competition. GRSE shares rose over 4 per cent on Tuesday. The first ship is due in 2030.
Rahul Gandhi dares PM Modi to an open debate: 'You became PM with foreign help'
Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Monday challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to an open debate, alleging that Modi became and remains Prime Minister with "foreign help". The exchange follows Modi's Rashtriya Ekta Diwas speech in Gujarat, where he called the Opposition an "obstructionist bloc" rather than an opposing one.
GST mop-up crosses ₹2.31 lakh crore in October; UPI sets a new record at 25.47 billion
Gross GST collections for October stood at ₹2.31 lakh crore, about 23% higher than a year earlier, while UPI logged a record 25.47 billion transactions with daily value crossing ₹1 lakh crore. The manufacturing PMI eased to 54.7 from 55.1 in September, still firmly in expansion.
Police officer suspended after rare protest; five demands still on the table
ACP Manasvi Vashishta was suspended late on Monday after an inquiry found she misled seniors, incited subordinates to protest and shared a social media post against a superior. The action follows the October 30 demonstration at Delhi Police headquarters, where personnel raised five demands.
'Where will the farmers go?': Supreme Court pushes back on indefinite protest at Ramlila Maidan
Hearing petitions from the October protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, the Supreme Court said no group can hold a protest site indefinitely. Traders told the court that business had collapsed around Ramlila Maidan and sought a two-month ban. The court told them to implead the protest organisers, and listed the matters for November 23.
ChatGPT's biggest market in the world is now India. Next stop: UPI
India has become ChatGPT's largest market by weekly active users, with the local base doubling since January, OpenAI India managing director Prabhjeet Singh said. The company is pushing voice and Hindi, working on entry-level phones, and will announce UPI and payments features in the coming weeks.
Smog at 449 in one Delhi colony, and Diwali still five days away
Delhi's average AQI rose to 331 at 7 am on Tuesday, up from 307 a day earlier, with eight of 58 monitoring stations crossing 400. Jahangirpuri recorded 449 and Rohini 429. The Commission for Air Quality Management invoked GRAP Stage 2 across Delhi-NCR on Monday as stubble burning's share of PM2.5 was forecast to climb to 22 per cent by Thursday.
Telcos will have to declare where AI sits in their networks: TRAI gives until 27 November
TRAI's draft guidelines, dated 30 October, would make licensed telecom operators answerable for every AI system they run, in-house or bought, and require equipment vendors to disclose where AI sits inside their products. Comments are open until 27 November.
Mahadev kingpin in CBI custody, Rs 3,500 crore attached; fugitive plea listed for 5 December
Sourabh Chandrakar, alleged kingpin of the Mahadev Online Book betting syndicate, was brought back from Oman and taken into CBI custody. The Enforcement Directorate has attached about Rs 3,500 crore of assets and has a money-laundering trial waiting, with a fugitive economic offender plea listed for December 5.
Voter list deadline moves to Nov 25 in Delhi, Nov 13 in Maharashtra after a nudge from the Supreme Court
A day after the Supreme Court asked the Election Commission to consider giving more time, the EC extended the claims-and-objections window in six states and reopened it in five. Final rolls are now due November 30 in five states and December 22 in Delhi.
Orders broken 'left and right': Supreme Court refuses to read a total cracker ban into the law
A Supreme Court bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and P.B. Varale said on Thursday that its orders curbing firecrackers had been violated year after year, and that religious freedom is subject to public health. It asked the Centre and the Delhi government to enforce action against sellers of spurious and banned crackers.
IRCTC hotels case: charges against Lalu Prasad, Rabri and Tejashwi put off to November 19
A Delhi court on Friday adjourned the formal framing of money laundering charges against former railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi, son Tejashwi Yadav and others to November 19. The prosecution did not oppose the request; the judge said all accused must appear unless exempted.
572 deletion forms, one constituency: BJP booth agents named in most objections to Muslim voters
Figures from Form 7 applications in Mustafabad show 843 objections filed since August 31, the highest for any Delhi constituency. Of 597 third-party forms, 96 per cent name BJP booth level agents as objectors, and 572 of those target Muslim electors across 24 parts of the seat.
