Parliament debates anti-paper leak Bill NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha debate on the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026 on Tuesday wasn’t just about examination reforms and paper leaks. It also turned into an unexpected showcase of Gen Z vocabulary, with MPs across party lines dropping terms such as “clock it”, “MIA”,…
A Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. (AP Photo) Boeing reported a larger-than-expected second-quarter loss on Tuesday as higher costs linked to the delayed Air Force One replacement programme weighed on its results.The US planemaker, however, reported positive free cash flow and maintained its annual guidance as it works to stabilise operations and increase aircraft production. Air…
MEA rejects Pak-organised polls in PoK NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs on Tuesday dismissed the legislative assembly elections being held in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoK), calling the exercise a “cosmetic” attempt by Islamabad to legitimise its “illegal occupation” of the region. Responding to reports on the polls, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal reiterated…
BJP MP’s Gen Z-style praise for PM during anti-paper leak Bill debate NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party Lok Sabha member Bansuri Swaraj on Tuesday used a Gen Z term to praise the steps taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi against the paper leak. She said that the PM had “clocked it” with the anti-paper…
Govt says Meta’s response on briefly deleted video of PM was not enough The Centre is not satisfied with Meta’s explanation that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Facebook post was removed “in error”, with government sources telling PTI that the issue is “far from settled” and warrants deeper discussions.According to the sources, Meta’s response is “not…
Brown tree snake (Photo: Canva) After World War II, a small number of brown tree snakes somehow made it to Guam, likely hidden in cargo, and the island has been dealing with the consequences ever since. Today, the snakes are so widespread that in some parts of the U.S. territory they reach densities of up…
Swati Maliwal slams ‘super CM’ Kejriwal for maintaining ‘complete silence’ on Punjab paper leak issue NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha member Swati Maliwal on Tuesday accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government of failing to address examination irregularities in Punjab, claiming that the state had witnessed six major paper leaks over the past five years.Speaking to…
Meta admits that PM Modi’s video was ‘removed’ in error NEW DELHI: Meta on Tuesday admitted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s first selfie video on Facebook, meant to address GenZ over NEET paper leak, was taken down briefly due to an “error”.“The content was removed in error and has since been restored,” said a Meta…
In 2012, Oracle went to the European Court of Justice to stop people reselling its software licences second-hand. It lost. That judgment, known as UsedSoft, settled a simple idea: once you sell someone a perpetual software licence, you cannot control what they do with it afterwards. Fourteen years on, that ruling is proving to be…
Panic gripped a busy Paris street on Monday after a man armed with two kitchen knives attacked three women in broad daylight before being overpowered by bystanders and an off-duty police officer.Two of the victims suffered severe injuries, while investigators are yet to establish the suspect’s whereabouts or motive.French interior minister Laurent Nunez told reporters…
