Bank of Maharashtra Launches FinSpark'26, a National-Level Cybersecurity Hackathon
Bank of Maharashtra has launched FinSpark'26, a national cybersecurity hackathon for students and dropouts in India focused on banking security challenges.
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Bank of Maharashtra Launches FinSpark'26, a National-Level Cybersecurity Hackathon
The hackathon invites participants to develop ideas and prototypes for two problem statements related to cyber risk and fraud in digital banking. Entries may be submitted by individuals or teams of up to four, with a prize pool of more than Rs. 10 lakh.
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Bank of Maharashtra Launches FinSpark'26, a National-Level Cybersecurity Hackathon
Built around the theme of securing the future of banking, FinSpark'26 seeks solutions to issues banks increasingly face as digital transactions grow. The contest focuses on practical applications in fraud prevention, cyber resilience and customer protection.
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Bank of Maharashtra Launches FinSpark'26, a National-Level Cybersecurity Hackathon
One challenge focuses on privileged access misuse and insider threat detection. The other explores how artificial intelligence can link cybersecurity telemetry with transactional behaviour to identify anomalies, suspicious activity and potential fraud patterns.
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Bank of Maharashtra Launches FinSpark'26, a National-Level Cybersecurity Hackathon
In the first category, participants are asked to consider how a bank might detect misuse of privileged accounts, identify insider threats, analyse behavioural patterns and support risk-based access controls. In the second, they must examine how cyber signals and transaction data can be connected to improve detection of irregular activity.
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Bank of Maharashtra Launches FinSpark'26, a National-Level Cybersecurity Hackathon
The competition is open to students and dropouts across India interested in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, data analysis, fraud prevention and digital banking. Participants must choose one problem statement, prepare a structured idea or prototype, and submit it for evaluation.
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Bank of Maharashtra Launches FinSpark'26, a National-Level Cybersecurity Hackathon
Submissions will be judged on business relevance, security considerations, originality, user experience, scalability, and ease of development and maintenance. The top 20 teams will be shortlisted for a grand finale in Pune, where they will present their work to domain experts.
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Shubhanshu Shukla pens his space journey in debut book ‘The Second Orbit’
Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh released the memoir of Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, ‘The Second Orbit: Belief of a Man… Dreams of 1.4 Billion Hearts’, in New Delhi.
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Shubhanshu Shukla pens his space journey in debut book ‘The Second Orbit’
The book chronicles Group Captain Shukla’s journey from fighter pilot to astronaut and his historic mission to the International Space Station as part of Axiom-4. It offers a behind-the-scenes account of astronaut selection, intensive training, mission preparation and life in space.
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Shubhanshu Shukla pens his space journey in debut book ‘The Second Orbit’
The event also commemorated the first anniversary of Group Captain Shukla’s landmark Axiom-4 mission, which was launched on 25 June last year.
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Sahitya Akademi Award-winning Tamil writer Poomani passes away
Sahitya Akademi Award-winning Tamil writer Poomani, one of the most celebrated chroniclers of the karisal bhoomi—the rain-fed black-soil tracts of southern Tamil Nadu—died on June 13, 2026 in Chennai.
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Sahitya Akademi Award-winning Tamil writer Poomani passes away
Born Manickavasagam in Andipatti near Kovilpatti, Poomani adopted his pen name early in his literary career. An employee of the Cooperative Department, he began writing for magazines such as Thamarai before emerging as one of the most distinctive voices in modern Tamil literature.
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Sahitya Akademi Award-winning Tamil writer Poomani passes away
Poomani received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2014 for his monumental novel ‘Agnaadi’, an epic narrative set against the backdrop of the Sivakasi (1899) and Kazhugumalai (1895) communal riots.
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Sahitya Akademi Award-winning Tamil writer Poomani passes away
Poomani’s literary career spanned several decades, during which he produced a remarkable body of work, including the novels Piragu, Vekkai, Neivedhyam, Kommai, Vaikkaal and Agnaadi, besides acclaimed short-story collections such as Kizhisal. Vekkai was adapted into the National Award-winning film Asuran by director Vetrimaaran, starring Dhanush in the lead role.
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Sahitya Akademi Award-winning Tamil writer Poomani passes away
Beyond literature, Poomani also ventured into filmmaking. “He directed Karuvelam Pookal for the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC), portraying the lives of children and women employed in match factories. His television serial Penakkal focused on workers in the pen-nib manufacturing industry".