Two decades on, Jamia's students get their union back and a date for elections
Jamia Millia Islamia has agreed to restore its students' union and hold elections, after weeks of protests and a hunger strike. A late-night order sets May 15, 2027 as the deadline for the union constitution and elections within six weeks of the next session. Disciplinary action has been withdrawn.
No parking, doors shut at 10 pm: Diljit asks 70,000 fans to take the Metro
Diljit Dosanjh opens his Aura India Tour 2026 at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Friday, with about 70,000 expected and no parking at the venue. Delhi Metro runs till midnight on all lines except the Airport Express and Rapid Metro. Traffic restrictions run from 1 pm to midnight.
61.4 mm in a night: capital logs wettest October day in four years, air turns 'satisfactory'
The capital recorded 61.4 mm of rain in the 24 hours to 8.30 am on Friday, its wettest October day since 2022, pushing the month's total to 123.3 mm. The IMD issued a red alert for all districts till 11.15 am and a yellow alert for the rest of the day. The Air Quality Index fell to 90, in the 'satisfactory' band.
'Digital arrest' fraud: if the bank's checks failed, the victim gets the money back, Supreme Court tells RBI
The Supreme Court has said RBI's proposed KYC rules must require banks to compensate digital arrest victims by at least the amount lost where the fraud went through because the bank failed due diligence. It also wants banks to hold unusual transactions, alert the nearest police station and verify physically before releasing money.
A fair trial in Bhopal is unlikely, CBI tells Supreme Court in Twisha Sharma case
The CBI has told the Supreme Court that a fair trial in the Twisha Sharma death case may not be possible in Bhopal, citing the position of her mother-in-law Giribala Singh, a retired district and sessions judge and a key accused. The affidavit, filed on October 29, backs her father Navnidhi Sharma's plea to move the trial to Delhi. The court has adjourned the matter by a week.
AI will run your network. TRAI's draft rules ask who answers when it gets it wrong
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has released draft guidelines on the responsible use of artificial intelligence in telecom networks and services, and invited public comments until November 27. The draft applies the seven principles of the India AI Governance Guidelines, released in February 2026, to operators such as Jio, Airtel, Vodafone Idea and BSNL. No penalties or mandatory audits are proposed yet.
Rain pushes the 'impeachment' back by a day; the march to Ramlila Maidan stays on for November 1
The INDIA bloc's symbolic "public impeachment" of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, set for Friday afternoon at Mallikarjun Kharge's Delhi residence, was moved to Saturday, October 31, after rain left the lawns muddy. Rahul Gandhi announced the shift at a joint press conference, saying senior leaders would be uncomfortable sitting in the rain. The Chalo Dilli march and the Ramlila Maidan rally on November 1 go ahead as planned.
Court tells CBI it cannot re-open charges in the Rs 34,000 crore DHFL case
A Delhi court has refused the CBI's request to alter charges against former DHFL CMD Kapil Wadhawan, former director Dheeraj Wadhawan and businessman Ajay Ramesh Nawandar in the Rs 34,000 crore bank fraud case. In an order dated October 29, Special Judge Sanjeev Kumar Malhotra said the court cannot review its own charge-framing order except to fix clerical or typographical errors.
Can laxity cost you the vote forever? Supreme Court asks Election Commission
Hearing pleas against Delhi's special intensive revision, the Supreme Court questioned why voters already on the 2026 rolls are being made to apply afresh through Form 6. It said it has not yet ruled on the legality of 'logical discrepancy' deletions. The Election Commission told the court it will look into the suggestions and extend the October 30 deadline.
SIR screened 10 crore voters and found 1,600 'foreigners'. Congress wants the CEC out
The Congress on Thursday called the Special Intensive Revision a conspiracy run by the PM and home minister, and demanded Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's removal. Jairam Ramesh said just 1,600 suspected foreign nationals were detected across six states after nearly 10 crore people were screened. The Election Commission has defended the exercise in a 248-page affidavit to the Supreme Court.
Charges order in NEET-UG leak case reserved, court to rule on November 18
A Delhi court on Thursday reserved its order on framing charges against 14 accused in the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case and will pronounce it on November 18. The CBI has alleged that leaked questions were supplied to candidates at a house in Nanded.