Akasa Air backs airport owners entering airlines

RBI Governor Hints at Possible Charges on UPI Transactions Amid Policy Review

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has introduced amendments to the Payment and Settlement Systems Act in Parliament, potentially paving the way for UPI transaction charges. The move could allow the reintroduction of the Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on UPI payments, which was waived in 2020. RBI Governor has acknowledged the financial reality of digital payment infrastructure, stating that the costs of running such systems must be borne by someone. The development has sparked debate over whether merchants or consumers could eventually face fees on UPI transactions.

India’s refiners strike crude deals amid global churn

Ukraine: North Korea Sends Fresh Missiles and Personnel to Aid Russia

Ukraine has accused North Korea of deploying approximately 90 personnel and multiple missile launchers to support Russia's war effort. Kyiv claims a North Korean ballistic missile was recently used by Russia in an attack on Ukraine. The move marks a significant deepening of military cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang. This latest development follows a mutual defense treaty signed between Russia and North Korea in June 2024.

Travis Kelce funds meals, youth programs and nonprofit work in Kansas City

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has been making a significant impact off the field through community initiatives in Kansas City. He partnered with Kodiak to distribute 25,000 hot meals to local children and families. Kelce also invested in Operation Breakthrough, a Kansas City-based nonprofit organization. Through his 87 & Running Foundation, he supports youth programs focused on career exploration and practical skill-building. The foundation aims to provide students with a safe and constructive environment to grow.

Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton hospitalised after self-harm incident during livestream

Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton was taken to hospital following a self-harm incident that reportedly occurred during a livestream. Miami police confirmed to US media that Hilton had been safely recovered from his home. The incident drew public attention after it was witnessed by viewers watching the broadcast in real time. Authorities have not released further details about his condition or the circumstances surrounding the event.

Terraform Built-in Functions Simplify AWS Infrastructure Provisioning

Terraform's built-in functions enable engineers to transform values, validate inputs, and build dynamic AWS configurations without relying on external scripts. A technical walkthrough published on DEV Community covers seven key function categories, including string formatting, tag management, input validation, and sensitive data protection. Practical code examples demonstrate real-world use cases such as S3 bucket name sanitization, environment-based instance selection, and security group rule generation. The guide emphasizes that Terraform supports only built-in functions, with no option for custom function definitions. These functions are applicable across locals, variable validation blocks, resource arguments, and outputs to improve code efficiency and enforce infrastructure best practices.

Kubernetes Gateway API v1.6 elevates TCPRoute and UDPRoute to Standard channel

Kubernetes Gateway API v1.6.0, released on June 30, promotes TCPRoute and UDPRoute from Experimental to Standard channel under the v1 API version, placing them alongside existing Standard resources like HTTPRoute. The v1alpha2 versions of both route types are now deprecated and scheduled for removal in a future release, though they remain functional for now. These routes operate as raw Layer 4 resources, matching traffic solely on protocol and port without any HTTP-layer logic. In a separate structural change, experimental resources are being moved to a new API group, gateway.networking.x-k8s.io, to make their experimental status explicitly visible in manifests. Teams using v1alpha2 references in Helm charts, kustomizations, or GitOps pipelines should audit and migrate their manifests promptly to avoid future breakage.

Strong El Nino may push 49 mn into acute hunger

Supreme Court Urges Police to Show Restraint While Handling Protesting Youth

The Supreme Court has advised law enforcement agencies to exercise restraint when dealing with young protesters. The Chief Justice acknowledged that some 'misguided elements' among the youth may resort to stone-throwing during demonstrations. However, the top court stressed that youngsters should be pacified and counselled rather than met with force. The remarks came just days after protests were held against the Chief Justice of Pakistan. The court's guidance signals a call for a more measured and humane approach by police in handling youth unrest.

7 Docker Compose Patterns DevOps Engineers Should Master for Production

Docker Compose has become a standard tool for managing multi-container applications, but configuring it correctly is critical for performance, security, and reliability. A multi-environment pattern allows engineers to maintain a single base compose file extended by environment-specific overrides for development and production, reducing duplication. The health check and dependency pattern ensures containers wait for dependent services to be fully ready before starting, preventing startup failures caused by uninitialized databases. Network segmentation patterns restrict inter-container communication so that sensitive services like databases are not unnecessarily exposed. Together, these patterns help teams build more robust, secure, and maintainable containerized application setups.

10 JavaScript Topics Frontend Engineers Should Master for Interviews

A developer preparing for frontend job interviews has compiled a list of 10 core JavaScript topics considered essential for demonstrating technical understanding. The list covers foundational concepts such as execution context, hoisting, closures, and the event loop, as well as practical skills like working with Promises and async/await. Additional topics include the 'this' keyword, recursion, array methods like map/filter/reduce, browser rendering, DOM event propagation, and memory management. Each topic is accompanied by code examples and links to resources from MDN, javascript.info, and other references. The guide is aimed at helping developers systematically prepare for technical interviews by reinforcing core JavaScript knowledge.

