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The Kolkata crush and mechanics of pandal safety: Why smart city sensors fail in high-density downpours | Explained

New Delhi, Oct. 18 -- For the first time in its history, Kolkata on Saturday witnessed a stampede during Durga Puja celebrations that led to a loss of 19 lives, sending shockwaves across West Bengal. ... Read More


Voice Security Will Become Core Enterprise Infrastructure: Krisp

New Delhi, Oct. 18 -- Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing how BPOs handle customer conversations, from real-time translation and accent conversion to automated voice agents. But as AI-powered imp... Read More


France protests: Trump blames immigration for unrest; 1,800 arrested, damage estimated at hundreds of millions of euros

New Delhi, Oct. 18 -- US President Donald Trump on Sunday (October 18) blamed immigration for the unrest sweeping France and urged the country to tighten its border controls, as violent protests left ... Read More


7th Pay Commission: BSNL employees seek wage revision; management assures festival advance in 2 months

New Delhi, Oct. 18 -- Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) employees have raised demands for wage revision, higher retirement benefits, revised allowances, and the restoration of festival advances at t... Read More


Three women killed, three missing as jeep plunges into Sunkoshi

Khotang, Oct. 18 -- Three women died, and three people are missing after a Tata Sumo jeep travelling from Kathmandu to Khotang plunged into the Sunkoshi river in Sindhuli district early Sunday. Accor... Read More


Chandigarh: Day after CBI raids at 4 firms, three owners booked for fraud

Chandigarh, Oct. 18 -- A day after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted raids on the premises of four outsourcing companies in Sectors 34 and 38-D, Dadumajra and Manimajra, officials on... Read More


Drought-hit Latur bans use of crop residue as industrial fuel

India, Oct. 18 -- With drought declared across all 10 talukas of Latur district, the administration has banned the use of crop residue as industrial fuel and prohibited the sale and transportation of ... Read More


BMC drafts rules on tree pruning, road excavation amid rising tree collapses

India, Oct. 18 -- Faced with growing criticism over the increasing number of tree collapses in Mumbai, many of them resulting in human fatalities, the civic body has drafted a standard operating proce... Read More


Indonesia halts rice imports for domestic use under Prabowo-Gibran

Jakarta, Oct. 18 -- Indonesia stopped importing rice for domestic consumption in 2025 during the first two years of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka's administratio... Read More


Lucknow: Transport Nagar freight station may open for passenger trains

LUCKNOW, Oct. 18 -- A new boarding point for long-distance trains could come up at Transport Nagar, offering passengers an alternative to crowded Charbagh and Lucknow Junction railway stations. The pr... Read More