Mukta Gundi, in conversation with Amrita Ghosh, in Asianet News, on how the urban health system can be made sensitive and robust to address urgent mental health care needs among urban vulnerable populations, and more.

Jalahalli Cross consistently ranked in top 30 metro feeder routes across Bengaluru throughout 2023 to 2025, writes Rishita Khanna in The Hindu.

The national entrance test will be conducted on 14 Dec 2025, followed by personal interviews from 5 – 9 Jan 2026.

The changes have been drastic and they appear irreversible not only through changing architecture but even the profession of people, says Chaitanya Hegde to Rashmi Patil, The New Indian Express.

As Karnataka marked Rajyotsava, the city came alive with colour, music, and cultural energy at Krishna to Kaveri: Celebrating the Confluences of Karnataka.

ಕನ್ನಡ ರಾಜ್ಯೋತ್ಸವದ ಅಂಗವಾಗಿ ಅಜೀಂ ಪ್ರೇಮ್‌ಜಿ ಯೂನಿವರ್ಸಿಟಿಯು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಇಂಟರ್‌ನ್ಯಾಷನಲ್‌ ಸೆಂಟರ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿ ಆಯೋಜಿಸಿದ್ದ ​’ಕೃಷ್ಣೆಯಿಂದ ಕಾವೇರಿವರೆಗೆ’ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಒಂದು ವರದಿ.

The festival represents a proactive step towards empowering citizens to become champions for our coasts and oceans.

We are failing to see AI for what it is — a tool that is altering humans — drowned in the awe of its unprecedented power as a tool to alter the world, writes Anurag Behar, in Mint.

The festival, titled ​‘Coasts and Oceans of Life’, will conclude on November 8.

The survey is a ​“long overdue exercise” aimed at generating social measures for disadvantaged groups across the board, says A Narayana. | By Kavitha Shanmugam, The Federal

AI is both seductive and addictive. We need to exercise social wisdom in taking decisions about placing it in the hands of small children, writes R Ramanujam in The Indian Express.

The exhibition is at the Indian Heritage Academy, Koramangala. Curated by author Ankita Pandey, and organised by Azim Premji University, the exhibition will be on till Sunday, 26 Oct 2025 (11 AM‑5 PM).

Every member of the school community — students, educators, parents, and support staff — must feel equally valued, respected, and believe that they have a voice and representation in matters that affect them, writes Ankur Madan in The Hindu.

From stories about cloud monsters to reimagined fairytales, environmental literature is emerging as a growing trend in children’s publishing, writes Mohd Shehwaaz Khan in The New Indian Express.

As India moves towards sustainable farming, women’s labour and equity challenges come into sharper focus, writes Manjula M in Down To Earth.

Clarity, operational simplicity, and a tone of equality, along with the money, can go a long way for NGOs to invest their energies where they should, writes Anurag Behar, in Mint.

Institutional spaces remain saturated with caste-based humiliation, writes K Kalyani in Frontline.

Vikas Kumar, in Frontline, shares how the humble postal system helped build trust in the decennial population counts — a lesson for today’s digital age and its anxieties.

Growing up in a slum didn’t deter Triveni Dhamdhare from pursuing studies in a prestigious institution overseas, writes Sudhir Suryawanshi in The New Indian Express.

To make the knowledge system useful, we should stop giving it a free pass, question its claims and approach its prescriptions with humility. In social sciences, many of these are perspectives, not universal truths, writes Anurag Behar, in Mint.