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Anaswara Rajan’s film ‘With Love’ is enjoying a successful second week at the box office, nearing Rs 23.11 crore in India net. Despite typical weekday dips, the movie maintains momentum, with Day 14 collections holding steady. Audiences are praising the film’s engaging narrative and the director’s vision for capturing a nostalgic first-love feel. ‘With Love’ continues to perform well at the box office as it enters the end of its second week. Led by Anaswara Rajan the film has maintained a steady hold despite weekday drops. As per early estimates, the film has now reached Rs 23.11 crore India net.According…

Last Updated:February 18, 2026, 09:28 ISTGoogle’s new Pixel a-series model is launching later today and here are all the details we know so far.The Pixel 10a launch is confirmed for February 18 and that is the date when the phone will go on pre-order across regions. It is likely to cost over Rs 50,000 in the market again. Google Pixel 10a launch is today and the company is going to start pre-orders for the new phone across countries. The Pixel 10a is pegged to be an incremental upgrade on Pixel 9a and going by the leaked specs, it might actually…

Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch New Delhi: Warning about concentration risk from a few companies dominating AI, Arthur Mensch, co-founder and CEO of Mistral, said India should support open-source models and collaborate with global startup labs and researchers to maintain strategic autonomy and ensure the country benefits from AI-driven productivity and economic growth. Speaking at the India AI Impact Summit on Thursday, he said, “AI will contribute significant double-digit growth to GDP in the coming years. It is critical that everyone has access to the on and off switch to ensure business continuity and that countries are not dependent on external…

There continues to be intense debate worldwide about the definition of biological sex, boosted by some recent executive orders. The official theme of LGBTQ+ History Month (February) this year is ‘Science & Innovation’ and the natural universe is replete with examples of how the simple binary of sexes and genders to which some people would like to fall back on is really a cultural convenience rather than a “natural order”.A particularly clear example is the white-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis). Studies of this bird have revealed that nature uses complex genetic systems to create a spectrum of sexual and social roles.…

N Chandrasekaran, Chairman, Tata Sons with Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI New Delhi: Tata Group and OpenAI entered into a strategic partnership, placing a significant bet on India’s AI infrastructure playbook. In the first phase, TCS will build AI infrastructure with 100MW capacity, scalable up to 1GW. The platform is intended to support next-generation AI training and inference workloads while advancing India’s ambition to become a global AI hub. As part of the global Stargate initiative, OpenAI and Tata Group will develop local, AI-ready data centre capacity focused on data residency, security, and long-term domestic capability. “The infrastructure is designed as…

Guwahati: Former Assam Congress president Bhupen Borah, who is set to join the BJP, said on Thursday that when he raised the issue of his humiliation in the party with Rahul Gandhi, he was told by him that he too feels humiliated.Borah, who resigned on Monday in a setback for the Congress ahead of the assembly polls, said he cannot tolerate such humiliation.”I had told Rahul Gandhi that I am feeling humiliated in the party, and then he said that he was also feeling humiliated. Then what is the value of my humiliation? I cannot tolerate such humiliation as I…

Mumbai: A special Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) court acquitted a South African national Promise Khalishwayo (29), who was accused of smuggling narcotics into the country.On Feb 18, 2021, Khalishwayo was caught by the Narcotics Control Bureau at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International airport with 2.9 kg heroin in her trolley bag.AI Impact Summit, Supreme Court on CAA, India-France Ties & MoreThe special court observed that the investigating officer did not follow sealing procedure and that there is variance in the seized substance and the sample sent for analysis. In such circumstances, the examination of panch witnesses was essential…

NEW DELHI: Election Commission is planning to commence the third round of special intensive revision in April. While the first phase was for Bihar, Phase 2 covered a dozen states and Union territories. The commission wrote on Thursday to chief electoral officers of the 22 remaining states/UTs, including Delhi, saying the SIR process “is expected to start from April 2026” and requested them to complete the SIR preparatory work at the earliest. Weeks before EC announced Phase 2 of SIR on Oct 27, 2025, it had similarly written to CEOs of all states/UTs except Bihar. However, SIR was announced for…

Bengaluru: A Shivamogga couple, who raised an abandoned child for nearly 10 years after their own disabled baby had died, have received a shot in the arm in their battle for adoption. The Karnataka high court directed the authorities to consider their application after undertaking the inquiry process mandated under the law.Justice DK Singh passed the order recently while disposing of the petition filed by the couple.AI Impact Summit, Supreme Court on CAA, India-France Ties & MoreThe petitioners challenged the proceedings initiated by the Child Welfare Committee (CWC), Shivamogga, in 2017. According to the petitioners, the child was abandoned at…

HYDERABAD: A 16-year-old schoolgirl missing from her home in Narsingi since Monday was found confined to a flat in Chengicherla and raped by three, including two juveniles. Police rescued her on Wednesday.The 24-year-old accused, who has a suspect sheet against him, has been sent to jail and one of the minors has been remanded in a juvenile home. Third accused is on the run.The survivor, a Class 8 student, was familiar with the arrested juvenile who worked as a salesperson at a footwear shop in Charminar. She had first met him on Feb 7 and later stayed in touch over…