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India thrash England in historic first women’s cricket Test match at Lord’s
Sneh Rana and Deepti Sharma shared the last four wickets as India completed a 270-run thrashing of England to win the first women’s Test at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London.
England, set a record-breaking target of 457 for victory, were dismissed for 186 shortly before lunch on the final day of four.
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India thrash England in historic first women’s cricket Test match at Lord’s
Rana took 4-42, removing Amy Jones for 54 and finishing the landmark match when she bowled Sophie Ecclestone for 50.
Fellow spinner Sharma chipped in with the wickets of Issy Wong and Lauren Bell as England crumbled in front of a crowd that included India men’s cricket great Sachin Tendulkar.
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India thrash England in historic first women’s cricket Test match at Lord’s
Victory meant India finished their tour with joyous memories of Lord’s, having been knocked out of the T20 World Cup in the group phase at the “Home of Cricket” by eventual champions Australia.
England, by contrast, struggled to adapt to the demands of the longer format in a match that started just days after their T20 World Cup final loss to Australia at Lord’s on July 5.
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India thrash England in historic first women’s cricket Test match at Lord’s
The match was a personal triumph for India’s Kranti Gaud and Yastika Bhatia, the first women to take five wickets and score a century respectively in a women’s Test at Lord’s.
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Japan’s JAXA successfully launches, lands reusable rocket
Japan's space agency on July 11, 2026 its prototype reusable rocket successfully completed the first lift-off and landing test, marking a step forward in the cost-cutting technology dominated by SpaceX.
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Japan’s JAXA successfully launches, lands reusable rocket
The prototype, launched from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)'s test site in Noshiro, Akita region, reached a height of about 10 metres (33 feet), and then landed. “The flight lasted about 40 seconds,” according to JAXA.
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Japan’s JAXA successfully launches, lands reusable rocket
SpaceX has been operating its reusable Falcon 9 rocket since 2017. China, however, achieved its first successful reusable rocket landing on July 10, 2026, a breakthrough that could challenge U.S. dominance in the field.
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Japan’s JAXA successfully launches, lands reusable rocket
In June last year, a subsidiary of Honda became the first Japanese company to successfully launch and land a reusable rocket. Japan is racing to boost the international competitiveness of the country's rocket industry.
Its flagship H3 rocket was launched successfully in June, months after a previous mission to put a satellite into orbit ended in failure.
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FIU-IND's receives international recognition, uncovers about Rs. 868 crore of cyber fraud proceeds
India's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU-IND) has received international recognition for its efforts to combat financial crime, with its investigation into a large-scale cyber fraud being named runner-up at the Best Egmont Case Award (BECA) 2026, reinforcing the country's focus on strengthening financial intelligence and cross-border cooperation against money laundering.
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FIU-IND's receives international recognition, uncovers about Rs. 868 crore of cyber fraud proceeds
The award was presented during the Egmont Group Plenary held in Baku, Azerbaijan. According to the Ministry of Finance, FIU-IND's case was selected as one of only two finalists from among submissions by the Egmont Group's 182 member jurisdictions before being declared runner-up.
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FIU-IND's receives international recognition, uncovers about Rs. 868 crore of cyber fraud proceeds
The case originated from intelligence shared by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) regarding a large-scale cyber fraud.
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FIU-IND's receives international recognition, uncovers about Rs. 868 crore of cyber fraud proceeds
According to the ministry, FIU-IND's financial intelligence analysis uncovered a sophisticated money laundering network involving cyber fraud proceeds of approximately Rs 868 crore, more than 5,000 mule bank accounts, and complex cryptocurrency transactions spread across multiple jurisdictions.
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FIU-IND's receives international recognition, uncovers about Rs. 868 crore of cyber fraud proceeds
Based on FIU-IND's Operational Analysis Report, the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) initiated enforcement action, conducting
searches at 13 locations, seizing Rs 47 lakh in cash and cryptocurrency (USDT) worth around Rs 13.6 crore, attaching assets valued at Rs 8.67 crore, and filing two Prosecution Complaints under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.
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ISRO successfully carries out three major tests of Gaganyaan crew module systems
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully carried out three major tests of the Gaganyaan Crew Module systems. The first test validated the Crew Module Uprighting System, which ensures that the crew module returns to an upright position after splashdown in the sea.
