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Last Updated:February 19, 2026, 13:09 ISTAndroid phones are still waiting for their Face ID era and Google could finally have the answer with the new feature.Pixel phones are once again likely to get Face ID tech for better safetyGoogle is working on a new security feature for Android phones which could finally become its answer to Apple’s Face ID. The company is reportedly building the new technology codenamed Project Toscana that is said to effectively perform even in low light conditions. The details about the new option have been mentioned by Android Authority in its report. Google could have the older…

Air India’s operational turnaround is showing early results, with fleet reliability improving and spare parts availability rising as the airline advances its transformation plan, CEO Campbell Wilson said on Thursday.Speaking during a town hall with employees, Wilson said operational resilience remains a key focus area for the Tata Group-owned carrier and that enhanced fleet reliability is now visible across operations, PTI reported.The airline has faced persistent challenges with its legacy wide-body Boeing 777 and 787 aircraft, which had led to flight delays and cancellations. Wilson said both legacy Boeing fleets are showing improvements as reliability upgrades continue and inventories of…

NEW DELHI: India’s sea-based nuclear deterrent will be strengthened soon as the country’s third indigenous Arihant-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), INS Aridhaman (designated S4), is likely to be commissioned by April-May. “The commissioning of INS Aridhaman is expected by this summer as the submarine is currently in the final stages of sea trial,” a defence source told TOI.Last Dec, Navy chief Admiral D K Tripathi had said that INS Aridhaman would be commissioned this year.INS Aridhaman, built under the Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV) project at the Ship Building Centre in Visakhapatnam, will be larger (7,000 tonne) than predecessors INS…

Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his message on the birth anniversary of Ramakrishna Paramahansa, taking offence at the use of the prefix “Swami” for the 19th-century spiritual leader.“I urge the Prime Minister kindly not to discover new prefixes and suffixes for the great Renaissance figures of Bengal who shaped modern India,” Banerjee said.She was referring to Modi’s message in Hindi on X, which said, “Tribute to Swami Ramakrishna Paramahansa on his birth anniversary. As he established spirituality and sadhana as life force, he will continue to benefit humanity in every…

President Vladimir Putin has urged businesses to play a “key role” in meeting Russia’s demographic goals by encouraging their staff to have larger families, as the country continues to grapple with falling birthrates. Speaking at a supervisory board meeting at the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI) on Wednesday, Putin said companies should call on staff to “build bigger, multi-child families.”  He noted that the number of employee children under age six would be taken into account in the recently approved Corporate Social Capital Standard (SOKB), an adapted set of international business practices that describes itself as a system on which…

Mumbai: A “Bengali baba” or self styled godman was arrested by a joint team of Railway Protection Force (RPF) from Central and Western Railway for illegally pasting and distributing publicity material in trains and on railway premises. The joint operation was carried out on Feb 17.Mohammad Nazir Andari was apprehended from a dargah at Reay Road, acting on specific information. Around 15,000 printed posters were recovered from him. AI Impact Summit, Supreme Court on CAA, India-France Ties & MoreOn interrogation, Andari admitted to using railway premises, including railway train coaches, for promotion of his business, without obtaining any permission from…

New Delhi: A Delhi court issued a notice to the deputy commissioner of MCD in a property dispute concerning the demolition of an unauthorised structure, after finding that the civic body’s status report did not comply with its earlier directions. The matter relates to the demolition of a disputed property by MCD. On Oct 29, 2025, the court restrained the defendants, Indus Luxe Homes LLP, from carrying out further construction at the reportedly disputed suit property. In a status report filed on Dec 2, 2025, MCD stated that a demolition order dated Oct 23 was already passed. AI Impact Summit,…

What happens when something as rigid as a brick meets the fluidity of the human body? Swiss choreographer Nicole Morel has been exploring that question with BRICKS, a transdisciplinary work that blurs the lines between dance, architecture and sound. Excerpts from a chat:‘BRICKS ARE NOT JUST A CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL’ “Bodies in dance have a certain architecture through their movement,” says Nicole. The idea took shape during a tour. “I discovered the work of Colombian architect Rogelio Salmona, and something clicked. As we travelled through Brazil and Colombia, bricks were everywhere. That constant presence made her see bricks as more than…

Chennai: Tension prevailed near Madurantakam in Chengalpet district on Thursday morning after school students, who were unable to board a govt bus, pelted stones damaging its rear window. Bus route number 12, operated by the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) (Villupuram Division), is the primary mode of transport for students commuting to schools in Madurantakam and nearby areas. The service operates only at specific times in the morning and evening.AI Impact Summit, Supreme Court on CAA, India-France Ties & MoreOn Thursday morning, the bus, which started from Orathi, reached Keezhathivakkam bus stop. A large number of students and members…

Prayagraj: A man who spent 37 years in jail for a murder conviction resting on evidence that cleared his two co-accused walked free this week after Allahabad high court set aside the trial court’s 1989 judgment, saying it “suffers from infirmity”, reports Rajesh Kumar Pandey.In its Feb 18 order, the division bench of Justices Siddhartha Varma and Prashant Mishra-I directed that appellant Khunni Lal be released immediately, if not required in any other case. The verdict closes a chapter that began with a family land dispute in UP’s Farrukhabad district in 1987.The legal anomaly that led to the conviction being…