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LG, Nvidia aim for 100,000 hours of humanoid robot training data by year-end

Seoul, Aug. 18 -- LG Electronics is accelerating its partnership with Nvidia to develop training data for humanoid robots, with the company targeting 100,000 hours of robot training data by the end of... Read More


Bharat's next 500 million users will reshape how India learns and earns

India, Aug. 18 -- A shopkeeper watches a short lesson on negotiation before speaking to a supplier; while a mother learns how to link her Aadhaar details to a government scheme without making another ... Read More


The next AI revolution will be won in deployment, not development

India, Aug. 18 -- The scale of investment behind this shift is telling. In the space of a few weeks, Microsoft committed $2.5 billion and roughly 6,000 experts to embed engineers inside enterprise cli... Read More


'People are being scammed': Founder sparks debate over Bengaluru's coconut water prices

India, Aug. 18 -- A founder's post on X comparing the cost of coconut water across Indian cities has ignited a fresh debate on Bengaluru's high cost of living. Comparing regions, he claimed that cocon... Read More


Motilal Oswal Alternates virtually writing off a legacy PE bet

New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- Motilal Oswal Alternates (MO Alts), which wrapped up fundraising for its fifth flagship PE vehicle earlier this year after collecting Rs 8,500 crore (about $938 million), is sign... Read More


Gwalior-Chambal region gets new rail connectivity with Kailaras-Birpur section

Bhopal, Aug. 18 -- Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, along with Union Communications Minister Jyotiraditya M Scindia and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, virtually inaugurated the gauge-con... Read More


Human Rights Ministry deploys 150,000 personnel to map village needs

Indonesia, Aug. 18 -- The Ministry of Human Rights is deploying 150,000 personnel in its first phase to map issues surrounding poverty, unemployment, and the fulfillment of basic needs in villages acr... Read More


Mizoram: Lalduhoma calls MHIP 'key pillar of society', lays foundation stone for new Aizawl building

Aizawl, Aug. 18 -- Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma on Monday called the Mizo Hmeichhe Insuihkhawm Pawl (MHIP), the state's apex women's organisation, and other voluntary groups "key pillars of societ... Read More


Why climate scientists are struggling to explain Europe's extreme summer

France, Aug. 18 -- A succession of heatwaves, record-breaking temperatures and unusually warm nights has swept Europe during the summer of 2026, offering a stark example of how climate change is resha... Read More


It Is That StraitPublished on: August 18, 2026 9:34 AM

Pakistan, Aug. 18 -- The Strait of Hormuz has carried commerce and conflict for over two thousand years. Under the Achaemenid Empire, Persian Gulf shipping linked the Persian heartland to the Indus Va... Read More