BCI Co-Chairman Seeks Chairman's Resignation Over ₹150-Crore Financial Irregularities Allegations Bar Council of India (BCI) Co-Chairman and senior advocate YR Sadashiva Reddy has sought the resignation of BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra, alleging serious irregularities in how the apex statutory b...
South Korean Government Startup Platform Breach Exposes Critical Encryption Key Failure A data breach at South Korea's government-backed startup support platform, Modu-ui Changup, has surfaced an important lesson in data security: encryption alone doesn't guarantee protection if the keys...
Up to 200,000 B1-B2 Visas Could Be Revoked as Trump Administration Reviews Asylum Cases The Trump administration is preparing what could become one of its most significant actions against the US nonimmigrant visa system yet, with up to 200,000 B1 and B2 visas potentially facing revocatio...
Microsoft Tells Gamers How to Stop Windows 11 Crashes Until Permanent Fix Arrives Microsoft has issued a temporary workaround for a gaming issue that's been affecting some Windows 11 systems since the August 2026 Patch Tuesday update cycle. Users on affected PCs have reported a ran...
Windows 11 Hit by Unusual Hardware Attack That Works Without Physical Access Researchers from the University of Birmingham and Durham University have disclosed a serious hardware-based attack capable of bypassing key Windows 11 security protections, without ever needing physic...
Fake CBI Team Allegedly Raided Homes for Extortion, Delhi Police Arrest Seven Delhi Police have arrested seven people for allegedly impersonating Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officers, conducting fake raids, and intimidating people to extort money or valuables. The arr...
Landslide At Guinea Landfill Kills 30, Government Says A landslide at a landfill in Guinea's capital killed 30 people, the government said on Sunday, August 23, 2026, after heavy rains overnight prompted the collapse of a massive mound of waste that engul...
Japanese Lawmakers Travel to Beijing, Seeking to Mend Ties After Takaichi's Taiwan Remark Fallout A cross-party group of Japanese lawmakers, including one from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's governing party, headed to Beijing on Monday, August 24, 2026, to meet with Chinese officials for the firs...
Oil Falls as Trump Pledges Economic War on Iran Oil prices fell on Monday, August 24, 2026, as investors braced for details of a U.S. plan to isolate the Iranian economy, which President Donald Trump billed as the "most crushing" financial operatio...
China Abruptly Postpones Ambitious Chang'e-7 Lunar Mission Launch China said on Sunday, August 23, 2026, that it was postponing its planned ambitious Chang'e-7 lunar mission, which was set to carry out explorations including searching for water ice on the moon. Wher...
Fewer Than 20 Ships Transit Key Strait of Hormuz Over Weekend, Data Shows Fewer than 20 commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend, shipping data showed on Monday, August 24, 2026, as Iranian and U.S. blockades continue to restrict traffic through thi...
Retirement Does Not Mean Tax-Free Income: Know When Pension And Other Income Is Taxable Retirement doesn't automatically make your income tax-free, a misconception that trips up many people planning their post-working years. Ankit Jain, Partner at Ved Jain & Associates, explains that pen...
