He built 140 bridges in places where rivers could isolate entire villages: How Girish Bharadwaj went from being a mechanical engineer in Karnataka to the ‘Bridge Man of India’

Born on May 12, 1950, Bharadwaj grew up in Aletty, a remote village in Sullia taluk. For Girish Bharadwaj, a bridge was not simply a structure over a river. It was a way for a child to reach school, a patient to get to a hospital and a farmer to take produce to the market….

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Pilot warned Amazon cargo plane going too fast before deadly crash, data shows

The flight data released by NTSB included the plane’s speed, altitude, and other details like flap deployment as it approached the runway. The update also included the summary of conversation between the two pilots. The summary noted the pilot’s cautions about speed occurred “throughout the remainder of the recording” as did the inconsistent verbal response….

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BRICS Summit 2026: Is Delhi closed on September 11? What’s open, what’s shut and what travellers need to know |

BRICS (PC: digitalindia.gov.in) Delhi is all set to host one of the biggest diplomatic gatherings of the year which is the 18th BRICS Leaders’ Summit from September 11 to 13. With foreign leaders, senior officials and delegations arriving in the city, Delhi will see increased security, traffic diversions and restrictions.For residents and tourists, the biggest…

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Prosecutor who led ‘grand conspiracy’ probe of Trump targets resigns without charging anyone

Joe diGenova, the 81-year-old Trump loyalist who had headed a sprawling investigation in the Southern District of Florida that targeted President Donald Trump’s perceived political enemies, has resigned from the Justice Department. “It was an honor and a privilege to serve the president and the department,” diGenova said Thursday. Asked why he is leaving, diGenova…

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Nasdaq invests $100 million in crypto firm, eyes 2027 launch of ‘tokenized’ stocks

Nasdaq’s venture capital arm is investing $100 million in Kraken parent Payward, partnering with the crypto firm to launch tokenized equities in 2027 and build a market infrastructure and surveillance technology to support them.  The deal expands on a previously announced partnership between Nasdaq and Payward to test Nasdaq Equity Tokens (NETs). In this new phase,…

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What you spot first reveals a hidden secret about how you approach work and take success

Optical illusion personality tests often trick us into believing what we see first in images with many layered objects. It is, in fact, interesting to notice that while observing a single image from one perspective, you and your friend might surprisingly notice different objects, probably due to different mindsets. These interesting images also claim to…

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