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Already a record-holder in the India Book of Records and the Limca Book of Records, Diksha Gupta embarked on creating Lord Balaji's monumental painting, which took her three months, 5 to 6 hours of work daily, and 2 kilograms of mehndi (Henna)!
It took her 57 days to complete this Guiness World Record Mahendi Painting
Her attention to intricate details is outstanding.
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UP has consistently outpaced India under Yogi:

2021-22 ~9.5%
2022-23 ~8%
2023-24 ~8.5%
2024-25 ~9-10%
2025-26 ~8-9%

Bihar remains the real laggard, pulling down national income growth

Plus INR depreciation makes numbers look worse than they are
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Taking three bullets to your face... undergoing 28 major surgeries... and then asking only one question: "When can I return to duty?"
That's Major Rishi Rajalakshmi Nair ! 🫑
In 2017, during a counter-terror operation in Kashmir, he entered a terrorist hideout. 3 bullets struck himβ€”one shattering his jaw. Despite his injuries, he refused evacuation until every terrorist was neutralised and every soldier under his command was safe.

He bounced back to active duty and, in 2024, led rescue operations during the Wayanad landslides.
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_This Week in Artificial Intelligence_

The AI industry is moving faster than ever. Here's your quick summary of the biggest announcements, product launches and industry shifts from this week.

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1. Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5 Anthropic introduced Claude Sonnet 5, bringing major improvements in coding, reasoning, and AI agent capabilities, positioning it as one of the strongest frontier models available.

2. U.S. lifts restrictions on Claude Fable 5 The U.S. government has removed export restrictions on Claude Fable 5 after Anthropic implemented additional safety protections, allowing the model to return globally.

3. Anthropic may introduce KYC for advanced AI access Reports suggest Anthropic is considering stronger identity verification (KYC) for access to its most powerful AI models as governments increase oversight.

4. xAI launches Grok 4.5 Beta Elon Musk's xAI has officially launched the beta version of Grok 4.5, adding stronger reasoning, coding, and research capabilities.

5. China's 360 Security unveils Mythos competitor Chinese AI competition continues to accelerate, with 360 Security announcing a new frontier model aimed at competing with Anthropic's latest offerings.

6. OpenAI teases Codex-branded hardware OpenAI has hinted at a new Codex-branded hardware product, signaling that the company is expanding beyond software into AI-first devices.

7. OpenAI discovers a breakthrough to reduce inference costs by nearly 50% Researchers at OpenAI reportedly developed a new inference optimization technique that could dramatically reduce AI operating costs, making large-scale deployment significantly cheaper.

8. Google unveils Nano Banana 2 Lite Google announced Nano Banana 2 Lite, bringing faster image generation with lower compute requirements while maintaining impressive quality.

9. Codex gets an effort selector OpenAI is testing a new slider inside Codex that lets users choose how much reasoning effort an AI agent should spend before responding.

10. Amazon engineers are distilling Claude Amazon engineers are reportedly using model distillation techniques to build smaller, faster, and cheaper AI models inspired by Claude for internal applications.

11. Claude is helping build the next Claude Anthropic CEO revealed that engineers now use Claude extensively while developing future versions of Claude, accelerating AI-assisted software engineering.

12. 50% of Claude users believe AI can already perform half of their work A recent survey shows growing confidence in AI productivity, with half of Claude users believing today's AI can already complete around 50% of their daily tasks.

13. Managing AI agents may become the most valuable skill by 2031 According to KPMG, organizations will increasingly value professionals who can effectively manage teams of autonomous AI agents.

14. Meta is testing its own coding assistant β€” MetaCode Meta has begun testing an internal coding assistant called MetaCode, joining the rapidly growing AI coding race.

15. NotebookLM now creates 60-second Shorts Google's NotebookLM can now automatically generate short-form vertical videos from research notes and documents.

Other Important Updates
β€’ Mistral launched OCR 4 supporting over 170 languages.
β€’ ByteDance introduced Seedance 2.5 capable of generating 30-second 4K AI videos.
β€’ Runway launched Agent 2.0 for AI-powered marketing workflows.
β€’ Adobe acquired AI image enhancement company Topaz Labs.
β€’ New reports show more paid AI users are choosing Claude over competing assistants.
β€’ Cursor announced its first fully self-trained AI model and acquired Continue.
β€’ Meta plans to automate nearly half of its moderation requests using LLMs by 2025.
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What if donating one unit of blood could save a life and help you skip a 3–4 hour temple queue?
That's exactly what's happening at the Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga Temple in Madhya Pradesh. Pilgrims aged 18–60 who voluntarily donate blood receive VIP darshan, along with a certificate, refreshments, and prasad. Even their elderly family members and children can avoid the long waiting lines.
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What if a college could help students earn a degree... by growing mangoes?
Yes! A college in Maharashtra has created a mango orchard where the income from selling mangoes supports the education of students from distressed farming families.
Along the way, students also learn practical agriculture, sustainability and entrepreneurship.
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She completed her MBA... and she's 80 years old, and a two-time stage-four cancer survivor!!!

Yes... Usha Ray returned to college at 77, nearly 45 years after she had last been a student. She bought her first laptop, learned technology from scratch, attended online classes, completed assignments, and pursued an entirely new field of study.
3 years later, she graduated with an MBA in Hospital and Healthcare Management.
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Photo from Srikanth Matrubai
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A tiny village has became so special that children across an entire state started learning about it in school !!!
Yes.. Patgaon, a small village near Kolhapur, produces nearly 10 tonnes of NATURAL HONEY every year.
Patgaon's bees collect nectar from WILD FLOWERS, creating honey that is unique and very tasty, earning the Patgaon village the title of "Honey Village."
This inspiring story is part of Maharashtra's Class IV English textbook.
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Mumbai-Pune Missing Link has been restored in Just 12 hours.

Yesterday, many journos claimed that the missing link, which had just opened a few months ago, caved in.

Today it is clear that the tunnel is unscathed. It was a landslide triggered by heavy rain that fell on it, and everything was cleared in 12 hours.
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A 90-year-old man sold everything he owned... just to build a hospital for strangers !!!
Deep inside a village in Chhattisgarh, Kabirpanthi ascetic 90 year old Guru Sukh Das sold all his possessions and used the money to build a fully equipped hospital with an OPD, ICU, pathology lab, wards, and doctors' rooms. Villagers even donated land. His only dream was simple: no poor family should travel far for medical treatment.
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Super EL-NINO brutally countered by The Great Indian monsoon β™₯️
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The people who miss the most meals at a hospital are often not the patients... but the family members waiting outside.
Every day in Mumbai, 550 to 600 caregivers spend hours outside government hospitals, skipping meals while worrying about their loved ones & saving every rupee for treatment.
After losing their young son Arya, one family transformed their grief into service by starting "With Arya," providing free, nutritious meals and drinking water to these caregivers.

For the past 10 years, thousands of families have received food and more importantly comfort & dignity
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Doctors told his parents he would never walk.

His mother smiled and said, "One day, my son will not only walk but he will run."

Raj was born with cerebral palsy. Every step was painful. Every movement demanded months of therapy, relentless practice, repeated falls, and extraordinary determination

Finally, he stood on the podium wearing India's colours, winning Silver and Bronze at the Special Olympics World Games. More than 100 medals followed.