Kochi, April 28 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a charge sheet against 5 accused, including a company, in connection with a ‘Digital Arrest’ case, an agency statement said on Tuesday.The people accused, in the charge sheet filed on Saturday, are C.S.Saleeshkumar, Blessin Jacob Abraham, Mohammed Junaid Hussain, and Mohammad Mushtaque, while the company is JCSS Capital International Pvt Ltd.Three of the charge-sheeted accused are currently in judicial custody.This ca…

New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) India’s institutional real estate investment activity totalled $1.6 billion in Q1 2026, marking a 26 per cent year-on-year increase and led by domestic investors who accounted for 76 per cent of inflows, a report said on Tuesday.Domestic institutional capital increased, surpassing foreign inflows for the third consecutive quarter and signalling a sustained shift, the report from Cushman & Wakefield said, also noting that institutional activity moderated 52 per ce…

Ahmedabad, April 27 (IANS) Adani Total Gas Limited (ATGL) on Monday reported a 9 per cent year-on-year (YoY) increase in its net profit for the quarter of FY26 ended March 31.The company recorded a consolidated net profit of Rs 168.34 crore in the March-ended quarter (Q4 FY26), compared to Rs 154.59 crore in the corresponding period previous financial year (Q4 FY25), according to its stock exchange filing.On a sequential basis, profit rose 8 per cent from Rs 157.22 crore in the December quarter….

Hyderabad, April 26 (IANS) The Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) conducted ‘Operation Crackdown 2.0’ across the state to monitor cyber offenders who were arrested in the past to prevent repeat offences and continued involvement in illegal activities, a senior official said on Sunday.The TGCSB, in coordination with law & order police, launched the crackdown on Saturday.During 2024–2025, a total of 3,567 cybercrime accused were arrested across Telangana. From this pool of 614 accus…

New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Astronaut and Indian Air Force (IAF) Group Captain, Shubhanshu Shukla, on Friday urged for the creation of space infrastructure for national security. Further, dwelling on the preparations for the much-hyped Gaganyaan mission, he underlined that human space missions are “more complex”.Speaking to IANS, Shukla agreed that indigenous communication through satellites has been the backbone behind India successfully striking adversaries during surgical strikes like ‘Operati…

Bengaluru, April 24 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said that Bengaluru should emerge as the capital of agricultural technology, just as it has become a global hub for the information technology sector, stressing that innovations in agriculture must reach every farmer.He was speaking after inaugurating the ‘Global Agri Tech Summit-2026’ organised by the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) in the city.Highlighting the importance of technology i…

Thiruvananthapuram, April 24 (IANS) The CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR-NIIST), one of the country’s premier research institutions, located in the state capital, will host a Techno-Fest cum Customer Meet on May 11, to mark National Technology Day.The initiative is aimed at strengthening engagement with industry stakeholders and customers while providing a dynamic platform for knowledge exchange and collaboration.The event is expected to bring together…

New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) The Central government’s Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission has signed two memoranda of understandings (MoU) with two government institutes to strengthen quality assurance, ensure rational use of medicines, pharmacovigilance and collaborative research, an official statement said on Friday.One MoU with the Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices Bureau of India aims to enhance the quality assurance framework for medicines made available through Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaus…

New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) There is clear evidence that exposure to micro and nanoplastics can trigger oxidative stress, fibrogenesis and inflammation in animals, features that resemble those of advanced liver disease in humans, researchers said on Thursday.With the liver acting as the body’s first major firewall, processing and detoxifying everything humans consume, there is a clear potential for these particles to enable the transporting of microbial pathogens, antimicrobial resistance deter…

New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Approximately 10 per cent of districts in the country currently do not have a blood centre, underscoring the need for accelerated expansion of infrastructure, an official statement said on Wednesday.Similarly, gaps remain in digital integration, with a significant number of blood centres yet to be onboarded on eRaktKosh and BBMS, limiting real-time visibility and monitoring, according to the outcomes of a national-level meeting convened by Health Ministry on India’s …