AICF moves Chess Nationals to Nov-Dec 2026 after GM Abhijeet Gupta raises scheduling concerns

The All India Chess Federation has rescheduled the Senior National Chess Championship to November 29–December 9, 2026, in Varanasi. The decision came after Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta raised objections to the originally proposed March 2027 dates. Gupta had warned that the later schedule would effectively eliminate the 2026 edition of the tournament and clashed with school board examinations. The AICF consulted stakeholders to find a workable solution while keeping Varanasi as the host city.

Microplastics Found in Every Fish Sampled from Delhi's Yamuna Stretch

A scientific study found microplastic contamination in every fish species collected from the Yamuna River. Fish caught in the Delhi stretch showed significantly higher contamination levels compared to those from upstream Haryana. Plastic particles were detected not just in digestive tracts but also in muscle tissue, raising direct food safety concerns. The findings suggest microplastics have permeated the river's broader aquatic food chain. Researchers say tackling the problem will require reducing plastic pollution from multiple sources.

NockIt sends real-time push alerts from AI agents and scripts to your phone

A developer has released NockIt, a free and open-source notification utility designed to eliminate the need to manually monitor long-running AI agents or background scripts in the terminal. The tool hooks into local or remote execution pipelines and delivers real-time push alerts to a phone or desktop when key events occur, such as task completions, script failures, or prompts requiring human input. NockIt is powered by ntfy, a lightweight pub/sub messaging service, and requires minimal code to integrate into existing workflows. It can be set up with a single command via Node.js, making it accessible to developers without complex configuration. The project is publicly available at nockit.uk, and the creator is actively seeking community feedback to improve the tool.

Developer reveals three AT Protocol quirks that broke his Bluesky post queue

A developer building a Bluesky post queue bot encountered three underdocumented AT Protocol behaviors that caused failures only discovered through CI error logs. The platform enforces a rolling 1,666-operations-per-hour rate limit rather than a daily reset, meaning burst-posting from a backlog can trigger throttling unexpectedly. Image uploads and post creation are separate API calls, and a failed post after a successful blob upload leaves orphaned files with no built-in cleanup method. Additionally, the createdAt timestamp in posts is client-controlled, so passing a stale queue-entry time caused posts to appear hours or days old in followers' timelines. The developer resolved all three issues by maintaining a JSONL ledger that tracks rolling create counts, caches blob references, and always uses current wall-clock time when publishing.

OpenCost Offers Vendor-Neutral Kubernetes Cost Allocation Down to Workload Level

OpenCost is an open-source, CNCF Incubating project that allocates Kubernetes spending to specific namespaces, workloads, and teams — details that standard cloud invoices do not provide. The tool calculates workload cost using the maximum of requested versus actual resource usage, meaning a pod reserving capacity counts as a real cost even if it consumes little. Idle cluster cost — the gap between total node spend and allocated workload costs — is tracked separately, giving teams visibility into unused headroom they are still paying for. Shared infrastructure costs can be distributed across tenants uniformly, proportionally by consumption, or via a custom metric such as network egress. OpenCost installs via Helm alongside an existing Prometheus setup and exposes both an API and a UI, with a lightweight Prometheus-free mode also available.

Vijay's Jana Nayagan Crosses Rs 181.80 Crore Net in India After Two Weeks

Vijay-starrer Jana Nayagan has completed its second week in cinemas, accumulating a net collection of Rs 181.80 crore in India. As is typical for most releases, the film's daily earnings have tapered off on weekdays following its strong opening fortnight. Tamil Nadu has remained the top-contributing region throughout the film's theatrical run. Trade analysts expect the upcoming weekend to give the action drama a fresh box office push. The film is now eyeing the Rs 215 crore milestone as it heads into its third week.

Court Orders Removal of Abusive Social Media Posts Targeting Nitin Gadkari

A court has ordered the removal of posts described as 'vile' and 'obscene' targeting Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on social media platforms. The ruling directed platforms including Meta, X Corp, and Google LLC to take down the offensive content. The court also raised concerns about the absence of adequate mechanisms on these platforms to remove abusive material. Judges questioned why individuals are forced to seek court intervention rather than having accessible in-platform remedies for such content.

Pakistan mandates NOC for foreign journalists travelling outside capital

Pakistan's government has introduced new guidelines requiring all foreign journalists to obtain a mandatory no-objection certificate (NOC) before travelling to any city outside the capital. The directive applies to all foreign media personnel already registered or accredited with the Ministry of Information's External Publicity Wing. The move effectively gives authorities control over where international reporters can travel and report within the country. The new rules come amid ongoing protests in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, raising concerns about media access to sensitive regions.