Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Semicon India – 2025 at Yashobhoomi in New Delhi today. The three-day Conference will focus on advancing a robust, resilient, and sustainable semiconductor ecosystem in the country. It will feature sessions on the progress of the Semicon India Programme, smart manufacturing, innovations in Research and Development and artificial intelligence, investment opportunities, state-level policy implementation, among others. The Prime Minister will also participate in the CEOs’ roundtable tomorrow.

Over 20 thousand attendees, including more than two thousand 500 delegates from over 48 countries, will participate in the conference. It will also include six countries’ round table discussions, country pavilions and dedicated pavilions for workforce development and start-ups, among others.

The Telangana State government has announced plans to celebrate Bathukamma on the lines of Brazil’s Rio Carnival, aiming to draw international tourists and showcase Telangana’s cultural heritage on a global platform. Bathukamma is the festival of flowers, celebrated before the Dasara festival in Telangana, in which women worship goddess Gowri by placing her on a floral arrangement.

The state will also attempt a Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of women. The nine-day festivities will begin on the 21st of this month at the Thousand Pillar Temple in Warangal. State Tourism Minister J Krishna Rao briefed the media in Hyderabad last evening about the details of the celebrations.

Unified Payments Interface, UPI has achieved a new milestone with first time ever crossing twenty billion transactions in the month of August this year. According to the National Payments Corporation of India, the total number of transactions stood at 20.01 billion, marking a 34 per cent year-on-year increase from 14.9 billion in August last year. UPI has also registered transactions of 24.85 lakh crore rupees in August this year, which represents a 24 per cent increase year-over-year. The average daily transaction count in August has reached 645 million.

World Junior Champion Pranav Venkatesh achieved a resounding victory over Grandmaster Alan Pichot of Spain to secure the title at the Fujairah Global Superstars chess tournament in the UAE. Pranav accumulated seven points out of a possible nine, finishing a full point ahead of the closest competitors, Brandon Jacobson from the US, Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara from Mexico, and Amin Tabatabai from Iran, who all tied for second place with six points each. Despite needing only a draw to secure the top prize, Pranav played aggressively with white pieces and won his final game, finishing with 7/9 points.

The winners of the upcoming ICC Women's Cricket World Cup will receive the biggest-ever prize money in the history of the tournament, a massive hike from USD 1.32 million (Rs 11.65 crore) in the previous edition to USD 4.48 million (Rs 39.55 crore), the sport's global governing body announced on Monday.

The 13th edition of the global showpiece event, beginning on September 30, is being jointly hosted by India and Sri Lanka.

Overall, the the eight-team event will witness nearly a three-fold increase in prize money, with the ICC announcing a total prize purse of USD 13.88 million (Rs 122.5 crore approx) for the mega event.

A tiny digital receiver system based on a compact single-board computer (SBC) about the size of a credit card, could now help us unravel the mysteries of the Cosmic Dawn, when the very first stars flickered to life.

The cosmic dawn is when the first stars and galaxies formed in the Universe, significantly altering the course of its evolution.

Scientists believe this mysterious epoch holds the key to understanding the Universe as we see it today, making it an irresistible frontier for discovery. However, very little is known about this period due to a lack of precise observations.

The first of its kind proposed space payload, PRATUSH (Probing ReionizATion of the Universe using Signal from Hydrogen) by a team from Raman Research Institute (RRI), an autonomous institute funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India is designed to unlock this mystery.

It is a future radiometer in lunar orbit that will answer questions about the first stars formed in our universe.

“ChatGPT doesn’t have childhood trauma” was one of the slogans spotted on picket signs during the 2023 Hollywood writers’ strike, where fears of AI replacing human writers sat alongside long-standing disputes over pay and residuals. I once repeated that line on a panel, where the co-panellist responded with an eerie prediction: “Anurag, there might come a time when you can actually inflict trauma on ChatGPT.” In August, the world’s first AI advocacy group was created, as in, advocating for AI rights.

The notion that machines might one day develop feelings has long been a staple of science fiction, often cast as a prelude to dystopia where human consciousness is replaced by artificial replicas. One of the most artful explorations came in Spike Jonze’s 2013 film Her. The story follows Theodore, played by Joaquin Phoenix, who falls in love with Samantha, an AI operating system voiced by Scarlett Johansson. She flatters him, listens without interruption, and fills the silence and loneliness of his apartment. What once seemed like a quirky, futuristic thought experiment now feels disconcertingly ordinary. In the film, Samantha eventually leaves. But real chatbots are dangerous companions. They never leave. They are here for you. Forever.

President Droupadi Murmu, on Monday, September 1, appointed a judge in the Allahabad High Court and issued orders for appointing three additional judges of Kerala High Court as permanent judges.

Advocate Arun Kumar was appointed as a Judge of the Allahabad High Court, said the Law and Justice Ministry official in a statement. Justice Johnson John, Justice GU Girish and Justice CN Pratheep Kumar, who were functioning as additional judges, were appointed as Permanent Judges of the Kerala High Court, it said.

Last month, the Union government had cleared the elevation of Bombay High Court Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Patna High Court Chief Justice Vipul Manubhai Pancholi to the Supreme Court. Union Minister for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal had announced that the President, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India (CJI), was pleased to appoint Justices Aradhe and Pancholi as Supreme Court judges. With the appointment of the two judges, the strength of the Supreme Court reached the sanctioned strength of 34 judges, including the Chief Justice of India.

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi participated in the 25th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), held in Tianjin, China, from 31 August to 1 September 2025. The Summit witnessed productive discussions on SCO Development Strategy, Reform of Global Governance, Counter-Terrorism, Peace and Security, Economic and Financial Cooperation, and Sustainable Development.

Addressing the Summit, Prime Minister highlighted India’s approach to strengthening cooperation under the SCO framework. In this regard, he noted that India seeks greater action under three pillars – Security, Connectivity and Opportunity. Emphasising that peace, security and stability remain key to progress and prosperity, he called upon member countries to take firm and decisive action to fight terrorism in all its manifestations. Prime Minister underlined the need for coordinated action against terror financing and radicalization. Thanking member countries for their strong solidarity in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack, he emphasized that there should be no double standards in dealing with terrorism and urged the group to hold countries who perpetrate and support cross-border terrorism accountable.

Oscar Piastri won the Dutch Grand Prix on Sunday in a race that could impact the finishes of the season-ending Formula One championships.

Piastri's McLaren teammate, Lando Norris, was forced out of the race because of mechanical difficulty with seven laps to go. At the time, they were running 1-2 but smoke from Norris' car engine, apparently due to an oil leak, forced him to pull off the course.

Norris' troubles brought out the safety car for the third time; the first two came after Ferrari drivers Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc were involved in separate crashes that did not allow them to finish the race at Circuit Zandvoort in the coastal town of Zandvoort, the Netherlands.