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ISRO successfully carries out three major tests of Gaganyaan crew module systems
The system, based on stored cold-gas technology, is a critical safety feature for astronauts.
The second test involved the separation of the umbilical mechanism that connects the crew module, where the astronauts are housed, with the service module, which provides power and propulsion.
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ISRO successfully carries out three major tests of Gaganyaan crew module systems
The mechanism consists of two units—CSU-1 on the crew module side and CSU-2 on the service module side. During the crew module’s re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere, the service module separates from the crew module after CSU-1 disconnects. Subsequently, just before re-entry, CSU-2 also separates.
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ISRO successfully carries out three major tests of Gaganyaan crew module systems
ISRO carried out the separation test of CSU-2 from a simulated crew module. The test successfully demonstrated the clean separation of CSU-2, along with the structural stability of the crew module panel and its interfaces.
The third test validated the structural integrity of the crew module during the separation of the apex cover.
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ISRO successfully carries out three major tests of Gaganyaan crew module systems
The apex cover protects the parachutes and associated systems during the mission and is jettisoned before parachute deployment to enable the safe descent of the crew module.
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Department of Telecommunications signs MoU with Telecommunications Standards Development Society India (TSDSI)
In a significant step towards strengthening India's global leadership in telecommunications standardization and advancing the vision of the Bharat 6G Mission,
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Department of Telecommunications signs MoU with Telecommunications Standards Development Society India (TSDSI)
the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Communications, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Telecommunications Standards Development Society, India (TSDSI) during the 9th TSDSI Technical Deep Dive (TTDD) 2026.
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MeitY releases 2ⁿᵈ edition of the Digital Threat Report 2025-26 for India's BFSI Sector in Collaboration with SISA
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), along with the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), the Computer Security Incident Response Team in Finance (CSIRT-Fin) and SISA, released the second edition of the Digital Threat Report 2025–26 for the Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) and payments ecosystem.
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MeitY releases 2ⁿᵈ edition of the Digital Threat Report 2025-26 for India's BFSI Sector in Collaboration with SISA
The report provides financial institutions, regulators and cybersecurity leaders with an executive assessment of the threats reshaping banking, financial services, insurance and digital payments.
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MeitY releases 2ⁿᵈ edition of the Digital Threat Report 2025-26 for India's BFSI Sector in Collaboration with SISA
The Digital Threat Report represents a meaningful collaboration among CERT-In, CSIRT-Fin and SISA. This partnership demonstrates how expertise developed in India can contribute both to our national cyber resilience and to advancing cybersecurity knowledge globally.
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MeitY releases 2ⁿᵈ edition of the Digital Threat Report 2025-26 for India's BFSI Sector in Collaboration with SISA
The report draws on extensive digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) research, analysis aligned with CERT-In and CSIRT-Fin observations, and research into adversarial AI. Its central finding is that six of the seven forward-looking predictions made in last year's edition have already reached full-scale realization.
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MeitY releases 2ⁿᵈ edition of the Digital Threat Report 2025-26 for India's BFSI Sector in Collaboration with SISA
This rapid progression demonstrates how the time between the emergence of a threat and its operational exploitation is shrinking, often from years to months or even weeks.
Threats previously considered emerging or episodic - including social engineering, credential theft, supply-chain compromise and cloud exploitation - are now established attack methods.
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MeitY releases 2ⁿᵈ edition of the Digital Threat Report 2025-26 for India's BFSI Sector in Collaboration with SISA
The report identifies AI asymmetry as one of the defining risks facing financial institutions. Activities that once required specialist teams, significant resources and weeks of effort can increasingly be performed at machine speed by comparatively low-resource threat actors.
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172nd Annual Day of the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi
The Central Public Works Department (CPWD), a premier engineering organization of the Government of India, celebrated its 172nd Annual Day on 12 July 2026 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, marking over 172 years of dedicated service to the Nation.
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172nd Annual Day of the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi
During the inaugural session, the Hon'ble Minister released several important publications and digital initiatives of the Department, including Technical Publications, Nirman Bharati (the annual in-house publication of CPWD), and the newly developed e-NIRMIT ERP Modules, reflecting CPWD's commitment to digital transformation, transparency and efficient project management.
