Digital India Bhashini Division (DIBD) and the Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the development and deployment of multilingual artificial intelligence solutions across key public-facing railway platforms. The MoU was formally signed by CEO of BHASHINI Amitabh Nag and Managing Director of CRIS G.V.L. Satya Kumar in New Delhi. The strategic partnership aims to integrate BHASHINI’s state-of-the-art language technology stack, comprising Automatic Speech Recognition, Text-to-Text Translation, Text-to-Speech, and Optical Character Recognition, into CRIS-managed systems such as the National Train Enquiry System (NTES) and RailMadad. This will enable citizens to access critical railway services in 22 Indian languages.

The partnership will also focus on co-developing chatbots and voice assistants for multilingual passenger support, developing multilingual over-the-counter interfaces for railway enquiry setups, scaling BHASHINI-powered services through cloud and on-premise infrastructure, deploying these capabilities across websites, mobile apps, kiosks, and call centers, and enabling real-time, speech-based interaction in multiple Indian languages. A series of joint technical workshops and pilot deployments is scheduled to commence in the coming months.

Kolkata, The Calcutta High Court has allowed changing the surname of a minor boy on his birth certificate, holding that provision of altering the name in Kolkata Municipal Corporation records holds good for replacing the surname also.

for changing her surname and that of the child in its record, supported by appropriate documentation evidencing her second marriage.

The court, however, declined to grant the prayer for changing the father's name on the birth certificate in the absence of a valid adoption order.

For Seba P A, 26, from Kerala, the cost of breathing easy, moving around and enduring fewer bouts of infection comes at a steep price — nearly Rs 18 lakh per month. For long, she had managed with the Rs 50 lakh government grant under the national policy of rare diseases, one of which — Spinal Muscular Atrophy — she is battling. Now she is on a crusade to make life-saving drugs, currently under patents, affordable for persons suffering from rare diseases.

Suffering from Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a rare disease that progressively affects muscle functions, her condition can be managed with Risdiplam. Developed by Swiss pharma giant Roche, one bottle of Risdiplam costs around Rs 6 lakh in India — something her taxi driver father cannot afford.

Prominent writer Sarah Joseph has been conferred with the 2024 Mathrubhumi Literary Award, which was presented to her by Jnanpith awardee and eminent writer Pratibha Ray at an event held here.

The award included a cash prize of Rs 3 lakh, a citation, and a sculpture by M V Devan.

At the award ceremony, Ray congratulated Kozhikode for winning the status of ‘literary city of India’.

Uttar Pradesh tourism department and Union ministry of external affairs organised a six-day familiarization trip, ‘Bodhi Yatra' from June 2-7 under the Mekong-Ganga Cooperation (MGC) initiative.

The trip featured a 50-member delegation from five ASEAN countries – Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam – which explored key Buddhist heritage sites and other attractions across UP.

Tourism and culture minister Jaiveer Singh said the special journey was to promote India's Buddhist circuit globally and strengthen cultural and tourism ties between India and Southeast Asian countries.

The delegation, which included Buddhist monks, travel agents, and social media influencers, began their journey in Agra and concluded it in Sarnath, before proceeding to Buddhist sites in Bihar

Canadian three-times Olympic champion Summer McIntosh set a world record in the women’s 400 metres freestyle at the Canadian Swimming Trials in Victoria, British Columbia, on Saturday.

The 18-year-old clocked 3:54.18 to better Australian Ariarne Titmus’ mark of 3:55.38 set at the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.

“Going into tonight, I knew that my training has been really good these past few months, and I knew that I could do something special,” McIntosh told public broadcaster CBC.

“So being able to input my training in doing that – I didn’t think my training would be 54.1 but I’m really happy with that.”

Bad starts in Grand Slam finals are nothing new for Carlos Alcaraz, and each time it’s happened he has won the tournament anyway.

But not in such dramatic style as Sunday’s French Open final, however, when the Spaniard rallied from two sets down and saved three match points to beat Jannik Sinner 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (10-2) for his fifth major title in as many finals.

It was his second straight French Open title with a comeback, after trailing 2-1 in sets to Alexander Zverev in last year’s final, and a third major title from behind, following his five-set win against Novak Djokovic in the 2023 Wimbledon final.

India’s impressive run at the Taiwan Athletics Open 2025 continued as Rohit Yadav clinched gold in men’s javelin throw on the second day of the event on Sunday.

Rohit, a two-time National champion, started strongly with a throw of 71.46, which took him to second after the first round.

The 24-year-old climbed to the top spot with his second attempt of 74.25m and then threw 74.42m in his last attempt to mark his lead with the gold medal.

In the women’s 400m hurdles, Vithya Ramraj reigned supreme with a timing of 56:53, taking India’s gold medal tally to eight in the two-say athletics meet.

Meanwhile, Yashas Palaksha won silver in 400m men’s hurdles.

In Women’s Single at the French Open Tennis 2025, American tennis star Coco Gauff defeated world number one Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-4 in a thrilling final last night, clinching her maiden Roland Garros title and second Grand Slam crown.

With this victory, the 21-year-old became the first American woman to win the singles title in Paris since Serena Williams in 2015 and the youngest from the US to do so since Williams in 2002. Sabalenka, appearing in her third consecutive Grand Slam final but first on clay, started strong with aggressive net play and drop shots to lead 4-1 in the opening set.

Gauff’s triumph also marked the first time since the 2018 Australian Open that the top two women in the world rankings met in a Grand Slam final. Having previously lifted the 2023 US Open trophy, she now joins an elite club with Slam titles on both hard and clay courts. The victory marks world number two Gauff’s second Grand Slam title and her first major triumph on clay. Gauff also became the youngest player to win both the French Open and US Open women’s singles titles since Serena Williams achieved the feat in 2002.

In the French Open Tennis 2025, the second-seed Italian pair Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini have won the Women’s Doubles crown. The pair defeated Kazakhstan’s Anna Danilina, paired with Serbia’s Aleksandra Krunic, 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 for the title in the final today.

In the Men’s Singles, defending champion Carlos Alcaraz will face World No. 1 Jannik Sinner for the crown later today. Alcaraz outlasted Lorenzo Musetti, who had to retire with a leg injury in their semifinal clash, while Sinner whizzed past Novak Djokovic in straight sets.