The creation of virtual digital assets (VDAs) such as Bitcoin was inspired by the cypherpunk movement and the Crypto Anarchist Manifesto of 1988, but truly began with the release of the Bitcoin whitepaper by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008. This whitepaper proposed a decentralized peer-to-peer electronic cash system, using cryptography to enable secure online payments without needing traditional banks—laying the foundation for the global cryptocurrency revolution seen today.
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Malayalam superstar Mohanlal has won the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2023—making him only the second Malayali film personality after Adoor Gopalakrishnan to receive India’s highest honour in cinema, which will be presented at the 71st National Film Awards ceremony on September 23.
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As of 2025, eight personalities closely associated with the Telugu film industry have received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award:
B. N. Reddy (1974)
L. V. Prasad (1982)
Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1990)
B. Nagi Reddy (1986)
K. Balachander (2010; worked in Telugu as well as Tamil)
D. Ramanaidu (2009)
Kasinathuni Viswanath (2016)
Paidi Jairaj (1980; acted in Hindi and Telugu)
These awardees made significant contributions as actors, directors, and producers in Telugu cinema.
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B. N. Reddy stands for Bommireddi Narasimha Reddy. He was a film director, producer, and screenwriter, considered an early and influential figure of Telugu cinema. He was the first film personality from South India to receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1974 and was also a Padma Bhushan awardee.
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B. Nagi Reddy (full name Bommireddy Nagi Reddy) was a legendary Indian film producer who was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1986. He was a highly influential figure in South Indian cinema, known for co-founding the Vijaya Vauhini Studios and producing numerous classics under the banner of Vijaya Productions.
He was the younger brother of B.N. Reddy (Bommireddy Narasimha Reddy). Both brothers were pioneers in the film industry and both received the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award—B.N. Reddy in 1974 and B. Nagi Reddy in 1986.
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Paidi Jairaj (full name Paidipati Jairaj) was a renowned Indian actor, director, and producer known for his work predominantly in Hindi cinema, with contributions to Telugu, Marathi, and Gujarati films as well. Born in 1909 in Karimnagar, Hyderabad State (now Telangana), he started his acting career in silent films in 1929 and later became a leading actor in the talkie era. Jairaj acted in over 170 films and directed several movies. He was the recipient of the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1980 for lifetime achievement in Indian cinema. He is also notable as a Telugu film personality who bridged multiple regional cinemas.
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Assamese singer and cultural icon Zubeen Garg tragically died in Singapore in 2025 due to a swimming accident during a yacht trip associated with the North East India Festival. Following his death, the Assam government transferred investigations to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), with multiple FIRs filed against the festival organizer Shyamkanu Mahanta and Garg's manager over alleged negligence. The festival was subsequently cancelled, and the state observed three days of mourning in his honor.
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In 2025, the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, chaired by Navi Pillay—a renowned South African jurist and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights—officially found that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. The commission concluded that Israeli authorities and security forces committed four of the five acts defined as genocide under the 1948 Genocide Convention, including killing, causing serious bodily or mental harm, deliberately inflicting conditions calculated to physically destroy the group, and preventing births. This report marks the first time a UN-affiliated body has declared the situation in Gaza as genocide.
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In 2023, India enacted the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, which marked a turning point in data privacy by declaring that personal data belongs to citizens, not tech companies, with fines up to ₹250 crore for violations.
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By 2028, global spending on AI-ready data centres is projected to exceed $3 trillion, making it one of the largest technology infrastructure investments in history.
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Between 1991 and 2022, the United States mounted over 250 military interventions worldwide, and in its broader history, it has been involved in nearly 400 foreign interventions, underscoring regime change as a structural feature of its foreign policy rather than an aberration.
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Independent verification confirmed irregularities in the electoral rolls of Mahadevapura in Karnataka, lending some credibility to Rahul Gandhi’s charge of voter list manipulation and highlighting concerns over Election Commission accountability.
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A recent State of the Sector Report by the Indian School of Development Management found that Social Purpose Organisations in India have an average data maturity score of just 48 out of 100, with only 4% qualifying as true experts in using data effectively.
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