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Venkatesh Daggubati and Trivikram Srinivas's 'Aadarsha Kutumbam House No: 47' has completed its climax shoot. The family entertainer, featuring Srinidhi Shetty as the lead, is nearing completion with only a few scenes remaining. The film's first look, released in December 2025, showcased Venkatesh in a common man avatar.

Names doing the rounds include senior faculty such as Dr Nikhil Tandon, professor and head of endocrinology, Dr Radhika Tandon, Chief, Professor of Ophthalmology and Prof Sandeep Chauhan head of cardiac anaesthesia department, though sources cautioned that no decision has been taken yet. “There are established conventions, but nothing is final yet. Typically, the senior-most person is asked to hold charge,” a senior doctor said.

Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas believes the iPhone remains AI-proof due to three key strengths. He highlights its role as a 'digital passport' for personal data, Apple's custom 'Apple Silicon' chip advantage enabling local AI processing, and the strong 'ecosystem lock-in' combined with user trust in Apple's security and privacy, making it difficult for new AI competitors to displace the device.

X head of product Nikita Bier shared a lesson learned from Elon Musk: "People engaging in fraud are always the first and loudest to complain." This observation comes as Bier also publicly urged Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas to cease "undisclosed promotion campaigns," which he claims deceive users and damage the company's integrity.

Election officials in Davanagere South had to break open the EVM strong room due to a missing key, briefly delaying the bypoll counting. Despite this, Congress candidate Samarth Shamanur took a significant lead. In Bagalkot, Congress candidate Umesh Meti secured a decisive victory, winning by over 21,000 votes.