WATCH: ‘Vishwanath & Sons’ director Venky Atluri pays respect to Suriya on stage; video wins hearts

Director Venky Atluri showed respect to actor Suriya at a promotional event for their upcoming film. The director initially pitched a different biopic idea which faced rights issues. Suriya desired a lighter genre after several intense roles and action films. Atluri then narrated the concept for ‘Vishwanath & Sons’ over the phone. This romantic family…

Gemini app becomes Google’s fastest-growing consumer product ever: CEO Sundar Pichai shares ‘thank you’ message

In an impressive achievement, Google’s Gemini mobile application has crossed the milestone of one billion monthly active users, making it the quickest-growing consumer product in the company’s history. Users are embracing voice commands and visual inputs for a variety of daily tasks. Impressively, the app creates over 150 million images each day for small businesses…

‘Very rare for a kid to tell parents, ‘I want to be an athlete”: What India needs for a squash boom

Indian squash is enjoying a surge of attention, fuelled by Anahat Singh’s historic World Junior title and a growing pool of top-ranked professionals. But India’s star squash player Veer Chotrani believes sustained success requires more than courts and funding. India needs stronger coaching, training partners and a professional ecosystem at home, while families must increasingly…

India’s U20 Wrestling team’s Slovakia trip nearly hit by visa crisis over alleged human trafficking case

Visa troubles emerged for Indian wrestlers headed to the U20 World Championships in Slovakia as their applications were initially denied by the embassy. This decision stemmed from a separate incident concerning a missing sports team. With the intervention of United World Wrestling and assurances from the Wrestling Federation of India that all athletes would return,…