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Ten Indian scholars have earned prestigious Google PhD Fellowships for 2025, highlighting India’s growing impact in global tech research. These bright minds from top Indian institutions are recognized for their groundbreaking work in AI, machine learning, privacy, and more. The fellowship offers crucial support, mentorship, and resources, underscoring Google’s commitment to fostering academic innovation worldwide.

Horror icon Jason Voorhees has arrived in Fortnite’s Fortnitemares 2025 event as a formidable boss. Players must locate him at Creepy Camps or Freaky Fields to complete quests and earn rewards. Defeating this high-health boss requires strategic distance, ample ammunition, and high-damage weapons to secure the Legendary Wood Stake Shotgun.

Patna is alive with devotion as the four-day Chhath festival commences with Nahay-Khay. The city’s ghats are beautifully decorated, and markets are bustling with shoppers procuring traditional items for the Sun god’s worship. Preparations include enhanced safety and facilities for devotees at designated bathing spots.

Former Australia captain Michael Clarke backed Virat Kohli to be the leading run-scorer and Josh Hazlewood to take the most wickets in the final ODI against India. Clarke also predicted an Indian victory, hoping for a morale-boosting win for the hosts ahead of the T20I series.

A groundbreaking study reveals a startling link between supermarket meat and recurring urinary tract infections (UTIs). Researchers found that many UTI-causing E. coli strains originate from contaminated poultry, pork, and beef. This foodborne connection, particularly impacting low-income communities, necessitates a re-evaluation of food safety and public health strategies to combat these common infections.

Russia has secretly built a vast underwater surveillance network, codenamed Harmony, across the Arctic seabed. This system, utilizing Western technology acquired through a front company, shields Moscow’s nuclear submarines. NATO allies are now increasing their own patrols in response to heightened Russian submarine activity.

An Indian-origin Auckland man, Umesh Patel, has been sentenced to nine months of home detention for orchestrating an elaborate immigration fraud scheme. Patel created fake jobs and submitted fraudulent documents to Immigration New Zealand, charging applicants between NZD $10,000 and $30,000. The scheme, which ran for years, undermined the integrity of New Zealand’s immigration system.

A subtle software flaw in Amazon’s core database system, DynamoDB, triggered a massive, hours-long outage affecting thousands of websites and apps. The bug, related to automated DNS management, caused a cascading failure across AWS infrastructure. Network Load Balancers also faltered, exacerbating the widespread disruption. Manual intervention was eventually required to restore services.

Women over 40 need more iron to stay healthy. Low iron can cause tiredness and affect immunity. Eating iron-rich foods helps. Recipes like spinach soup and beetroot salad are good options. Simple tips can boost iron absorption. This includes eating vitamin C with iron and avoiding tea or coffee during meals. Using cast iron cookware…

Speculation about Virat Kohli’s ODI retirement arose after a cryptic tweet from Parthiv Patel and Kohli’s recent dismissals. However, the former India wicketkeeper-batter clarified that Kohli is not retiring from ODIs. The star batter now aims to perform well in the final ODI in Sydney after a challenging series Down Under.