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Bengaluru's Pothole Problem Gets an AI Answer: How One Engineer Is Turning Road Damage Into a Question of Accountability

A pothole in Bengaluru is easy to notice. A damaged road can shake a car, throw a two-wheeler off balance, damage a tyre or force a driver into another lane. What is much harder for an ordinary commuter is figuring out what happens after the pothole is noticed. Who built the road? Which contract covered that stretch? Is the road still under a maintenance or defect-liability period? Which contract…

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India's Unemployment Rate Falls to 5%. What Does It Really Mean for Jobs?

India's unemployment rate has come down to 5% in August 2026 from 5.1% in July. At first glance, that looks like good news. Fewer people are officially counted as unemployed, and more people are participating in the labour market. But behind that one number is a much bigger story about rural India, cities, women, young people, the kind of work people are finding and the challenges that still rema…

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