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172nd Annual Day of the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi
On the occasion, The Hon'ble Minister also released the book India's Urban Transformation: Reflections from Policy and Practice and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs' coffee table book India's Urban Momentum: Towards Making Our Cities Liveable, highlighting India's urban development and sustainable, inclusive growth.
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172nd Annual Day of the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi
The Hon'ble Minister presented Director General's Medals, Commendation Certificates and Certificates of Merit to outstanding officers, officials and project teams in recognition of their exemplary performance, dedication and excellence in public service. Awards were also presented for the Best Completed Projects of the Department.
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172nd Annual Day of the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi
As part of the celebrations, certificates were presented to participants who successfully completed capacity-building programmes conducted in collaboration with leading academic and professional institutions, reinforcing CPWD's commitment to continuous learning and professional excellence.
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Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu launches ‘Pillale Sampada’ initiative
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu announced a major policy shift from population control to population conservation, saying human resources are the foundation of sustainable development.
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Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu launches ‘Pillale Sampada’ initiative
Addressing the World Population Day programme in Vijayawada, he launched the “Pillale Sampada” (Children are Wealth) initiative and said that Andhra Pradesh would encourage balanced population growth to secure its future.
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Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu launches ‘Pillale Sampada’ initiative
Mr. Naidu said declining fertility rates and an ageing population pose serious challenges to the State and several southern States. He noted that many countries are witnessing population decline and stressed that development goals cannot be achieved without adequate human resources.
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Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu launches ‘Pillale Sampada’ initiative
The Chief Minister said women’s education, healthcare and economic empowerment remain key priorities. He called for shared responsibility in raising children and urged efforts to reduce unnecessary Caesarean deliveries while improving maternal and child healthcare.
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Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu launches ‘Pillale Sampada’ initiative
He said the government is strengthening nutrition through Anganwadi centres, establishing childcare facilities at workplaces and providing 15,000 rupees per child under the Talliki Vandanam scheme to support education.
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Gujarat’s Unjha Cumin and Fennel Receive GI Tag
Unjha cumin and fennel, two of Gujarat’s key spice crops, have been granted the Geographical Indication (GI) tag by the Geographical Indications Registry, a move expected to strengthen their branding, improve export prospects and help farmers secure better price realisation.
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Gujarat’s Unjha Cumin and Fennel Receive GI Tag
The GI registration was secured through a joint effort involving the Unjha Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC), the Gujarat government’s Department of Horticulture and Farmers’ Welfare, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University and the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, the state government.
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Gujarat’s Unjha Cumin and Fennel Receive GI Tag
The GI tag accords official recognition to the two spices as products originating from the Unjha region of north Gujarat, known as one of India’s largest trading hubs for spices. The certification provides legal protection against misuse of the products’ geographical identity while enhancing their credibility in domestic and international markets.
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Gujarat’s Unjha Cumin and Fennel Receive GI Tag
Gujarat is India’s largest producer of cumin and among the leading producers of fennel, with both crops concentrated in the state’s arid and semi-arid northern districts, including Mehsana, Patan, Banaskantha and Gandhinagar.
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Gujarat’s Unjha Cumin and Fennel Receive GI Tag
Unjha, home to one of Asia’s largest spice markets, serves as the principal trading hub for cumin & fennel, with produce from Gujarat and neighbouring Rajasthan channelled through its Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC). India is also the world’s largest producer & exporter of cumin, with Gujarat accounting for a significant share of the country’s output & exports.
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World Youth Skills Day | 15 July
In 2014, the United Nations General Assembly declared 15 July as World Youth Skills Day, to celebrate the strategic importance of equipping young people with skills for employment, decent work and entrepreneurship.
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World Youth Skills Day | 15 July
The world of work is changing rapidly. Artificial intelligence, the green transition and growing social complexity are transforming how we learn, work and participate in society. To thrive in this changing landscape, young people need more than technical skills alone.
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World Youth Skills Day | 15 July
They need a balanced set of competencies that combines technical, digital, AI, green, social-emotional and civic skills with the human qualities that technology cannot replace.
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World Youth Skills Day | 15 July
The theme of 2026 is "Skills for a shared future". World Youth Skills Day activities will spotlight the urgent need for innovative youth skills programmes—initiatives that empower young people not only to adapt, but to lead with empathy, bridge cultural divides, build resilience, and actively shape a more sustainable and inclusive tomorrow.